MACDONALD, Tom

Cancer

Everybody knows someone who's sick
40 percent will get cancer, only half's gonna live
Your mom and your dad and your sister stand inside a room
And someone won't survive it, do you hope it isn't you?

I swear that cancer has a cure, but they're refusing to make it
They done like 40 years of research, 90 billion in donations
We've been running for the cure and wearing ribbons for ages
Why are people still going through radiation? It's fucking crazy

100 billion dollar industry, they can't afford to end it
And nobody wants to die, our only option is to spend it
We give anything to stick around for just another second
Give a fortune to the doctors who promise they can extend it
The profits are astronomic, the hospitals and the clinics
Are filling coffins with dollars, it's awful, let's just admit it
We're all human, we'll keep fighting 'cause it's how we survive
But it's scary 'cause we don't know where we'll go when we die

Don't give up, I know you're strong, show them all your fire
The days are hard, the nights are long
But you are a fighter, when it's dire, you burn brighter in the dark
You're a survivor when you're tired, you hold tighter, you have heart

Nothing matters if you don't have your health
All the money in the world doesn't help
The good might go to Heaven and the bad might go to Hell
But no one wants to leave here, you can tell

And cancer touches everyone, it's in our genetics
And our world's become so toxic, it's all carcinogenic
We've polluted the water, the air, the food we're ingesting
It's full of hormones and poison, our population's infected
They sell us cigarettes and liquor, built a business on addictions
We've been paying them to kill ourselves, we're dying to keep living
It's the system, it's a prison, we keep trying to beat it
We get cancer from keeping all of our demons a secret

And our insurance don't cover the things we need to defeat it
And even if it does, then we might die from the treatment
Our best defense is living like we do not know what cancer is
Fight it if you have it and pray that there's something after this

Don't give up, I know you're strong, show them all your fire
The days are hard, the nights are long
But you are a fighter, when it's dire, you burn brighter in the dark
You're a survivor when you're tired, you hold tighter, you have heart

You won't know how to be brave 'til you choose to fight when you're afraid
And you can't experience strength 'til you struggle to carry the weight
And you won't know why you have faith 'til you look the Devil in his face
And you don't know what you can take 'til you realize you didn't break

Don't give up, I know you're strong, show them all your fire
The days are hard, the nights are long
But you are a fighter, when it's dire, you burn brighter in the dark
You're a survivor when you're tired, you hold tighter, you have heart

The System

Welcome to the world, baby boy, I'll paint you red and white and blue

The indoctrination starts as soon as you come out the womb

Pretty quick we'll make you stupid with curriculums at school

And if the classroom doesn't do the trick, we'll make you watch the news

Pick your team, right or left, pick the red pill or the blue

You can vote, but even if you win, still everyone will lose

Don't forget to buy designer because Gucci makes you cool

We prioritize material belongings over truth

Get a job that you can't stand so you can buy some cans of food

Go overseas and die for freedom, there's some oil we could use

Our democracy exists so that you think that you could choose

But our algorithms make you do what we want you to do

What's the problem, you're depressed? Society has you confused?

We got medication for you that you'll probably abuse

Go get married to a lady who also don't have a clue

And pump out a few babies that are just the same as you

Welcome to the system, everyone’s a victim

Doesn’t matter if you’re black or white, it hates you all

Here inside the system, violence is a symptom

Fighting for what’s right, but somehow everyone is wrong

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Welcome to the he world, baby girl, I’ll paint you pink if that’s okay

We’ll encourage self-destruction through the music that you play

We divided all the men by tryin’ politics and race

And honestly, it’s workin’ awesome, so for you we’ll do the same

Never teachin’ you to love yourself, inject you full of hate

Objectify your sexuality then blame you for the rape

And weaponize the differences that make our men and women great

And just to screw with you, erase the genders, everyone’s the same

We’ll empower you with rights to vote and fight for equal pay

Then have the men turn into women and you’ll fight for them again

But you thought you had it figured out, but everything has changed

Welcome to the system, bitch, please enjoy your stay

Here’s a Bible and a bottle of the cheapest booze we make

Find a man who can take care of you to fill the holes we made

Buy a house and settle down, fulfill your duty, procreate

And make a couple babies who will also do the same

Welcome to the system, everyone’s a victim

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Welcome to the world, everybody, I'ma paint you black and white

I'ma make you hate each other so that everyone will fight

I'ma give you all religion, let the righteous find the light

But I will also give you science to oppose the Word of Christ

And I'ma give you borders, they're imaginary lines

If you cross them, go to war and win when everybody dies

And I'ma give you money that you'll value more than life

And let the one percent have everything while you fight to survive

And then I'll give you politics, I'll call it left and right

And while you divide yourselves, I will conquer both the sides

Can't you see? I'm the system, my whole purpose is divide

What you choose will never matter because everything is mine

Welcome to the system, everyone's a victim

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