Defiance (US) - Does This System Work lyrics

It's out of the ashes and into the dust Why are you fools so f**ing eager to trust? The same f**ing scum that bribe you with wages As they've done from the start As they will through the ages (Chorus) If there's liberty freedom and justice for all They why do we suffer and why do we fall? When the rich f**ing scum's greed won't cease to persist While we slave and we toil Just barely exist If there laws are set up to serve and protect Why the f** is there so much famine and d**h? Why do innocent die while the scum still stay in power? While we waste our whole lives protecting these cowards If it all works so well and they are striving for peace Why is there torture and war, greed and d**h? While we work and we toil till our last dying breath And you're so f**ing happy Living under the gun While you slave and tou toil They have their day in the sun If their wars preserve freedom for one and for all Then why don't they die on their own battlefields? Does this system work?