You can keep a good man down
if he won`t stand up and fight
it`s time to wake up
it`s time to see the light
equality doesn`t exist
it`s just an ideal in the mind
there`s not enough to go around
so take what you can find
Mud on your face
Kick me sign on your back
they took it all
it`s time to take it back
do unto others
and watch them beat you down
don`t fall below the surface
they`ll let you drown
they`ll let you down
Black and blue
Tattered and torn
You`ve been gettin stepped on
since the day that you were born
they say give up
cause you can`t win
you`re stuck on hte outside
and they wont let you in
I took all the crap I can
and I can`t take no more
if they won`t let me in
I`m breaking down the door
Disregard the rules
Disregard the laws
they`ll get you nothing
I want it all
they`ll lead you to believe
that you`re doing just fine
they`ll live like kings
and you`ll fall farther behind
I remember a song i had to sing when i was 10
this land is your land, this land is mine
and i believed what they said
and you believed what they said
and we believed what they said
but they lied to me
and they`ll lie to you too
and they`ll go on denying
and we`ll go on dying
I`m not afraid to die
just afraid to never have lived
and the struggle goes on and on
(we can take no more)