Do good and good will come to you,

Isn’t this what we are told?

Brought up with these values ingrained,

On this idea we’re all sold.

How selfish would one have to be

To live by this with pride?

If I don’t gain by saving you

I’d simply watch you die?

We pray to god for things we want

We get down on all fours.

But we can’t even lend a hand

To help mum with her chores.

I’d feed the homeless for a year

I’ll give clothes to the needy.

But only if I get that car

Cos well, you know, I’m greedy!

We wish for heaven, that’s all we want

The sinners go to hell.

We’d do anything to save our spot.

Some would even their souls sell.

Your karma catches up with you,

All we do is with this in our mind.

But does one need a promised land

To simply be more kind?

With all we see in the world right now,

Things we wish we could dispel.

Maybe the earth that we call home

is just another planet’s hell.