To be governed is to be watched, inspected
Wire-tapped, surveyed, spied upon, directed
Arranged, enlisted, inducted, and enrolled
Into institutions where we’re conducted, controlled
Underestimated, endlessly miss-educated
Force fed propaganda, preached at, indoctrinated
Brainwashed, bullied, and forced to submit
To being carefully crafted into to crooked corporate shit
Trained like dogs to sit for hours, hunched over a screen
Just waiting to be fired and replaced by a machine
Working all day in a factory or cubicle cage
Selling the fruits of our labor for minimum wage
And every single cent we earn has to be reported
Registered, counted, taxed, and extorted
Supposedly in order to fund schools and feed the poor
But in actuality to build weapons and wage war
And while millions are dying the administration cheers
Cause the government is packed full of war profiteers
They filter large amounts into Swiss bank accounts
While our treasury empties and the death toll mounts
A few people make fortunes, but what do we get
Besides increased inflation from our government’s debt
All our tax dollars go to some greedy corporation
Not healthcare, welfare, jobs, or education
But that, my friends, is what the government’s for
It helps the rich get richer, while the poor stay poor
By keeping our country in a constant state of war
The question is, why do we take it any more?
We accept being governed without the semblance of a fight
By creatures who have neither the virtue nor the right
Because the government will, of course, act without restraint
At the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint
We’ll be repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down
Abused, clubbed, tasered, pepper-sprayed, bound
Discredited, disgraced, dishonored, disrespected
Condemned to be deported, jailed, or lethally injected
We don’t want that, so we choose to obey
Turn on the news, it says everything’s okay
H ead over to church, get on our knees and pray
Ignorance is bliss, God bless the USA
credits
from Hip Hop Revolution,
released April 29, 2010
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