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Rats,monkeys, mice-
teach 'em little tricks'
stay far from creativity,
and from politics
cause the multinationals need
a solid work force
or their growing profit margins will be wiped out at the source

conform to the status quo, set rules
hold your mind into their fucking tool
reciting back their facts and numbers-that don't make you smart
there's much more to intelligence-
and thinking for your self would be a start
yea would be a start
yea would be a start
yea would be a start...START!

pledge allegiance to a flag of which you're taught no history
not mexico, granada, panama, or middle east
but they're just a mere fraction of this country's shady past
skeletons locked in the closet and I doubt they'll be the last
"national intrest" defined for you
...but who's it really serve? who's getting screwed?
reciting back their facts and numbers-that don't make you smart
there's much more to intelligence-
and thinking for your self would be a start
yea would be a start
yea would be a start
yea would be a start...START!
your prison warden is your school
training you to be a social screw
stage a jailbreak, swim against the flow
show those mother fuckers what you know!
i feel like i am suffocating
i feel my life depreciating
i know their teachings are riddled with lies, distortions, shit!
it kills me knowing the masses are so brainwashed by it- brainwashed by it!
NO!
1-2-3-4   Rats,monkeys, mice-   teach 'em little tricks'   stay far from creativity,   and from politics    cause the multinationals need   a solid work force   or their growing profit margins will be wiped out at the source      conform to the status quo, set rules   hold your mind into their fucking tool   reciting back their facts and numbers-that don't make you smart    there's much more to intelligence-   and thinking for your self would be a start   yea would be a start   yea would be a start   yea would be a start...START!      pledge allegiance to a flag of which you're taught no history    not mexico, granada, panama, or middle east   but they're just a mere fraction of this country's shady past    skeletons locked in the closet and I doubt they'll be the last   "national intrest" defined for you    ...but who's it really serve? who's getting screwed?   reciting back their facts and numbers-that don't make you smart    there's much more to intelligence-   and thinking for your self would be a start   yea would be a start   yea would be a start   yea would be a start...START!   your prison warden is your school    training you to be a social screw    stage a jailbreak, swim against the flow   show those mother fuckers what you know!   i feel like i am suffocating    i feel my life depreciating   i know their teachings are riddled with lies, distortions, shit!   it kills me knowing the masses are so brainwashed by it- brainwashed by it!   NO!