just like rats in a concrete maze they all starve for the wage raise bait i'm dying to escape self made men with their plastic cash big talk plans and kissing a** just ain't my strategy uptown is gonna sell me downtown is gonna k** me uptown is gonna take me downtown i'm clenching to my soul uptown (oh) alive without control downtown (oh) alive without control uptown (oh) alive without control puppet shows from 9-5 they dress up slaves in a suit and tie they're living to die follow the leader not your heart simon says boy you'll go far like lemmings in the dark uptown is gonna sell me downtown is gonna k** me uptown is gonna take me downtown i'm clenching to my soul uptown (oh) alive without control downtown (oh) alive without control uptown (oh) alive without control i said uptown is gonna sell me downtown is gonna k** me uptown is gonna take me (oh no) i'm clenching to my soul uptown uptown (oh) alive without control downtown (oh) alive without control uptown (oh) alive without control uptown alive without control downtown alive without control uptown alive without control