Lyrics
You can not do whatever you want
Highlighting limitations on personal freedom and autonomy.
When people tell you that they are so full of junk
Critiquing individuals who claim to be full of substance but are actually filled with meaningless or harmful things.
Bluff on a bet but you can't back the funds
Discussing the inability to support one's claims with tangible resources in a betting scenario.
Your mom was made to push out some runts
Reference to the speaker's mother giving birth to children.
To work in factories that build bombs & guns
Highlighting the irony of people working in factories producing weapons.
Blow up countries that have stuff we want
Commentary on geopolitical conflicts and the pursuit of resources.
Our lights on that means the waters dirty in the north
Connecting environmental issues, like water pollution, to the usage of electricity.
We'll fight for all kinds of causes if it don't poison us
Expressing a willingness to fight for causes that directly impact the speaker.
But if they took away our lights would you trade for water?
Pondering the trade-off between electricity and clean water.
A boil advisory but us we don't have to bother
Highlighting a lack of concern for a boil advisory, possibly due to privilege.
Who's got the father playing catch with the little one?
Raising a question about absent fathers and their role in family life.
Always smiling off the soccer & the mini van
Observing a content family engaged in mundane activities.
We have been abandoned
Expressing a sense of abandonment or neglect.
Tell yourself so many lies to understand it
Discussing self-deception as a coping mechanism for understanding difficult truths.
But they planned it, this is how the system works
Asserting that the system is intentionally designed and operates as planned.
We're here to work & put paper in that person's purse
Defining the purpose of the speaker's existence as working and contributing to someone else's wealth.
Not our worth, not what we deserve
Questioning the recognition of personal value and deserving more than mere survival.
A burst of anxiety a shot in the nerve
Describing a sudden intense feeling of anxiety or fear.
Not stranded on 3rd, your names not a verb
Rejecting the idea of being stuck or helpless like a stranded person on Third Street.
We curb for our master & roll in the dirt
Submitting to a submissive role, serving a master, and enduring hardship.
Squirt whiskey in the hole cause it hurt
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism for emotional pain.
We eat the rich there's enough for dessert
Advocating for a form of social justice by metaphorically consuming the wealthy.
Can you imagine all the dishes all the work?
Imagining the extensive effort required to address societal issues.
To clean a mess like that would be berserk!
Labeling the idea of cleaning up a significant mess as absurd or irrational.
Cheap Labour
Emphasizing the theme of exploitation and undervalued labor.
What the fuck are you made for
Possibly questioning the purpose or justification of cheap labor.
Cheap Labour
Reiterating the query about the purpose of engaging in inexpensive work.
What the fuck are you made for
Repeating the question regarding the reason for participating in low-wage labor.
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