I am a man who sees darkness and turns on the light I am a man who sees wrong things and turns them to right I am a man whos dying to be free of his chains I am a man and Im shaking the cage Im shaking the cage Im shaking the cage They try to tell me that the future that I see is some stubborn and far off dream But if you stand beside me youll see what I see And youll shake the cage with me I thought that living meant to follow and do as youre told All I got good at was trying not to grow old You cannot tell me we were meant to live this way I am a man and Im shaking the cage Im shaking the cage Im shaking the cage They try to tell me that the future that I see is some stubborn and far off dream But if you stand beside me youll see what I see And youll shake the cage with me Have poor people dying while the rich multiplyin Wont you, come on, shake the cage Killing for oil, to the victor go the spoils Wont you, come on, shake the cage Using the bible, a tale unrivaled Wont you, come on, shake the cage Politicians above tell you who you can love Wont you, come on, shake the cage Im shaking the cage Im shaking the cage They try to tell me that the future that I see is some stubborn and far off dream But if you stand beside me youll see what I see And youll shake the cage with me
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