So much lately has been testing my patience
All these false definitions of nations
That the media has tricked you to believe if you have
Never felt the love at a punk show in a basement
They were supposed to be our brothers and sisters
But now they’re screaming out what once was just a whisper
Fear and bigotry bought into by the poor, the only thing they could afford
But I would rather beg to differ
The lower class don’t know what to believe in
The aristocracy knows their true enemy is
Knowledge that we have the power to succeed
If we can stop fighting for once and diagnose our diseases
well I can’t afford health care, I must not deserve it
nor the American Dream, so is it even worth it
Well I can’t afford a voice, even if I earned it
I sang a song today, but nobody heard it
Whoa oh, they will never hear us from their ivory towers
whoa oh , so we tear the towers down
we can not pretend any longer to believe their lie
Hope does not trickle down, we gotta make our move
It’s now or never
Unity will never be complete
Under an aristocracy
Unity will remain out of reach
Until we tear down the aristocracy
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