Stay poor, never get ahead, live paycheck by paycheck until you’re dead
Minimum wage slaves, all the rage, swing burgers and dishes, never able to save
Live on the verge and don’t know what to do, lost your job from getting the flu
Dead and dying, halfway to your tomb, from preventable illness in the emergency room
No state assistance for your medical needs, congress doesn’t care, only the poor bleed
Almost done in by cancer but you might as well be dead with hospitals holding debt over your head
Your whole family is bankrupt but they don’t care, Big Pharma profits from the dying everywhere
There’s money to be made from treating conditions, but curing the sick was never healthcare’s mission

You want a good school, quality classes, a college education? Fuck you, pay me.
A high-paying job to make ends meet, no paycheck-to-paycheck? Fuck you, pay me.
Get out of the ghetto, clean life and living, no housing profiling? Fuck you, pay me.
You want to eat a decent meal, no junk food lunches, quality nutrition? Fuck you, pay me.

Your parents said college would set you free, but they never told you what the cost would be
Graduate into the cutthroat dog eat dog, throw them to the wolves so you can feed the fat hogs
Good luck moving out of your parents’ home, and good luck making headway on the student loans
No chance for forgiveness even if you die, your parents will be paying off Sallie Mae’s pie.
Hello and welcome to the middle class mess, you wanted to be rich but you’ll settle for less
They said you’ll work for a living but you’re on your knees, because they sold all your jobs overseas
Corporations hire workers as a last resort, they overwork the minions and they sell them short
Trickle-down economics, from the top, once it gets down to you, you barely get a drop

You want to retire, but the pensions are gone, on 401k? Ha! Fuck you, pay me.
Social security, you paid all your life, but if they privatize? Fuck you, pay me.
Senior citizen centers, meals on wheels, Medicare and medicine? Fuck you, pay me.
Do you keep the lights on or eat this month, on fixed income? Fuck you, pay me.

They want to get rid of government oversight today, hand out vouchers, go pay to play
Kill benefits for soldiers, dissolve the VA, support your troops, yeah that’s what they say
But when the fighting is done and the cows come home, that’s when the troop supporters make their colors known
They use you on the front lines to be killed and maimed, but they won’t send their own kids to do the same
The bridges are crumbling and the roads too, loopholes and tax breaks benefiting few
Police forces for profit, military riot gear, protect and serve? We meant abuse and fear
Your house is on fire but that’s not their concern, you better have the money or they’ll let it burn
You can cry all you want, please officer, save me. But they won’t lift a finger until you Fuck You Pay Me.

Potholes eating cars, but futures are up, Wall Street is happy so Fuck you, pay me.
Billions in profits, gambling without risk, too big to fail. Fuck you, pay me.
Bail out the banks, stash the cash overseas, tax dodging scumbags. Fuck you, pay me.
Laid off, disabled, repossess your car and your house and your life so you can FUCK YOU, PAY ME!