[Verse 1] What does it mean to be a man Where I am Where I come from Understand my place in this world Its a conundrum A Gordian knot A minotaurs maze An ape in the lab A rat in a cage Theyve stolen our habitat Trained us how to act Like poison plastic particles stored in your body fat So where my scholars at, holla back if ya feel me The situation we live in is filthy Theres poison in the water, poison in the air Poison in the food Were taught not to care Shut our eyes tight, pretend its not there Like its unpatriotic to say its not fair We get a raw deal, s I keep this raw feel Why Im on the mic day and night with raw skill Spittin nonfiction, this is all real If we leave it to the feds they gon get us all killed [Hook] They externalize the costs, socialize the risk Privatize the profits, give em to the rich Crush all the movements, leave us powerless See capitals the cancer its time to make a switch They externalize the costs, socialize the risk Privatize the profits, give em to the rich Wouldnt know a free market if it spit in their faces Want it tightly controlled to keep us all in our places [Verse 2] Tell me, whys a civilization, so uncivilized It doesnt have to be, but it is, Ive realized Its not technology, its the social system Life, liberty, and happiness are all the victims Of politricks that dont give a damn about truth Use propaganda to deceive the youth From the cradle to the grave We live and die as slaves The rich get richer and the pigs get paid Even got us trained so we chain ourselves Trade the pursuit of happiness for the pursuit of wealth An impossible dream, an illusion at best An impractical scheme, a nation obsessed With bigger, better, stronger, never get enough As we drown our fears, buying useless stuff Enoughs enough yall, its time to stand For human dignity, the rights of man [Hook] They externalize the costs, socialize the risk Privatize the profits, give em to the rich Crush all the movements, leave us powerless See capitals the cancer its time to make a switch They externalize the costs, socialize the risk Privatize the profits, give em to the rich Wouldnt know a free market if it spit in their faces Want it tightly controlled to keep us all in our places [Verse 3] If youre broke and youre starvin no ones bailing you out If your job gets downsized, no ones bailing you out Over 3 million homeless, no ones bailing them out Billionaires in trouble, oh we gon bail them out Ecosytems collapsing, no ones bailing them out The middle class is disappearing, no ones bailing them out Our schools are embarrassing, cant you bail them out Theyd rather spend it all on war and givin banks a handout I wanna grab your attention, hold it for a second Smash the barriers of fear and pretension Understand were all in the same boat and its sinkin fast If we wanna stay afloat we gotta bail ourselves out by working together That starts with the belief that this world can be better Listen, humans are imperfect, you cant change that Thats the why this system doesnt work this may seem a strange fact But politicians are always gonna act like politicians Their parties and their platforms are irrelevant listen They prostitute the people to improve their positions And when ya vote for them youre just giving them permission We dont need them, we can self organize Stop expecting the impossible its time to realize We are the ones that weve been waiting for And we dont need them or theyre lies anymore [Hook] They externalize the costs, socialize the risk Privatize the profits, give em to the rich Crush all the movements, leave us powerless See capitals the cancer its time to make a switch They externalize the costs, socialize the risk Privatize the profits, give em to the rich Wouldnt know a free market if it spit in their faces Want it tightly controlled to keep us all in our places
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