Real Talk

If the weather's as bad as the weatherman says

We're in for a real mean storm

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 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 your 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 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