A Human Rat Race

Life has it's ups and downs you lose and you win And is there one amongst us not guilty of sin? And greed now in every Land and every place Of the World we inhabit we've made a rat race. Greed has spread around the World from north to southern shore For we are living in the age by some known as much wants more Due to the destruction of their habitat species of birds and animals become extinct every day And extinction is is forever as conservationists always say. Rich people have a big home and backyard swimming pool and two new cars some own three A big fishing boat and a condominium by the sea To own more than one home the privileged see as quite okay Money does speak every language and 'tis always been that way. The gap between the rich and the poor is increasing World-wide And the wealthy have the advantage of money on their side That all people are equal is a blatant lie 'Tis only poor people of the hunger who die. Greed and corruption is not now a stranger in any place We've made out of the World a Human rat race For many more than enough is not quite good enough Whilst millions are homeless and they have to sleep rough