Rat Race



Rat Race

Stuck in a rat race being lied to our face

We walk the line of desperation

Not knowing what's real or a fabrication

Being force fed corrupt information

To bias our perspective indication

From hand picking the news they  choose for me n  you

Choosing ads to  bring down our mood

To discourage your own self perception

Standing on the bridge  contemplate self preservation

skinnier and prettier your not good  enough

can't afford this don't have that time to  call their bluff

Try to characterize you to standards that dont even matter

They're trying to bring you down like snakes and ladders

Their  justifications are an abomination

To hold  back your limitations of  sensation

So we can not find the cheese for the trees

I am not a mouse stuck in a maze

I am not your monkey in a cage

I'm done with your games ready to rage

F*ck this rat race it is a disgrace

It is time to stand up and be free

It is time to fight for you and me

I don't care if you judge who i be

Cuz ill be who the f*ck i want to be

What a life choose between a place to sleep or  eat

suppose to work to live not work to give

Unemployed live better than the employed

I'm about helping but this has gone  too far

Do your part stop being lazy you know who you are

When you work 40 hrs to be broke

You know we are living a fucking joke

Working class they're blowing smoke up your ass

It's a slavery nation in a world of capitalization

When you can not afford what you make

afford or  cant even catch a break for fucks sake

People you need to give your head a shake

We are not equals we are not the same

But thats what makes the world great

Just because we're different we don't have to hate

Be kind to your neighbor and neighbor do the same

Done being confused by the laws of man

 Cuz commandments of  God are superior than

Mouse or man is yours to choose

Rules for good or laws to lose

Religion is just another word to separate

Divide and conquers  makes their world turn

they make us hate for were not the same

change before it's too late dont play their game

Laughing they're leading  us to our  fate in shame

They played us like a fiddle with no riddle

sitting in the middle  watching our world burn

It's your choice to choose both ways we could lose

Live on your knees get fucked like a sheep

Or die on your feet standing proud and free

F*ck  a duck choose  we are not fools and will not lose

We aiint ugly ducks  we are the  fuckin goose

I am not a mouse stuck in a maze

I am not your monkey in a cage

I'm done with your games ready to rage

F*ck this rat race it is a disgrace

It is time to stand up and be free

It is time to fight for you and me

I don't care if you judge who i be

Cuz ill be who the f*ck i want to be
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Written on May 22, 2023

Submitted by brendanbeavis88 on May 26, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 2,785
Words 607
Stanzas 64
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