Done With the Rat Race

Who decided that we have to work?
Climb the corporate ladder, kissing up to jerks
Spending all your time on the daily grind
Leaves no time to unwind
Punching the clock to get paid in dimes
A system of control, read between the lines
Keep us all busy, keep us tired and dependent
Send a portion of your paycheck to the government

Have a little more patience now, they say things will turn around
Gotta find the right career, and then my life will be in the clear
And then bitch slap! Back to reality, your educated job pays shit for a salary
Your family is hungry, are you bringing home the bacon?
You're working all the hours, where's the money that you're making?
And what's in store for the poor, who can't afford anything anymore
Poverty passed down to our youth, a corrupt system allergic to truth
Oppression and division got so many by the throat
But we're actually in the same boat

You're not gonna catch us, we're too far in the lead
'Cause we know that passion's all we need to succeed
And we're done with your rat race, we're driving way off the track
Our destination will trail blaze, and we're never coming back
We're a new generation, every color and creed
Every orientation, or what you choose to believe
And we'll see through your system, through the blanket of lies
And we'll all stand united, and a new guard will rise

Money, tell me why we gotta use it?
When so many people don't have it or abuse it
A finance system hijacked by the rich
Making the middle class their bitch
Poverty and debt have so many in chains
While the 1% get tax breaks, it's insane
The men behind the curtain have been screwing us all
And I, for one, won't take the fall

I hope the people start to change, priorities rearrange
Beware the ticking clock, gotta think outside the box
All our time spent working in fear, barely getting by with a future unclear
We're wasting all our energy on work with no passion, too afraid of what might happen
I think it's really unfair, that people everywhere
Live in horrible despair, while those in power laugh and stare
Snickering with their clubhouse buddies
Proud of how they played all the people like dummies
But we can shut them up if we all unite
And fill the fraudulent fuckers with fright

You're not gonna catch us, we're too far in the lead
'Cause we know that passion's all we need to succeed
And we're done with your rat race, we're driving way off the track
Our destination will trail blaze, and we're never coming back
We're a new generation, every color and creed
Every orientation, or what you choose to believe
And we'll see through your system, through the blanket of lies
And we'll all stand united, and a new guard will rise