Pounds and pence No offense But competing for food don’t make no sense Land of the free Lock and key Sub-status quo, get off my property Just when you think you got it made You’re on the business end of a switch blade But all is fair in love and free trade So you shrug and resume your endless crusade Oh well So much for the tolerant left The prison and church And school are one It makes it easier for them to have their fun Piranhas in the bathtub, rattlesnakes Underneath a cop car, cutting the brakes The boss is the lowest form of life on earth Getting filthy rich paying you less than you’re worth The comedian thinks he’s funny when he’s punching down But it’s all cheap laughs, he’s just a fucking clown Oh well So much for the tolerant left So much for the tolerant left So much for the tolerant left So much for the tolerant left

They made us pledge allegiance Recite each and every line They just failed to mention It was bullshit the whole time All flags were made for burning And that's just what they'll do Eventually, they all come down And yours will too We don't owe them anything They owe us their lives They exist to keep us struggling They make me want to die They lie, extort, and cheat and steal They make up phony crimes To make us all potential criminals That pay them endless fines They outsourced our jobs to sweat shops Filled our water full of lead They foreclosed on our homes They won't stop until we're dead They shoot us in the street, Because that's what tyrants do But eventually, they all come down And this one will too I don't care about your laws They don't determine right and wrong You murder your own citizens You're no better than Saddam Your schools rewrote history And pumped it full of lies You fed us pharmaceuticals Stole the best years of our lives Won't someone tell me why? Will someone tell me lies? Does it even matter why? Someone tell me why. For vengeance, I will try For vengeance, I will try

The cold touch of the bathroom floor on my burning face The quick echoes of my frantic breaths ricochet around my head Pins of numbness sting my arms, I feel my pulse racing This feels like death, I hope it's not death, but would it be so bad if it was? Panic attack Is it the smoking or the lack of sleep or maybe just the people Grandma says the only cure lies within the steeple The more I try to slow my breaths, the more I lose control My head is melting in cold sweat, as I sink into this hole It could happen to you "But what will they all say? What will they all think? How will I explain? What am I gonna say? I don't know! Don't ask me. I don't know. I have to work with these people too. Get them out of my face!” You feign empathy down, your halo shines brighter than ever before And every time I punch the clock I die a little more I never leave the house without my wild eyes and gritted teeth I take my communion on this filthy bathroom floor It could happen to you

On an empty street in a Missouri town Where all the cops are white A black and white car crept along Looking for a fight Two unarmed boys were walking home Unaware of being hunted The patrol car turned the corner They were unexpectedly confronted The door flew open, an arm reached out, Grabbed the kid by the throat It was a white St. Louis cop, He was a black kid, just old enough to vote They tried to get away But the shots instantly began One boy hid behind a car, The other held out his hands I'm sure you know what happened next, It happens all the time No expensive trials, no jury, Just execution for no crime Another mother cried Another mother cried Keep the kids inside Lock the doors and hide The police are out tonight The boy lie face down in the street And he never had a gun They left him there for all to see The community was stunned The police said it was justified As the crowds began to form That day the town of Ferguson Stood against the uniform, they sang... Keep the kids inside Lock the doors and hide The police are out tonight They cooked up the usual story Said he went for the cop's gun Then they opened fire on the crowd When they wouldn't turn and run They sent in tanks and SWAT, And smashed news cameras at the scene They attacked our people For a cop who killed an innocent teen Is it any wonder why we never cry when a police dies?

Never been the charming kind of insecure To my dismay We'll never have the sum of what we endure To my dismay The system makes you think that it's outside entity But it's your friends, and it's your home, and it's your family and It's your job, and it's your school, and it's your health insurance When you question everything, don't forget your self-assurance What do we do now? You are what you support Where do we go now? You are what you support You've got a choice, will you choose to be another observer? You've got a voice, will you use it to justify mass murder? Never been the charming kind of insecure To my dismay We'll never have the sum of what we endure To my dismay

Hey, hey, western world, We've come so far We got Nestle using child slaves To make us chocolate bars But who the hell cares? As long as it benefits you They signed a contract with the government Now they own the water too Nike and Wal-Mart, we are so proud of thee Using sweat shop labor overseas While we pretend not to see I say, hey, hey, hey, hey western world Pat yourself on the back Join the army, trade your humanity And keep this empire on track Keep your head down Pay no attention Go to school, go to work, Pay taxes, not attention Imperialists of the world, give yourselves a hand UK, Israel, France, Canada, and of course, the US of A The free market is more sacred Than your petty human rights Pretty soon we'll charge you monthly For using the sunlight But you better not use that sun For your home energy Because solar power is a loss For the electric company People tell me that I'm cynical But I have nice dreams too I watch the fancy cars of Scottsdale Smashed into little cubes Fuck you Keep your head down Pay no attention Go to school, go to work, Pay taxes, not attention Pay your taxes, pay your fines, pay your legal fees, pay your loans, pay your rent, pay your registration, pay us everything we demand, just don't pay attention. Don't pay attention to any of the heinous shit that we're doing in your name. Blah, blah, blah blah, blah, blah