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How The System Goes
We shouldn’t need a good grade to prove our usefulness
We shouldn’t need to waste our youthfulness
It’s how the system goes
Or barely getting paid by bosses, ruthless
Money doesn’t make you but it can break you
It’s how the system goes
America is a fire hydrant on fire
We could stop it, but we let the flames grow higher
It’s how the system goes
When will people realize
That with love hate can be neutralized
But it’s the refusal to learn as we continue to burn
It’s how the system goes
United we stood, divided we fell
In our schools where corpses still smell
It’s how the system goes
There’s no help for mental health, but it’s the first pawn
To move in the gun game of wealth when the TV turns on
It’s how the system goes
Guilty until proven innocent
As unarmed men lay on pavement
It’s how the system goes
If you’re white you’re alright, anything else, shot on sight
