Conventional wisdom would tell you 
Money 
It’s the root of most evil 
I disagree, strongly 

We’ve evolved into a society 
revolving around the glorification of money 
It’s a good and a bad thing… 
Depending on who’s listening 
Who or what’s doing the talking 
It has its disadvantages and its advantages 
Avarice and rapacity 
Travel with a lot of negativity 
But money per se 
The love and pursuit thereof is not 
the elementary source of “the problem” 
Sad as it may be, the vast majority 
Pursue higher education not because 
They want to “help” their fellow man 
Not really
It’s because they want to get rich 
Live larger and better 
We all understand 
It has made us smarter, stronger, given some much power 
What’s wrong with that? 

Conventional wisdom would tell you 
Money 
It’s the root of most evil 
I disagree strongly 
It’s not the dollar constitution 
It’s the entire concept 
The “higher” power 
The immortal and invisible deity 
The “one” with every answer 
The so-called 
GOD 
Religion 
It’s the principal root 
Under most of the difficulties we have/had 

They are complicated and frail machines 
These humans 
Created and encoded 
And… 
Much like this computer 
At the whim of its creator 
And the skilled end user 

The incessant need to believe in “something” 
To make everyone else see, the wonder 
Inside your brand of fervor 
The blatant hypocrisy 
Superior to everyone 
Inferior to someone 
Who? 
You don’t really know, do you? 
Thou shall not kill 
Slay my enemy 
Or anyone else who doesn’t agree 
That’s not about money 

They lie in the name 
Crusade in the name 
Cheat in the name 
Pillage and plunder 
In the name 
Murder and enslave in the name 
They are benign 
Eleemosynary 
In his name 

Pick your spot 
Jehovah 
Allah 
Buddha 
Satan 
Lucifer 
Whatever... 

It’s always something 
Someone to praise when things go well 
Someone to blame when they catch hell 
Someone to worship 
Something responsible for every single “trip” 
Good or bad on the road to Elysium 
The unremitting quest for paradise 
Disguised as faith 
And quite often, flat out hate 
It’s an effective tool 
Mass, effectual control 
Of the human soul 
Blind trust 
It’s the engine propelling them up the hill 
The impetus 
The Trojan virus 
That will 
Eventually destroy 
The hominidae mill 

There are some things, many things 
Man wouldn’t do for money 
There are few things under the sun 
He wouldn’t do for his religion 

It’s the galactic programmers you revere 
The ones who were skillful enough 
To create your hardware 
And code the software, that even now 
Millennia later 
You can’t get over… 
It keeps you dependent 
And reverent 
Sheep out to pasture 
Waiting on the return of a celestial keeper 
It’s not the money that controls you 
It’s not money that drives you to your knees 
Eyes glazed, gazing at an unresponsive sky 
It’s not the money, perpetuating the myth 
Even the so-called atheist 
The, I don’t believe in a damn thing crowd 
Haughty and loud 
Lost in a blustery front 
They can, will revert to the default settings 
At the drop of a certain hat 
It’s in their code 
Nothing they can do about that 

There are those who know the truth 
The handful made aware 
Who have conspired to keep the populous 
In the “proper” fear 
Those who will pretend that they are 
the anointed buffer 
Between you and the master 
And they will do anything to keep it that way… 
Anything at all 
To sustain the status quo 
What you don’t want to… 
You will never know 

And if they’ve learnt over the years 
The intricacies of your programming 
Which buttons to push and when 
The shortcut keys 
The backdoors to your psyche 
Don’t blame it all on the money 

You are simply a tool 
The programmers fool 
The pet project for some 
Software engineer from way beyond the sun 
And a brilliant, if insidious program 
You call religion 

Listen, listen can you hear it say… 
Children, let us pray! 
That wasn’t your dollar bill calling 
Or some “special” microphone gun 
That my digital friend 
Was the illusion, 
The delusion,
The collusion
Called 
Religion 

Conventional wisdom would tell you 
Money 
It’s the root of most evil 
I disagree, strongly 
The so called war on terror
From where did it come?
It's all about religion
The perpetual bloodletting in the middle east
Everything else aside
Religion not money, hijacking the peace
Who decides what is, what isn't a sin?
If money is the fuel, religion is the engine.
Who's gonna win?
Extremism
Fanaticism
Young and old on a spiritual binge
One an all
Squarely on the lunatic fringe
Riddle me this
Riddle me that
One God
One hundred hats
Who really believes that unbelieveable song?
Get real son...
Could none be right and all be wrong?

Blind Trust 
It’s unreal 
It’s your primary Achilles heel 
It’s the unwritten, unspoken, almighty law 
It is 
Religious Moolah 

I am the malefic 
Versifier 
NecroWmancer