Some are not really causes br But just symptoms br And we misdiagnose br A sickness br For a symptom br Of the real sickness br br The cause br And the effect br Are often interchanged br br For instance br Is poverty the cause br Of crime br Or is poverty br Only the symptom br Of it? br br For instance br Is ignorance br The cause of poverty br Or is it simply br An effect of poverty? br br Or is poverty br Nothing but an effect br Of ignorance? br br Or is poverty br Just an effect br Of an oppression br Of the rich br Taking much br From the poor br Who gets poorer br Everyday br Because there br Are no reforms br Coming br To solve br His poverty br His ignorance br His having to commit a crime br To survive br His poverty br His ignorance br His being a crime br Of br Society itself br who never cared br And wanted him br Who never br Instituted the much br Promised reforms? br br And so you doubt br The cause and effect br The effect from cause br And if you did not mind so br Well br They may always be br Interchanged br And mistaken br For the symptoms br The conditions br That always br Are br there deceiving.br br RIC S.