Wonderful World
Clawfinger Lyrics

There's a peddler a pusher standing on the corner
There is a street vendor trying to sell drugs on the corner

There's a junky on the street with some crack to warm her
There's a drug addict on the street looking to buy crack

Down and out in the city she's working as a hooker
She's poor and desperate, so she's working as a prostitute

So the system took the freedom to overlook her
The system ignored her and left her without any help whatsoever

She don't exist that's made her feel the hate
Ignoring her existence and problems made her feel angry and unimportant

She's just a victim of the world that we create
She's a victim of the society that we create, which doesn't provide equal opportunities for everyone

She didn't have a chance man she didn't want to do it
She didn't have a choice, and she didn't want to become a prostitute

But she never got the choice so she just said screw it
She didn't get to make a choice, so she had to accept her fate

She took it to the bottom just trying it all
She tried every option available and ended up in the worst situation

Knowing that nobody even cared at all
She knew that no one cared about her situation

Don't deny her needs take a look at yourself
Don't ignore the needs of people like her, and think about your own actions

Before you start talking 'bout anything else
Before you start discussing any other topic, think about the issues that people like her face

There's a lower class family they're living in a vice
There's a poor family living in a small apartment in a miserable way

You know it ain't to bad but it sure ain't nice
Their situation isn't the worst, but it's definitely not a good one

Four kids in a flat that was built for two
They have four kids, but the apartment only fits two people

Cockroaches on the floor so what they gonna do
They have cockroaches on the floor and don't know what to do about it

Rats in the cellar no water in the tap
They have rats in the basement and no water coming out of the faucet

The kids of today are growing up with this crap
The children are growing up in this horrible environment

A sweet loving mother she does everything she can
Their mother is loving and does everything she can to provide for her children

A father with a will he's a fighting man
Their father is strong-willed and determined to improve their situation

He's lost his job and all the money's been spent
He has lost his job and spent all their savings

So tell me anybody who's gonna pay the rent
So who is going to pay the rent now that they have no money coming in?

And you're all talking 'bout equality
People talk about equality, but there's no real equality in society

This whole fucking world is insanity
The entire world is crazy and unfair

Meanwhile in a suburb some fancy boulevard
In a rich suburb, on a beautiful street

There's a couple in a house with a dog on guard
There's a couple living in a house with a guard dog

3 cars in the garage they keep everything inside
They have three cars, but they keep them all inside the garage

Afraid of the violence afraid to go outside
They are afraid of violence and don't want to leave their house

Money ain't funny if you're afraid to use it
Money can't bring happiness if you're too scared to use it

You grip it to hard when you're afraid to loose it
When you're afraid of losing your money, you hold onto it too tightly

Working as a lawyer in some upper class area
One of them works as a lawyer in a wealthy part of the city

Alone at home his wife goes into hysteria
His wife is alone at home and has a breakdown

A gun under her pillow to tense to relax
She keeps a gun under her pillow because she's too tense to relax

To rich to face reality to scared to face the facts
They're too rich to see the reality of the situation and too scared to face the facts

They stick to what they got and they try to make it pretty
They only focus on what they have and try to make it look nice

Hiding from the life that's going on down in the city
They're hiding from the reality of the poor lives that people live in the city

Such a wonderful world.
It's a sarcastic way of saying that the world is terrible