[Verse 1]

Get grades, toe the line

Keep your behind above the water in the meantime

Join the corporate pyramid

I couldn't blame you if you did

Until you sell out your brother while your sister falls

Playin' daddy, doin' the company crawl

You don't deserve your daughter's kiss

It's sad, that's how it is

[Verse 2]

Well, uptown there's been more than an oil spill

Another woman beaten, raped, blood spilled

Male hate, the paper's couldn't wait

Racism, sell this

Well, there's no excusin' in what I'm sayin'

It's just that there's a million colours prayin'

For real justice

Yeah, that's how it really is

[Verse 3]

Just get born, keep on keepin' on

Defend yourself against the worries, try and have fun

Party on until your number's picked

But be aware because the fight is fixed

It was them but it could be you next

Paranoia saves lives, so if you want to exist

Get your head around this...

That's how it really is

[Outro]

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