Half the people I love are dead
and the other half, they are dying
but I've got to crawl right out of this bed
though I don't feel much like trying
and the boss man don't even know my name
but he wants me to break my back
so he can buy himself yet another plane 
and some high-dollar Cadillac

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This life is killing me
It's breaking me down, can't you see

I see the man in the penthouse
as he spits on us ants on the ground
and I pray for the day 
I can see him and say
“I watched your world come crashing down.”
And to the Right, it's just God and money
to the Left, it's injustice and race
but for some of us here, we're just 
trying to live in this godforsaken place

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