When someone says they are

Doing the best that they can

We often should give them the

Benefit of the doubt

If they are excelling

We will notice that

And give them credit

where it is due

If it benefits the situation

we should give them the benefit of the doubt

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But if they don’t seem to care

And they are being unfair

Time to call their bluff

Get tough and call them out

If they are abusing their privilege

Or committing sacrilege

And that’s what it’s all about

Then we can no longer give them

the benefit of the doubt

We have to call them out

Even if we have to shout

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It seems to me

that it’s more than just chance

That I keep running into this circumstance

Maybe I’m so subtle with my outstanding views

That the abuser

And user

Gets kind of confused

And tries to pull one over on me

And then wonders why I choose

Not to offer the benefit of the doubt

But instead call them out

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There may be a catch twenty-two

To what we do

Justice doesn’t always

arrive easily

If we call someone out

But others still offer

the benefit of the doubt

It could be pleasing

for the wrong-doer

To through your heart skewer

Their lies and their clout

Because they don’t give

a damn about

Justice anyway

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They’d rather make you pay

For having your truthful say

Because they are cowards

Kindness they devour

And they try to get away

With whatever they can

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Maybe they went too far

And they did not mean to

Maybe they misread the situation

And tried to come clean too

So when we call them out

They should know exactly 

what it’s all about

Share the truth

And stop abuse

And

No matter what we do

Be careful with

The benefit of the doubt

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