they promised you a future but all you got was trapped they profit off your miseries they fuck you, they fuck me life chews you up and spits you out locks you in a fuckin trap (chorus) there's no way out life's gonna do you in life's gonna do me in the rich get rich the poor stays poor they locked me out they shut the door they profit off your miseries tehy fuck you, they fuck me life chews you up and spits you out locks you in a fuckin trap (chorus) fill your head full of lies about the american way life's gonna do you in life's gonna do me in working man don't got a chance die tryin to pay life's gonna do you in life's gonna do me in life trap.