And he's a fat-cat, gimme-that boy He built his gates on the downpressed He never cared, never shared And keeps his faith in a bad religion In a bad religion Well he wake up in the morning But he don't ever see the light It's hard to see your evil deeds When the greed has made you blind You know the greed has made you Made you blind Oh Lord, I said the greed has made you so blind And he's a good-soul, sensi-roll boy He built his gates on the Lord's land He never steal, never k** And keeps his faith in the Lord's religion He got that zinc fence His only defense No running, no running No running water He never had a chance No matter how hard he tried
He never had a chance, no Lord he wake up in the morning But he don't go to sleep at night He live his life in pieces And he holds those pieces tight He holds those pieces He holds them tight He holds those pieces so tight Tight, tight... Lord I wake up in the morning But I don't go to sleep at night Well I live my life in pieces And I hold those pieces tight You know I hold those pieces You know I hold them tight Lord knows I hold, I hold them pieces So tight And he's a fat-cat, gimme-that boy He built his gates on the downpressed He never cared, never shared And keeps his faith in a bad religion In a bad religion