Capitalist Girlfriend

from Overpower Afterparty by The Drug Budget

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Scripted existence is the aim of the powerful lately
They're setting the stage
(In the moderate age)
The distance from freedom down to slavery
Is all just about the minimum wage
(I'm still just a rat in a cage)
One occupation is a crime in the eyes of the state
The other is green
(If you're keeping it clean)

But when you hold the key to every golden mean
It's hostile to be a machine

(Capitalist girlfriend)
I can't get down unless I'm up to somethin'
(Capitalist girlfriend)
Season's over and we're just one month in
(Capitalist girlfriend)
Top of the world will make you feel like jumpin' off again

My educators always told me to follow my dreams
So I blew up a mall
(And Lambeau Field and Carnegie Hall)
Sympathy for bin Laden's more than not enough
If you haven't the gall
G as in jihad's got your god in Guantanamo Bay
That's why he's never been seen
(Except by the king and the queen)

But when you own the scene, so safe and so serene
It's hostile to be a machine

(Capitalist girlfriend)
Tens of millions of a hundred thousand
(Capitalist girlfriend)
Digging pennies from an endless fountain
(Capitalist girlfriend)
Who gets rich and who will end up drownin' in that swim?

Hands behind your back my friend
It's partial martial law again
I know you wanna have your say
But it's martial law and it's here to stay

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from Overpower Afterparty, released August 4, 2013

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