The System Was Never Broken It Was Built This Way

 

Everyday, 

is wasting away, 

my labor goes to pay

Thought I had, 

nothing more to say, 

everybody,

acting cray

Will I survive another day? 

Everywhere is this game, 

that, I refuse to play

Make my name,

off someone else name

It’s a shame, poverty stains

Stop dreaming 

of running away

You ain’t got a choice, 

but to stay

This life is rough but

I’d never trade

I see you always lying

Soon, it all begins to fade

All my dues are paid, 

but I got debts, 

that won’t never go away

Everyone’s bald and fat, 

but I still weigh the same, 

I still ride the train

I still carry the flame

Fucking wingnuts

I know who to blame, 

went to school, 

but I'm still a wage slave

I can't be trained

Fuck the fortune, 

and fuck the fame, 

This capitalist life

is always pained

My pockets,

always lame, 

my bank account is drained

My class is always framed, 

crack the whip once, 

and the rebels are tame

Historically a blip, 

My generation blamed, 

we need to make it plain

Everybody suffering, 

can we take the strain? 

Times is moving too fast

People in too much pain

Elders pass the flame, 

to those who stayed sane

Feet on the ground, 

ear to the sounds, 

still not prayin’

Started at the bottom, 

still at the bottom, 

no lose—no gain

Never forgot, 

from where from I came, 

This poverty just

still looks the same
Walking forward
Directly into the flame