Tonart: B minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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You say the world is getting smal
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ler and you've got no place to stand
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The Law is getting taller and
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it's shadows force your hand
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And you wanna make a difference
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but you'd rather have it made
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And you preach the sin of greed,
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while your pockets getting paid
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Verse 2
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Yeah, you're nodding in agreement when
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you hear the prophet speak
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And the words of equal measure
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you're so eager to repeat
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But you do not seek the answers,
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I guess you already got 'em
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And the trouble in the world,
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it ain't your problem
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Verse 3
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Well you say it's such a shame,
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all the families on the street
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But you hug your children close when
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you pass the place they sleep
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And you wanna give them something,
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but you don't have any cash
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Besides you know you pay your taxes,
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the city should clean up all this trash
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Verse 4
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You've got deadlines and dues,
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you know the truth it ain't that funny
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The kids need their tuition,
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you're not made of money
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It's a shame their at the ladder,
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such a shame they're at the bottom
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But the weight that brings them down,
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it ain't your problem
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Verse 5
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Well you said you'd live with nothing
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and you want to give it back
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You've tried to walk like Ghandi, but
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the clothes upon your back
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They're made in third world sweatshops
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with synthetic golden thread
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And you're opening your eyes by the
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scriptures that you read
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Verse 6
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Now you're working forty hours,
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it's too late to change your name
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You're trying to scrape by
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between the gears of the game
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And you've made a few donations,
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so they would not be forgotten
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And you've done the best you could,
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but it ain't your problem
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Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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Now you go to sleep at night,
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while the grief swims in your head
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Before your kids go to war,
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they're killed in school instead
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But that's the way the west was won,
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in this godforsaken land
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By the cigarette in their teeth
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and a pistol in their hand
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Verse 8
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So you drive your car to work,
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you watch the climate change
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You think of all the immigrants
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who's children have been caged
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And the poor son that was murdered
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'cause some racist cop just shot him
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Forget his mama's pain,
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'cause it ain't your problem
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Verse 9
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Well the Yankee fought the rebel,
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the Arab fought the Jew
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The few fight the many and
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the many fight the few
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The Christians fight each other
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Yeah, the Buddhists fight the fight
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While the right blame the left and the left
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believe they're right
Interlude 2
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Verse 10
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Well it started in the home,
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between a woman and a man
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But it's always been that way,
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ever since the world began
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And all the holy wars,
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you know the dead already fought 'em
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And there's really no such thing as someone
Outro 1
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