Trapped in Katrina's aftermath by George's emergency management
Stranded on the rooftops are the people left for dead
Waving franticly to their leader, who's flying safely overhead
He's been too busy raising money for his own political gain
To throw the city a lifeline when it's sinking down the drain
So the supplies supposedly on route meet another inexplicable delay
The rising tide of bureaucracy has washed all hope away
Flooded with bureaucracy
Flooded with the lies
Flooded with excuses as the political damage starts to rise
Wading through the politics
Wading through the culpable
Wading through the talking points that defend those most responsible
Submerged under the failure
Submerged under inaction
Submerged under the photo-ops staged as a distraction
Drowned by the incompetence
Drowned by the indifference
Drowned by the government's undisputable negligence
The backdrop is erected and the cameras relay the determination
Of a battered incompetent president looking to stop the devastation
Not for the victims but for his own declining ratings
So he parades his presence in front of the nation to initiate the rebuilding
Not of New Orleans but solely for his image
It's only his agenda that he really wants to salvage
Empty promises of endless resources, his absence rationalized
He flies in for his photo-op and afterwards his commitment subsides
Flooded with bureaucracy
Flooded with the lies
Flooded with excuses as the political damage starts to rise
Wading through the politics
Wading through the culpable
Wading through the talking points that defend those most responsible
Submerged under the failure
Submerged under inaction
Submerged under the photo-ops staged as a distraction
Drowned by the incompetence
Drowned by the indifference
Drowned by the government's undisputable negligence
If you are poor
It's time to sink or swim
If you are black
It's time to sink or swim
Those people were forgotten
Those people were stranded
Those people were betrayed
Those people were abandoned
He promised to protect the people but he's abandoned them instead
In terms of Bush's legacy what's another thousand dead?
He rounded up the National Guard to defend American interests in Iraq
When he can't even defend this country against a hurricane's attack
He embraces cronyism and surrounds himself with friends
The unqualified allies that he installed are the only people he defends
A pat on the back for Chertoff and words of praise for Brown
As they all stood idly by and watched an entire city drown
Flooded with bureaucracy
Flooded with the lies
Flooded with excuses as the political damage starts to rise
Wading through the politics
Wading through the culpable
Wading through the talking points that defend those most responsible
Submerged under the failure
Submerged under inaction
Submerged under the photo-ops staged as a distraction
Drowned by the incompetence
Drowned by the indifference
Drowned by the government's undisputable negligence
Pounded by the hurricane but finished off by the government Trapped in Katrina's aftermath by George's emergency management Stranded on the rooftops are the people left for dead Waving franticly to their leader, who's flying safely overhead He's been too busy raising money for his own political gain To throw the city a lifeline when it's sinking down the drain So the supplies supposedly on route meet another inexplicable delay The rising tide of bureaucracy has washed all hope away Flooded with bureaucracy Flooded with the lies Flooded with excuses as the political damage starts to rise Wading through the politics Wading through the culpable Wading through the talking points that defend those most responsible Submerged under the failure Submerged under inaction Submerged under the photo-ops staged as a distraction Drowned by the incompetence Drowned by the indifference Drowned by the government's undisputable negligence The backdrop is erected and the cameras relay the determination Of a battered incompetent president looking to stop the devastation Not for the victims but for his own declining ratings So he parades his presence in front of the nation to initiate the rebuilding Not of New Orleans but solely for his image It's only his agenda that he really wants to salvage Empty promises of endless resources, his absence rationalized He flies in for his photo-op and afterwards his commitment subsides Flooded with bureaucracy Flooded with the lies Flooded with excuses as the political damage starts to rise Wading through the politics Wading through the culpable Wading through the talking points that defend those most responsible Submerged under the failure Submerged under inaction Submerged under the photo-ops staged as a distraction Drowned by the incompetence Drowned by the indifference Drowned by the government's undisputable negligence If you are poor It's time to sink or swim If you are black It's time to sink or swim Those people were forgotten Those people were stranded Those people were betrayed Those people were abandoned He promised to protect the people but he's abandoned them instead In terms of Bush's legacy what's another thousand dead? He rounded up the National Guard to defend American interests in Iraq When he can't even defend this country against a hurricane's attack He embraces cronyism and surrounds himself with friends The unqualified allies that he installed are the only people he defends A pat on the back for Chertoff and words of praise for Brown As they all stood idly by and watched an entire city drown Flooded with bureaucracy Flooded with the lies Flooded with excuses as the political damage starts to rise Wading through the politics Wading through the culpable Wading through the talking points that defend those most responsible Submerged under the failure Submerged under inaction Submerged under the photo-ops staged as a distraction Drowned by the incompetence Drowned by the indifference Drowned by the government's undisputable negligence Explain Request ×
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