It's a system for the people but we have no say
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It's a system where the people just get pushed away
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For a profit, they gentrify our land
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And the police enforce their will with an iron hand
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We were born into the system -- we had no choice
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But we can stand as one people -- with one loud voice
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They exploit our labor -- For their own greed
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We've got to fight them back -- For the things we need
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More people have died of AIDS than in the Vietnam War
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By the time they fund research it'll be ten times more
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They spend ten billion on a bomber that doesn't fly
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While the homeless and the poor just starve and die
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Their power comes from us -- We take it away
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We can't afford to wait -- It's got to be today
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The power is within us -- We can do as we please
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Far better that we die on our feet
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Than we live on our knees
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Every generation had their chance and now it's our turn
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We've seen their mistakes and I hope we've learned
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We've got to make a better world at any cost
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Or the next generation will be just as lost
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Power
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| SFA |
