Lately (I’ve Been Thinking)

Don’t wanna have to hurt nobody
But I gotta get this off my chest
Realised from way back home
I may have had nobody but voddy and stress
And if you ever showed me kindness
Please don’t be taking offence
I focus on the bad more than the good But I digress

Born in the early 90s, years of more war
Pop culture making us ignore
IRA keep bombing, Section 28 still on it More homeless than ever before
Doesn’t it make you wonder
Why we even bother at all
Has the world really changed
Aren’t you left wishing for more
Has the world really changed
Aren’t you left wishing for more

I don’t mean to be preaching
Lately I just been thinking
What is this all about
Why do we do it to ourselves
I don’t mean to be preaching
Lately I just been thinking
What is this all about
Why do we do it to ourselves

Rising rent low wages, baby boomers
Thinking we got it all
Just cos we have the awareness
Of the bigotry of their flaws
Apart from that we got jack shit
No home to hang our hats
Just a damp expensive flat, forever renting
Told to settle for that
In the world of brands and Kardashians
We keep our eyes wide shut
Dressed fresh to death in clothing
Made by sweat and blood
And I’m guilty of wanting the Nikes
Gives me confidence and cool
But are we all complicit in something bigger
Than our conscience can afford

I don’t mean to be preaching
Lately I just been thinking What is this all about
Why do we do it to ourselves
I don’t mean to be preaching
Lately I just been thinking
What is this all about
Why do we do it to ourselves