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Do we need to be what they say?
Or can we go our own way?
Magazines, ads and peer pressure.
The who's wearing what
and what's taking over whom.
Photoshopped pictures telling us what's right.
New looks and how to "change" your life.
They say starving yourself to no end is cool.
They say weight loss is the new fad
and you shouldn't be glad with what you have.
They show you only what you would like to be
and not what it's like in reality.
Nobody's the way they picture us to be
in their perfect little fantasies.
Where everyone is beautiful on the outside
and throw away what really matters.
Your hopes of feeling real, they shatter.
Who are we trying to impress?
Is this one big competitive selfish fest
where we spend money on foolish things?
Expensive clothing and diamond rings.
Where cosmetic surgery is what everyone "needs?"
No more love, just greed.
It's taken over us indeed -- at top speed.
Hitting everyone hard and good.
Teens lured not to what they should
but to what could end all that was right.
We seemed to have lost our place
and our state of thought
about what our parents have taught.
We're way over our heads.
Some of these acts that are being done
may wind some of us up cold and dead.
I'd like to see
what these creators of this madness are like.
Let them show me their strength and their might.
Are they what they portray the world to be?
Or are they nothing but what everyone else sees?
This makes no sense to me.
And please wake me up when the world is materialism free.
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