Real Talk

If the weather's as bad as the
 Weatherman says, we're in for a real mean storm
 If the times are as hard as folks are saying
 They are, some folks have it real, real hard
 Can't even get a break
 Forget about getting ahead--you bet they never get too far
 If the people upstairs acted like they
 Even cared, I'd crack a real wide smile
 But I'd have to guess
 To witness something like this, you'd have to wait a real long while
 If life is as tough as the last couple months
 We're in for a real rough year
 If the future's as bleak as I hear on the
 Street, we're looking at a real long haul
 The people I speak to take drugs when
 They need to stop thinking about it all
 Me? I've taken a few so I could stop
 Thinking too--who hasn't used a drug?
 But turning off yr mind a couple few too
 Many times can turn you to a real dumb slug
 If things are as bad as the
 Newspaper says, we're in for a real big war
 If this is the shit that we're to be
 Dealing with then we made a real bad deal
 But shit isn't new until it happens
 To you, spinning like a reel-to-reel
 If we could stop this train and start all
 Over again, make all of the states shake hands
 Well, I'd smile real wide although I know,
 Down deep inside, that happening has a real slim chance
 It's a real big war that they've got in store for us