The have nots have had enough and now they're out to k** the king Of what looks to be an evil empire where short-term earnings mean everything There's a pressure to deliver here, your gonna get hurt if you don't play this game Nobody will ever know, just the CEO to the CFO If you can work some magic, we can double our paychecks, so make the #s look right Wall street is a ruthless mistress with a quick and painful judgment Temptation is in deep now, threads of greed run through this fabric Weaving tapestries over your eyes to prepare the landscapes for disaster Anthrax or a plane crash, biochemical, or even nuclear attacks Integrity is too damn expensive, discount the price but still Nobody's buying so come up with the money boys or you'll be chocking on a barrel And it just might be your own finger squeezing on the trigger Call in the reinforcements You're working hard on a life of your own Three square meals and a place to call home
The American dream can be found here if you keep your mouth closed But the teeth you keep clenched is what's k**ing the chance Your mouth is watering as you imagine Swallowing each new possession Its building a prison You'll think there's a place where you made it You searched for this your whole life New answers will satisfy but then you realize it's never enough That's the slickest marketing I've ever seen - a spiraling trap With enough ambition and a firm set of rules you can have anything you want You can walk right out into the world and capture and k** god In a little box or a little book to be understood But no one can argue with the good sense and strength of a solid foundation Or with the weakness born when corruption is the rule and not the exception I'm trying hard to forget everything I thought I knew You've climbed much too high to let the truth stop you now Or to concern yourself with the investments of