Rich Men North Of Richmond

I've been selling my soul, working all day
Double time hours for bullshit pay
So I can sit out here, waste my life away
Drag back home and drink my troubles away
It's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me, for people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh it is

Yeah, the media is doing its job and it's clearly working
Got us arguing over what is a woman when that's just certain
We distracted from the fact that average men and women hurting
But they keep on saying this economy is doing perfect
When I finally get ahead, Uncle Sam bring me back
Caught up in this rat race, they money laundering our tax
They only show you when the white cop gon' shoot a man that's black
And then they'll cancel you and ban you if you start speaking facts
When you can't afford your house and you can't afford a meal
And politicians only care about you every four years
Ignore your blood, sweat and tears, they don't care about how you feel
Evil people want to see the nuclear family disappear

I've been selling my soul, working all day
Double time hours for bullshit pay
So I can sit out here, waste my life away
Drag back home and drink my troubles away
It's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me, for people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh it is

I heard Oliver singing and like the world I felt his passion
I can't do this beat justice, hope you don't mind the rapping
Government officials in they mansions just laughing
But the only make a hundred K a year, how'd that happen
I couldn't even get to see my grandma 'fore she died
'Cause the media was pushing fear to everyone in line
Kept it bottled up inside, mom and dad got fired
I saw grown men locked in they house and take they lives
I saw families divided, at the dinner table fighting
If you didn't trust the science then you'd probably hate the climate
Wear a mask, wear twelve, babies just a clump of cells
A society with no regard for life is going to hell

I've been selling my soul, working all day
Double time hours for bullshit pay
So I can sit out here, waste my life away
Drag back home and drink my troubles away
It's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me, for people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh it is

I've been selling my soul, working all day
Double time hours for bullshit pay
So I can sit out here, waste my life away
Drag back home and drink my troubles away
It's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me, for people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh it is