Damn the machine the system's corrupted Abusive power is everywhere Our elected officials, pass laws to help But who's paying them off And in the end, we the people pay Such a heavy price, just for being alive
And if this country was really free We'd make paper from hemp and let the forest live But corporate America, and billion dollar industries Have so much power Yet they stand to lose Too much fucking money There's nothing we can do... but...
Take back all that we've lost At any price that it costs Our freedom was worth fighting for Resistance now or nevermore
And what about the CIA What the fuck is their real job anyway Starting civil wars in Third World countries Importing heroin from the far east Talk about cocaine, neither kept away From the youths of today... now There's nothing we can do... but
Take back all that we've lost At any price, that it costs Our freedom was worth fighting for Resistance now or nevermore