Tell me 'bout the country that I'm TRYING TO SERVE
When we got the right to freedom of speech but not the RIGHT TO BE HEARD
So who would listen in the slums when there's FIGHTS ON THE CURB
And you can stay inside your pretty little LIFE IN THE BURBS

Hostage of SURVEILLANCE and medical PAYMENTS
WAGE THEFT turning every office to SLAVESHIPS
While they sip champagne, watching riots ALL NIGHT
Laughing at the peasants like they're betting on a DOG FIGHT

Thousands die to violence during RANDOM EVENTS
But a million children died to a MAN AT A DESK
You're getting MAD AND DISTRESSED but you HAVE TO ACCEPT
We're asking people for change when they don't HAVE ANY SENSE

Publicize the straw man, turn it to a STUNT DUMMY
Gag all the whistleblowers, bury them with HUSH MONEY
Take every truth, twist and turn it like CONTORTIONISTS
DISPROPORTIONATE like funhouse mirrors were DISTORTING IT

Propaganda worked 'cause it HELD US APART
Loan sharks eating white meat as WELL AS THE DARK
Recession always makes men SELFISH AT HEART
So they'll let you be right, while they're LETTING YOU STARVE

Ain't no GETTING THROUGH TO CONGRESS IF they LISTEN TO THE LOBBYISTS
I THINK THE TRUTH IS OBVIOUS, they're SHITTING ON THE POPULACE
Kill 'em by the sword, put them INTO A SARCOPHAGUS
'Cause pens ain't shit unless they're GETTING YOU AN AUDIENCE