In university vivisection labs another million of government grants is spent
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For better money a lawyer sells out the client he¡¯s supposed to represent
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Insurance companies public relations campaigns are an undisputable lie
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Blaming ¡®insurance fraud¡¯ as the reason why premiums are so ridiculously high
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They use their advertising propaganda to convince the people that they¡¯re not corrupt
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And so the disabled are viewed as criminals, while they¡¯re the ones who won¡¯t pay up
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Pharmaceutical stock-holding doctors playing god with peoples lives
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They¡¯ll subject you to chemotherapy knowing well you won¡¯t survive
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The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands
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Is why this capitalist system and government still stands
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How many patients will die from a disease without the cause ever being known
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Like the members of the military who are now inflicted with gulf war syndrome
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Could this be another mysterious disease that they swear lacks their involvement
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Or an experiment done by the chemical-biological warfare department
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Research and production paid for by the pentagon¡¯s black budget funding
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That¡¯s secretly been agreed to be increased by the next presidential candidate running
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Whose office has to be bought quickly because he¡¯s running out of time
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And his opponent endorsed capital punishment first to show he¡¯s tough on crime
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The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands
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Is why this capitalist system and government still stands
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But both will agree the reports of political prisoners are merely fairy tales
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It¡¯s absurd to think that innocent people might inhabit our jails
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It¡¯s more acceptable and politically profitable to believe the corrupt F.O.P.
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Whose true colors are occasionally caught on videotape for the entire world to see
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In addition to cops beating dissidents there are more extreme solutions
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Like the government sanctioned lobotomies performed in mental institutions
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That the state can confidently assure us no longer occurs
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Apathy is the condition that their money and propaganda now preserves
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The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands
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Is why this capitalist system and government still stands
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Status is manipulated by capital, those with wealth now feed the publics view
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Power is kept beyond the peoples reach, the world is run by the few
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People of independent and artistic thought have all been ostracized
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Now seen as freaks and lunatics culture has been lobotomized
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Finances now proclaim importance, the businessmen hold the respected opinion
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And possess the means to maintain their power in this capitalist dominion
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They take every precaution to insure that our path¡¯s already set
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And revel in their efforts when we absolutely pose no threat
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Just like the child on Ritalin that¡¯s force-fed drugs to control behavior
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Or the flock of worshippers on their knees obedient servants to their savior
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Or the people who once stood defiant that alcohol now keeps complacent
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Or the suppression of the imagination, thanks to mindless entertainment
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The entertaining of our minds leads to the containing of our lives
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Where compassion has no place but capitalism thrives
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And the ruling class survives because money dictates what¡¯s right
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While the ills of our society are conveniently kept out of sight
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When we mirror their ideals and adhere to money and control
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It affects all facets of our lives and swiftly takes its toll
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No person or profession is immune from moneys filthy reach
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It turns us against one another and keeps us on a leash
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When money and distractions reinforce the oppressive grasp
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Any hopes of creating change will regrettably collapse
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The more problems we have as individuals, the more we seem to miss
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The more they divert our attention the more they can accomplish
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The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands
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Is why this capitalist system and government still stands
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We naively believe that if we just play their game then maybe we stand a chance
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We step on one another in hopes that our lives will soon advance
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