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 clinched 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