Blue Collar Scholar

Lyrics

[Intro] So, what happened to the American middle class? [Verse 1: Apathy] I can feel the breeze from the east like a storm is brewin' And a beast was released, but the form ain't human To the right, to the left, both sides is losin' While the rich get richer, what the fuck is we doin'? And the sick get sicker, cigarettes and liquor 'Cause the profit's much bigger if you got a bad ticker We worth more dead or in a hospital bed And fast food's much easier than bullets in the head What I won't do is lie to you, all of this shit is trash They snuck into America and murdered the middle class Broke apart the family, killed God and Jesus Cuttin' these American flags up into pieces Trojan Horse moves, our enemies in the gates now Got an iPhone, but our enemies are the Gates' now Everything's poisonous, physically, mentally My frequency for music could manipulate your energy Motorcade, no Kennedy Burn the competition, ID 'em by they dentistry '93 Tupac, no Hennessy Rowin' down the stream 'cause life is just a memory [Verse 2: Slaine] No brigade, no remedy Know the game, know the ledge, know your enemy Kid buys zero, man buys amphetamines Anti-hero, thank God my better dreams One for the music I created independently Two for the blue-collar demo that ascended me Three for my dead friends, gangsters, and enemies Blackout drinkin' days, thanks for the memories Born in the late great '70s Born with the Bushes, thorn bushes, and a tendency To look up is our own, look into the corner, push instead of on With the "What you, what you want, fucker?" Ambition 'Til we're gone with the Bushes and the Reaganomics This American Dream we take upon us, stuck with hatred on us The truth is we've been bonded in these sacred traumas But they keep on pitchin' us and breakin' promise If you don't like how you feel, we got a pill for it You want your piece of the pie, but will you kill for it? Yeah, you can dance at the ball and they can cancel us all They say the public opinion'll be the real court A day late and a bill short There's fetty laced in the coke now and I got old friends that still snort This blue-collar scholar art In a world built on lies, even the truth all'll fall apart [Outro] What happened to the American middle class? The middle class did emerge the strongest in the world The healthiest in the world The most vital in the world The wealthiest in the world at the time And then came along Reaganomics