Ya Gotta Eat Too Lyrics

It's a fucking collective carcinogen

A disease dribbling dilapidation

That reeks of desensitization

Old traditions equal inspiration

No real imagination

As it declines into degradation

It's a palpable palsy of sorts

That just twists and contorts

Takes the old imagery and distorts

There's no more witty retorts

No more angry reports

Just words in a blender that the speaker aborts

So I'll strum a couple chords to the beat of my heart

Then sing it out for the love of the art

I'll wake up the next day and don a uniform

And work from nine to five or some other stupid fucking shift

Five days of the week I will conform

'Cause as the saying goes "ya gotta eat too"

Go to work in the morning, I get fucked up at night

Day after day until all seems trite

Capitalism's a stain, we all know it ain't right

Let's get this boot off our neck, it's time to unite

Probably get messy, probably be a fight

But isn't that worth your basic human rights?

Don't listen to the legal cacophony

Let's not be fooled by their bureaucracy

They'll come with open hands and a fake apology

But that look in their eyes is hostility

Liars practiced in hypocrisy

They'll put another lock on the door and fucking call it democracy

So I'll strum a couple chords to the beat of my heart

And then sing it out for the love of the art

I'll wake up the next day and don a black mask

Kill a cop, politician, and a billionaire real fast

No longer will I conform

'Cause if we gotta eat, that's what the rich are for

No longer will I conform

'Cause if we gotta eat, that's what the rich are for

You don't have to go hungry if you're poor

If you want to eat, that's what the rich are for

Oliver Twist doesn't have to ask for more

If you want to eat, that's what the rich are for