The people up there
Are they so really high and mighty that they don't hear the angry shouts?

We the people are watching!
Do they really think that we're not paying attention?
As they wage war against the newspapers and magazines
That are trying to tell us what's what?
What will the little ones think
When they have to grow older in a world 
So messed up
That they live in fear of someone going and shooting their friends
Because the gun legislation wasn't passed by people they will never meet

As the new generation of power, we're supposed to lift the weight
Of many of the problems we didn't create
We shouldn't have to worry about that yet
We should be able to focus on worrying about our Science projects
Our sports
Our hobbies

YES we should be paying attention!
YES we should hold some of the power!
YES we need the young people the old people
But we shouldn't have to be crushed by the absence of understanding in our world
Every 
Single
Day

We need everyone no matter their race
Their gender
Their religion
Their ideas
But do people with ideas really have to hurt others to show them?

Every single day
I lament 
All the awful things that have happened, are happening, and will happen
The world will always have some awful in it
I can accept that
There always has been awful
But can't we tone it down?
Can't we give a damn for other people?
Other people that we have ever been?

I say to you, politicians, 
Listen
Listen to your families
Listen to the marchers
Listen to the media
Listen to people who are different from you
Don't forget them
Don't ignore them
We need you to listen
Or nothing will change
The world will continue to revolve around one of the strongest forces it knows
Hate
Don't fuel it

Give a damn about people
Give a damn about our planet 

Just please
For the sake of all the people who have yet to be born

Give a damn