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Jamie was sitting in her room playing Minecraft

She hadn't been to school in weeks because it wasn't safe

The cops came and took her away from her family

They said "You don't belong any place."

She tried to use the bathroom and wanted to play a sport

Bullying your children is what your elected representatives support

They say that we're just pretending

They say the world must be ending

You're zombies of the media you eat what they feed ya

We have always been, you are just a trend

Molly was living on the street

On a diet of week-old food and sleep

Like 40% of unhoused youth

She carried too inconvenient a truth

Now she'd rather live alone with no money in her pocket

Than go back to living in a closet

They say that we're just pretending

They say the world must be ending

You're zombies of the media you eat what they feed ya

We have always been, you are just a trend

Ronnie came back from the war

She said she didn't know what she fought and bled for

She said the only thing she knew was killing

She spiraled into addiction

When her wife died she fell into deep depression

But that didn't stop her transition

Islan was a young professional

Daughter to her loving mother

Her asshole boyfriend murdered her when his friends laughed at him

He said he was fooled by his lover

After a 12 year sentence he will be free

To see his fucking family

They say that we're just pretending

They say the world must be ending

You're zombies of the media you eat what they feed ya

We have always been, you are just a trend

They want you to hide

They want you to hold it all inside

They want to deride

Progress that took decades to arrive

We will survive

Outlive them all and thrive