The Less Fortunate

[WIP]
[Intro]
A number of homeless people on the street and in shelter across the US increased significantly this year
That's according to review by Wall Street Journal
Ending assistance programs put in place during the pandemic is contributing to the rise
Talk to us about what you discovered in your report

[Verse 1]
Land of the free, home of the brave
Live with the fees, die with the slaves
Work for the cream, minimum wage
Money are the dream, what did you say?
Debit, credit, get it, prеdatory, let us spend it
Nigga nevеr payin' debit, not another pay of rent
Americans [?], the games we play
Shoot my [?], the banks okay
[?], but not today
It's like my brain, [?] your brain
[?], umbrella, stormy weather
Never let out, bet your bottom dollar
When it's said and done, this shit okay I
All the flashin' lights are shinin' bright
What's beneath the surface of your sight?
Insanity, the need [?]
Humanity, the dangerous fight or flight
[?] evil in this wrong or right
So who's to blame despite [?]
[?] your appetite
The street is filled with death, not life
New addiction, new affliction, you can see [?] television
No direction, no acceptance, codependence, stalling at the intersection
[?] lost souls, they in need of intervention
With just more attention

[Interlude]
My colleague, John Camp, and I found that the number of homeless people counted, on streets and in shelters this year, umm, across numerous cities and regions, is broadly higher than it was in the past years
And if the tread we observes, observed, holds true, the US could see a sharper clien-, climb in homelessness this year than in recent years when they were smaller reported increases

[Verse 2]
We got too high, the cost of living
So you're better off dead or in a prison
Ponzi scheme, the dream within the system
Poverty or wealth, the cost of vision
The gap between [?] citizen
[?] with privilege
[?]
The politicians play the middleman
But never really [?]
The government progress, financial [?] tango
Unchained like Django
Unhinged [?] tryna purge your bitch
[?] commando
[?]
Swing low, sweet chariot
[?] carry us, to an area
Cause the block is hot with no cops
No space is save so don't stop
On the nightly news you can watch
Some people at their lowest moments
Judgement in atonement
All 'cause the man was homeless
Do you know what home is?
Home is a state of mind
Home is the feeling of love in these crazy times
Home is the place we can go when it's dark outside and there's no sunshine
Home [?]
Home at a straitjacket
Home at a the cold casket
Home is a place where there's peace [?]
Not the place that you stay to inhabit
So whether it's Calabasas or Skid Row
It's still home

[Outro]
[?]
I'm 21
21? What about your girl?
18
What's your guys' current situation right now?
You guys are homeless?
Yeah