This Place

Wake up.
This ain't no American Dream
What you have been sold is not what you have seen
Yeah the lakes and the rivers teem but it ain't easy to swim upstream

And so it goes that all gold flows
To those that oppose all of us below
We owe as they reap what we sow, and they don't want you to know
That all that we've grown, they still own

And they say "You can be like, you just gotta pay the fee,
but no hand outs and nothing for free"
And they say "It ain't my fault if you drown, just turn around,
those below you, the black and the brown,
that's who's keepin' you down"

Do we believe that? Do we fight for the scraps while they get fat?
Nah, that ain't where its at.

It may seem funny we got all this money
but there ain't enough for us in this place
Land of the plenty's in the hands of the few,
that's how we do it in this place

Is that how it's done in this place?
What are we gonna do?
Get Down!

And we call this the land of the free. The land of the free?
Yet we incarcerate at the greatest rate,
Institutional hate that keeps children in cages
Others enslaved by poverty wages, while nobody rages
At the antiquated system of bail that keeps so many in jail,
But if you happen to male, rich, cis, straight and white,
It all seems alright

Do we accept this? Or do we admit that something is amiss?

It may seem funny we got all this money
but there ain't enough for us in this place
Land of the plenty's in the hands of the few,
that's how we do it in this place

Just how much is one billion? 10,000 years at $100K,
Not a single dime spent and no taxes to pay
Can anyone really say it was earned?

It may seem funny we got all this money
but there ain't enough for us in this place
Land of the plenty's in the hands of the few,
that's how we do it in this place
It may seem funny we got all this money
but there ain't enough for us in this place
Land of the plenty's in the hands of the few,
what are we gonna do?

"Keep your palms to the sky and your knees on the ground,
And wait your turn for the trickle down
But don't you stand up and don't make a sound
When there ain't enough left to go around"

When we take to the street, among ourselves we compete
While them at the top don't feel no heat
Cause it's the good ol' boys against the liberal elite
And we all end up in defeat

"Keep your palms to the sky and your knees on the ground,
And wait your turn for the trickle down
But don't you stand up and don't make a sound
When there ain't enough left to go around"

When we take to the street, among ourselves we compete
While them at the top don't feel no heat
Cause it's the good ol' boys against the liberal elite
And we all end up in defeat

Now are we awake?
Just how much more are we gonna take?
Get Up!

Capitalism thrives on its crises and booms,
Human beings try live while inhaling the fumes
The bourgeoisie sit in their guilded rooms,
And assume that facing doom we'll still consume

Well don't we?

It may seem funny we got all this money
but there ain't enough for us in this place
Land of the plenty's in the hands of the few,
that's how we do it in this place

When are we gonna rise up?
Put our hands in the air, demand what's fair
When are we gonna rise up?
That time has come

That time has come.
To get up!

And crime only pays if you're already rich
And the tax reform is just a bait and switch
Until the voices in the street reach a fever pitch
The Market rolls on without a hitch

Do we live in a society or do we live in an economy?

Citizens united keeps the course from being righted
Policies to short sighted to keep the land from being blighted
Is the darkness ever lighted?
Not in this place

It may seem funny we got all this money
but there ain't enough for us in this place
Land of the plenty's in the hands of the few,
that's how we do it in this place

When are we gonna rise up?
Put our hands in the air, demand what's fair
When are we gonna rise up? That time has come

The time is now, we'll burn the patriarchy to the ground
I said the time is now,
To get up!
The time is now, we'll burn the patriarchy to the ground
The time is now,
Gotta get up to get down

It may seem funny we got all this money
but there ain't enough for us in this place
Land of the plenty's in the hands of the few,
that's how we do it in this place
It may seem funny we got all this money
but there ain't enough for us in this place
Land of the plenty's in the hands of the few,
what are we gonna do?

We'll get our knees off the ground, put our fists in the sky
Demand for ourselves a bigger piece of the pie
We're gonna stand up and make a big sound
Burn the patriarchy to the ground

And when we take to the street we lock our arms as we meet
Stand together and we turn up the heat
A common cause to rally around
Burn the patriarchy to the ground

The time is now, we'll burn the patriarchy to the ground
The time is now
The time is now, we'll burn the patriarchy to the ground
The time is now
Burn it down to the ground

Yeah that's right
We've had about enough of the way things are done in this place
Its time to get out
Burn it down to the ground