Written by Derick Caperton and Hoi Polloi
Recorded by Derick Caperton
Mixed and Mastered by Kevin Newland
lyrics
"They feed you a pile of shit, just to watch you eat it.
Put a bruised up system in your fucking face, just to try and watch you beat it.
Fingers worked to bone, worked into sweat, a fake sense of accomplishment.
They don't wanna see us fail, but I think it's just the fucking opposite.
They wanna see us die, they wanna see us all fucking die, and they wonder why we're all out of our fucking minds.
It's worth a try, just to find some goddamn piece of mind. We're running out of time, either be the best or get back in line.
They say we all play a role, I just don't believe them. There's a big eye on us all, just to watch us fail. ah.
Make or break, do or die. Make our break, I try and try.
Can I catch a break? I'll never catch a fucking break.
I will not let their idle hands decide my fucking fate.
The stage is fucking faked, they don't wanna see success.
Population maximum, no more room for us.
They feed you a pile of shit, just to watch you eat it.
Put a bruised up system in your fucking face, just to try and watch you beat it.
Fingers worked to bone, worked into sweat. Fake sense of accomplishment.
They don't wanna see us fail, but I think it's just the fucking opposite.
A mountain of lies, it's that thought that kills me.
A mountain of lies, I'll never catch a fucking break.
A mountain of lies, it's that thought that kills me.
I didn't make the cut, all I, had, just wasn't enough.
I tried to fight my way out of the belly of the beast, but I'm still stuck in these ruts, huh.
They feed you a pile of shit, just to watch you eat it.
Put a bruised up system in your fucking face, just to try and watch you beat it. HA (ha ha ha ha ha)"
credits
from Hoi Polloi,
released June 2, 2015
Derick Caperton
Ramone Flanagan
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