So my best friend died last night

He took his own life; I guess you can say his depression held him too tight

 

His mother is crying

His dad is trying

 

To keep it all together

However

 

They have no clue why he did what he did

 

Well, I’ll tell you what happened

 

You see, he didn’t just kill himself

 

He was also murdered

 

But not by a knife or a gun

But by the words the status quo used to make fun

 

They told him he was too fat

And that he was no good at this or that

 

Even though he had a true talent for poetry

 

But did the status quo like that, no

 

In fact they despise it

 

Because it’s not cheerleading, football, or something they approve

For it was too much of a risk to keep him alive, so they tried to have him removed

 

And it worked

 

For he was too much of a liability

Because his talent had the ability

 

To do some serious damage to the status quo

 

So they hired hitmen, also known as bullies, to do their dirty work

They paid them with the lie that their lives will be better if they hurt the “jerk”

 

And it worked

 

Everything went according to plan

 

The bullies used fists, twists, lies, and knives

 

To hurt him just enough for him to go over the edge

 

And they swore that they will never tell what truly happened

Once his heart rate fattened

 

And knew beyond a shadow of a doubt there was no saving him

And the chance of his story going public was slim

 

After all, he was a nobody, right?

 

Wrong

 

Because the status quo’s body count is so high

People have noticed that millions have been killed by their lies

Which makes their victims sense of self-worth die

Which in turn causes them to commit suicide

 

Even though I know suicide isn’t the answer

It is still one of the leading causes of teen deaths, even more than cancer

 

So what can we do about it?

 

Obviously the main problem isn’t the bullies, they’re just the weapon

For the bullies are also under a similar kind of depression

 

For they are extremely similar to their victims, they were just told a different lie

And eventually the status quo will abandon them, and the bullies will also want to die

 

Broken and alone, like their victims

 

But the real problem is the standards that the status quo puts on us

In order to stop bullying, bringing down the status quo is what we need to discuss

 

But that’s easier said than done

Because everyone has agreed at some point in their lives, that the status quo is number one

 

And I’m no exception

 

Because every time we do something selfish

It’s not the us, but the status quo that we embellish

 

For the status quo is selfishness

 

The status quo is there simply because we want more than what we’ve got

 

And it doesn’t matter whether your selfishness is just wanting a bigger piece of birthday cake

Or embezzling money out of the middleclass families so you can keep living you’re life like a fake

 

Everyone is guilty as charged

 

And the status quo wins

Which in turn will cause more teens to be murdered by the status quo’s sins

 

Don’t you see, because of our selfishness, we are feeding the status quo’s lies

And all we’re doing is killing more of our teens by suicide

 

And it’s all because we’re selfish peasants who want to become kings and queens

So tell me, is becoming America’s next idol worth the death of our teens

If you say yes, than you know what that means

 

It means that you’re an accessory to murder and you don’t give a damn

About the death of our teens, and you would have fallen for the status quo’s scam

 

You’re guilty as charged

 

The status quo wins

Which in turn will cause more teens to be murdered by your sins