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'False Respect'

By soosoncrack

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You're a chief,I'm a chiefnot an Indian in sightIn your eyes I'm wrongin my eyes you're not rightWhich of us will sit idleand tell the other what to do?Perhaps it won't be mebut it sure as hell ain't youAlthough you may know howto bark out orders just fineYou'll never command the respectnecessary to keep me in lineRespect does'nt just happenfor a very few it is reservedThen selectively doled outbut only when it's deservedAs today's world suffersdue to maximum neglectVocabulary counterfeiterspass off tons of 'false respect'Which in and of itself showsa lack of breeding and classI define false respect easily'Nothing more than kissing ass'eak ©2000 Written October 14th, 2001 © on Oct 14 2001 02:54 AM PST   0 • 9

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"You're a chief,I'm a chiefnot an Indian in sightIn your eyes I'm wrongin my eyes you're not rightWhich of us will sit idleand tell the other what to do?Perhaps it won't be mebut it sure as hell ain't youAlthough you may know howto bark out orders just fineYou'll never command the respectnecessary to keep me in lineRespect does'nt just happenfor a very few it is reservedThen selectively doled outbut only when it's deservedAs today's world suffersdue to maximum neglectVocabulary counterfeiterspass off tons of 'false respect'Which in and of itself showsa lack of breeding and classI define false respect easily'Nothing more than kissing ass'eak ©2000..."

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