Hungry people don't stay hungry for long
They get hope from fire and smoke as the weak grow strong
Hungry people don't stay hungry for long
They get hope from fire and smoke as they reach for the dawn

Spirit of Jackson now scream from the ruins
Through factory chains and the ghost of the union
Forgotten remains disappear to the new home
Knife, the thrust, the life burns to the raw bone

Blood on the floor but the tear is still dryin'
Cover the spread sheets, the Dow Jones skyin'
Cell block, live stock, the bodies, they buyin'
Old South order, new northern horizon

Violence in all hands, embrace it if need be
Living been warfare, I press it to CD
Violence in all hands, embrace it if need be
Living been warfare, I press it to CD

A fire in the master's house is set
A fire in the master's house is set
A fire in the master's house is set
A fire in the master's house is set

Hungry people don't stay hungry for long
They get hope from fire and smoke as the weak grow strong
Hungry people don't stay hungry for long
They get hope from fire and smoke as they reach for the dawn

Yo, yo, check the high tech terror, it's the new order athletes
Peer into the eyes of the child already on trial
All this rippin' families apart, get 'em on file
Convictions fit the stock profile all the while

Films of dogs ripping through homes, ripping skin from bones
Yes, the new millennium homes
Or privatizing through private eyes and an era rising
Of the Old South order, new northern horizon

Violence in all hands, embrace it if need be
Living been warfare, I press it to CD
Violence in all hands, embrace it if need be
Living been warfare, I press it to CD

A fire in the master's house is set
A fire in the master's house is set
A fire in the master's house is set
A fire in the master's house is set