Mud Sun - Social Contract 2.0 lyrics

You think I haven't gone through any hardships Cause I was raised in communes instead of projects? That's why I've always had problems with the opposite s** Cause I was taught never to treat women as objects And never to treat anything simple as complex And vise versa But I can't remember what I was taught next See that's the problem with hippie kids They stop listening when you teach them Not to listen to hypocrites But most of us still can't appreciate the differences Between civil disobedience and criminal deviance It's the difference between fixing the system and pimpin' it Cause corruption ain't the same as honest work I try to separate the pigs from police officers And I can see nuances Cause I was raised by philosophers But nuance isn't popular And neither am I My whole life I've been trying to read between the lines And I've never been penalized for speaking my mind So freedom is mine I'm a scorpion and a libra combined With a fist and a peace sign on either side And I'm just trying to equalize You bomb me I bomb you We both bomb back We need a social contract It's a race to the bottom And we don't want that Trapped in constant mortal combat Every smoke stack's gotta have a carbon tax Now, that's a social contract I'm done with outlaws I want the laws intact It's time for a social contract Cause sometimes freedom is violent It gets derailed The system fails whenever freedom tips the scales When a sadistic freak is freed from a prison cell Or a big business victimizes people with its sales Some say we need chaos But when a government falls Another one pops up It's like juggling rubber balls We don't need more freedom We need tougher laws Dirty energy should be double the cost With subsidies involved for those with no money It's gonna be pretty hard to keep the show running If nobody believes there's any room for change We need fewer cars and more commuter trains And new laws to make sure polluters pay For what they do to our food chains These are the changes institutions can make If we just use our brains Instead of TVs and computer games You bomb me I bomb you We both bomb back We need a social contract It's a race to the bottom And we don't want that Trapped in constant mortal combat Every smoke stack's gotta have a carbon tax Now, that's a social contract I'm done with outlaws I want the laws intact It's time for a social contract See I'm all about change But I'm not about the counter culture Standing around with a frown and a stomach ulcer Making the occasional ethical purchase While dismissin' politics as nothing but a nest of serpents As soon as you're done talking Try running for office Try becoming part of something positive There's really nothing stopping us It's just a problem of optics In the absence of reason There's no illusion of freedom The illusion is a lack of freedom And we're losing to these illusions But we can't join 'em We have to beat 'em And just because I'm getting disillusioned with libertarians Doesn't make me a disciplinarian We need different solutions for different areas From overfishing the oceans to carbon emission tariffs From the Arab militiamen To the American Michigan Aryans We need some significant barriers This may sound ridiculous from a kid with hippie parents But sometimes it's just hilarious How addicted we are To the idea that we should never be restricted at all But if freedom means driving an SUV And never having to clean up the mess you leave I say we need to be less free I don't expect you to agree But you did listen at least And now you're free to take this lesson or leave it Peace You bomb me I bomb you We both bomb back We need a social contract It's a race to the bottom And we don't want that Trapped in constant mortal combat Every smoke stack's gotta have a carbon tax Now, that's a social contract I'm done with outlaws I want the laws intact It's time for a social contract