You can keep a good man down

if he won't stand up and fight

it's time to wake up

it's time to see the light

equality doesn't exist

it's just an ideal in the mind

there's not enough to go around

so take what you can find

Mud on your face

Kick me sign on your back

they took it all

it's time to take it back

do unto others

and watch them beat you down

don't fall below the surface

they'll let you drown

they'll let you down

Black and blue

Tattered and torn

You've been gettin stepped on

since the day that you were born

they say give up

cause you can't win

you're stuck on hte outside

and they wont let you in

I took all the crap I can

and I can't take no more

if they won't let me in

I'm breaking down the door

Disregard the rules

Disregard the laws

they'll get you nothing

I want it all

they'll lead you to believe

that you're doing just fine

they'll live like kings

and you'll fall farther behind

I remember a song i had to sing when i was 10

"this land is your land, this land is mine"

and i believed what they said

and you believed what they said

and we believed what they said

but  they lied to me

and they'll lie to you too

and they'll go on denying

and we'll go on dying

I'm not afraid to die

just afraid to never have lived

and the struggle goes on and on

(we can take no more)