You say you fight to give us freedom   But often more than not this is abused   And the faces of a tired generation   Have decided they are sick of being used   For the purpose of current declarations   Still the same, it will never change until the end      Is to buy the appreciation of the nation   To cover the mistakes you must defend   And you say there will be a chance for eveyone   To protest against your calculated greed   But I can see into the future   Won't be long before the welfare   Send me letters telling me how much they need      And it's not been in my interest to please them   For the only interest rate to fall is mine   See a brand new generation is demanding   What you've been doing with our money all this time      Scam, people try to live at the speed of light   Scam, don't know why but I've got to do the things I do   Scam, give me ten, that's the move I give you five   Scam, people say it's the way to stay alive      So you see you have to be a schemer   If you wanna love the life you have to live   And I don't matter how much I earn   Cos I always get my fingers burned   When the man gets down to his business   And I've been searching for a reason   Why I have to give it all up just I want to get ahead      See I had to lose car, job, wife, dog and home   Debts and threats on the phone   Maybe I should bust a move instead   Now we all know when we watch television   Not confused between a puppet or conviction   Glued to the screen by a thousand shallow words of wisdom   It ain't what it seems when it's a single sided system      Someone's got to hold on my living   So I'm gonna have to do the thing that's fair   They got to justify for what I should be giving   Should I lie, should I steal or should I care   Cos now I've got to scam