Greed's Serpent

Greed is like a serpent; it slowly slithers to its target and when the moment is right it attacks.
It leaves behind venom that slowly begins to weaken you.
As you grow weaker your judgment becomes impaired and the serpent begins to consume you.
You try and fight back but it's too late because you're already dead.

All you wanted was to get ahead
But instead you've changed.
Because you've become something that you're not.

Money has gotten you caught
Like a fish on a hook.

When all you had to do was look in a book
To realize
It was never really worth it.