Excess

N Noël October 2009



Needing more, giving less, wanting things we have to posses “Excess”
“Must Haves” that you can’t live without, new Prada or the big house
Space so large echoes from rooftop to garage just filled with stuff but lacking love
Pure Excess, hoarding, holding not sharing just lusting

Why do we invest, kept obtaining worldly mess
Baggage upon baggage, filling our souls until you’re old
Trading happiness for barrel of fools gold
Excess a blind conquest, want your life to reflect what the world says is SUCCESS

Consuming things upon empty things piled up like a mountain of shame
Gold teeth in mouth yet children are not housed who’s to blame
Tricked out rides while the elderly are left to die
“I Love N.Y.” and “Atlanta Housewives”
It’s reality show hell, yet hungry bellies swell, no one hears their cries

Excess, Excess what a “Big American Jest”
All think we have “arrived” with fat pockets full of “pride”
No giving, just taking you think we’re ahead
Just a fantasy conformed in a pseudo reality of the mislead

Marriage a notion of the pass options are kept open
Like the zipper of pants wide open all for the taking
Hookin Up, now that’s more like it no need to commit
Unmarried, making babies, no consequences given to their well being
Family a foreign word long gone like a festered unwanted zit

Children killing children day after day
Over commercialized “bling” lifestyles they want to gain
Life treated like a rag doll in a video game
Baby Mama, Gangsta, Bitches and Hoes our children don’t know who they are
Take away the Excess we need to replace it with “Love” this has gone too far

Blind eye turned to the homeless on the corner
No one to give a dollar, who cares not your burden to shoulder
Recession, Foreclosure, No Healthcare all are swallowing us whole
Something must be done soon or this generation will be lost
Excess, Excess how far we’ve regressed
Excess, Excess a “Big Unconstitutional American Jest”