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I am a Cow
Gabriel Duncan

Cut down the breaks
The chorus only bores us
Only got the words it taks
To make this whole thing porues

I see rude awakenings on each and every corner
While I study and strive to take my own life further
What a juxtaposition, from the mission I first wrot'
Haven't changed my position, only point of vision got me caught

But every time they want a quarter, for a sandwich or a rock
It makes me want to do the type of shit I always thought
Was reserved for the assholes in the suits and coats

Food not coke
Like war not peace
Everywhere around me
People stumble down the street
Too high or strung out to notice
The feces're running down his feet

But I guess it's normal now
Yeah I guess it's normal, anyhow

But doesn't it make you wish
That this ish does not exist
Don't it make you wish
You could turn your back on it

I see rude awakenings on every street corner
Insulated by newspaper, insulted by the pecking order
Wish I could believe you, too bad you look like you're coming down|
Makes me not want to help you, or get to know how you got in town

Most people think it's cool, living out on polk
The kids who ran away from suburbia
Yeah, sometimes it's homophobia
But most times it's the inability to cope

So they cook on the stoops
And shoot up at half past two
You can smell it blocks away
Wafted past like huffing glue

But I guess it's normal now
Yeah, I guess it's normal, anyhow

Swatting bums slowly like a fly-smashing cow
Paranoia's got me stressing now
Watching out for the cholos
Always breathing down your back
Anywhere you go
Guess it's normal, yeah
How you watch your ass

But doesn't it make you wish
That this ish does not exist
Don't it make you wish
You could turn your back on it

But I guess this is what's normal now
Whatever normal is, anyhow
I am a cow