I walk down to the corner just to hop the bus this morning

Cause I had to start my day off before all the sun got shinning

All the people up inside there some of them still eating breakfast

Cause they had to hustle early got push to make their pay check

Because the crazy cost of living is never forgivin no family

For getting behind on payments on the colour TV

While I'm standing and riding my mind starts to drift and wander

Why I've got to check my checkbook if I need to see a doctor

I look out the window with some 45 foot billboard of a smiling politician

Begging me for a donation

Brother please don't you see who your talking too

You say that your going to make me happy with all the tricks you do

With all your promises, promises, promises that you make 

That's how you make your living putting peoples lives at stake

With all your promises, promises, promises that you make

If your taking us for granted it will be your last mistake


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You keep on runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin' 

but you can't run no faster as us

You keep on runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin' 

but you can't run as fast as this bus


Well the bus rolls in to another neighbourhood

With some shinny happy people all their houses looking good

You see street sweepers sweeping up the leaves from the trees

You see no broken bottles and see no broken dreams

And the same politician that I saw here before

Is making speeches about me, evil people that live next door

Say lock them up one time, two times, three times for life

See the best is one of them is the one kept out of sight

So cast your vote for me you might have seen me on TV

Taking education funds and giving them to police

You see bustin' a man I know for less than an ounce

Dropping million dollar bombs and on countries I can't pronounce


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