What's Goin' On

does anybody realize what's goin' on take a look around and you will see that we're destroying ourselves does everybody out there have a chip on their shoulders ? or is it that we've got nothing, nothing better to do ? beatings of five to one wasn't enough now we're using everything from chains to knives and guns how much more of this do we have to take before we realize it's such a senseless waste does anybody out there hear the cries ? of mothers who have lost their children to your foolish games when are you gonna realize that it's all just, just a senseless waste ? you think that it's just a game well, i've got one thing to explain someday your luck will fail then you'll wind up dead or jailed