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