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Living in the Future
Rita Nelson
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Oh how lucky are we to be living in the future?
Where the land is all claimed and
The weapons are nuclear
If you got pain there's a pill you can take
Oh but waitโ
That depends on how much money you make
They created problems
To prove they could solve them
But the fix is never free
And we've inflated the dollar
It's a surefire method
A financial weapon
And with these ten steps
I can get you to heaven
It's not fair
But you gotta play nice
They don't care what you do for a dime
I would like someone to blame
But it's a system we've created
Values profit over product
And you'll know you've finally made it
When you're questioning your ethics
Tryna justify the methods
Walking through the world
With the privilege of Protection
Forgettin' all that matters
As you're climbin' up the latter
Watch them
Terrorize the children and
Detain the mothers
It's not fair
I don't wanna play nice
They don't care
'bout the cost of a life
Oh and though we claim United
Never been more divided
Facts are like fiction
Believe what you find
Believe in a dream
That we've never achieved
It's a lie
So how lucky are we
To be living in the future
Where you don't have to learn
To write cursive or research
Built a machine so you don't have to think
And oh, imagine all the money it'll bring
When we lay off the workers
Release all the cogs
The system we had
Well it may have been flawed
The people got paychecks and pensions and pride
Now they're the rejects
In times of AI
Do you hear the people fighting?
Well a fight's just what they want
Cause if we would stand united
Then we'd see all that they've done
Do you hear your neighbors crying?
Do you see the sky above?
Oh this world, it once was wild
Now it's paved and painted up
Do you care about children dying?
Overseas they're being bombed
In America they're hiding
As the schools they get shot up
WE THE PEOPLE
It's a sequel
Oh the war was never won
And if men are all made equal
Why do some still rise above?
Oh how lucky are we?
To be living in the future
Where the land is all claimed
And the weapons are nuclear
If you got pain
There's a pill you can take
It'll throw you on the cycle where the money is made
We create your problems then we solve them
But the fix ain't free
So give me those dollars
It's a surefire method
A financial weapon
Won't you put a good word in
If you make it to Heaven?
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