When I heard I got a nomination
I was standing at the train station
Plumstead to Cape Town
Third cla** with a hoodie covering my crown
[Verse 1]
My daddy told me dream big
Even though the game might be rigged
So my mind say state the obvious
I wish there were more of us
That jumped the tour bus
You doing gigs just to buy some gigs
So you can be insta famous
With the 30-legged puss
Unsanitary, claiming to be training to be interplanetory
Because you're playing with your an*s
But the game is dangerous
Hundred metre dash in the quick sand
Let that sink in
[Chorus]
Caught up in the system
They don't wanna, they don't wanna listen, no
Nobody, nobody wants to hear (x2)
[Verse 2]
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus
Never met a Martian that seen us
As more than blow up dolls
Tip toeing on hot coals
Now that's what they saving souls
You know, under the feet
Creativity undefeated
Walk with lionesses in the show business jungle
Everybody trying to wangle an angle
Come out on top with a deal
Holes in your boat, up the creek
No paddle, huh, now let that sink in
[Chorus]
Caught up in the system
They don't wanna, they don't wanna listen, no
Nobody, nobody wants to hear (x2)
[Verse 3]
When looking for a lover
Don't judge a book by its cover
'Cause when you eat the fruit
You throw away the peel
Compost eroding for a future growing
In abundance, [?]
Hard drives getting hot like a sauna
Aunites trading veggies on the corner
Nutritional entrepreneurial
'Cause that's subliminal
Your data not spiritual
That's why I keep it natural
Standing in the line, sip my water
In the rain with the umbrella
Let that sink in
[Chorus]
Caught up in the system
They don't wanna, they don't wanna listen, no
Nobody, nobody wants to hear (x2)