Louis Maistros A/K/A Juke Joint Louie played the east coast club circuit from Baltimore's legendary Marble Bar to CBGB in NYC, from the early 1980s to the late
Racism is not the problem
And ignorance is not the problem
And war is not the problem
It's always been easier to hate than to love
Always been easier to hate than to love
That's not the problem
There's just too many not to blame
And there's a hard, hard truth
That's buried in that fact
Yes, there's a hard, hard truth
And that's: Silence kills
The lack of a God is not the problem
Some say that too much God is the problem
But they're wrong too.
And that sneaky devil has never been a problem for me
It's always been easier to die than to live
Always been easier to die than to live
That's not the problem
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The hungry and hopeless - they ain't it
And the welfare cheats, they're not the ...
The fat, rich and hateful?
It's always been easier to take than to give
Always been easier to take than to give
That's not the problem
There's just too many not to blame
