The function of that, police action

Those interventions in Central America and the Middle East

The function is system-sustaining

It is to maintain that overall system

And you don't look at the particular 'cause

I can demonstrate you that every single bank robbery, that in every single case, practically

The cause of the police was more than the actual money that the robbers took from the bank

Does that mean-? Oh, you see, there's really no economic interest involve there

They're not protecting the banks, the police are just doing this 'cause they're on a power trip

Or they macho, or they are control freaks, that's why they do it

No! Of course, it's an economic-, of course, they're defending the banks, of course

Because if they didn't stop that bank robbery, regardless of the 'cause

This could jeopardize the entire banking system

You see, there are people who believe that the function of the police is to fight crime

And that's not true, the function of the police is social control and protection of property

I am sick and tired, and my money's always spent

And through their jobs are killing me, their money pays my rent

The fuel of world hate, although it's just a seed

But when it grows and flowers, it becomes the world's greed

Money for the rich, money for the Fed

God supplies the money and God supplies the dead

And when yer dead and ready, exploited be thy name

'Cause after you have money things are never quite the same

I don't care for money, and money's not for me

The money fueled this empire and our racist history

Although I'm forced to use it, the rules have all been set

But life is not worth living when yer soul is in debt!

Money for the rich, money for the Fed

God supplies the money and God supplies the dead

And when yer dead and ready, exploited be thy name

'Cause after you have money things are never quite the same

Never quite the same