Slave To The System (1st Version) Lyrics

It's enough to give you a panic attack

You put so much in, & you get so little back

Just tryin'a make a living, but so little reward

Just enough to keep you goin's all that you can afford

Keep hopin', thinkin', dreamin' That there'll come a time

When you won't have to slave your life away for a dime

Gettin' up so early every day gets me down

Then I've gotta hope my car will get me where I'm bound

Help! I'm trapped – I'm a slave to the system

Some hope to win a lottery, some hope someone will die

Some want to make a killing – some just want to get high

So many different ways to plan the big escape

So many of us lookin' for a chance to make a break

Well, it's a shame – but it's a fact:

I'm a slave to the system

I'm gonna concentrate & I'm gonna form a plan

I'm bustin' outta here I'm a desperate man

I won't hurt anybody – I'm gonna use my brain

I'll be ridin' first class on the Midnight Train

I'm an enterprisin', realizin', uprisin' slave to the system

I can't just sit down waitin' for my number to come up

And I won't start kissin' ass like some fkn whipped pup

I can't wait 50 years hopin' I can retire

I wanna work 'til I die, but doin' what I desire

I'm a big-dreamin', brain-schemin', steamin' close shave

And enterprisin', realizin', uprisin' slave to the system

Well, the system wants to treat me like a tool on the shelf

But mah baby likes to treat me to herself

She'd like me to make it big That's what we would prefer

And I always make it big With her

'Cause I'm a hot-lovin', hot-blooded wife-huggin' brave

A big-dreamin', brain-schemin', steamin' close shave

An enterprisin', realizin', uprisin' slave to the system

Slave to the system

Slave to the system