New Beliefs

I'd like to thank you for the crumbs you've left for me Lookin' up from the middle class Maybe I'll leave a few for the ones poorer than me Terrified of a lower caste Terrified of what's below me While from above you keep me down Isn't it strange When you can see but don't believe? Maybe we're in need of new beliefs A disgust for what's beneath us Rather than a race for what's above The blatantly cruel Feeling the fool Keeping them busy with two, three jobs a day So they don't fill the street My time is money, I won't give 'em either one But medicate to help them sleep Help them stay in our American dream Terrified of what's below them While from above we keep 'em down Isn't it strange When you can see but don't believe? Maybe we're in need of new beliefs A disgust for what's beneath us Rather than a race for what's above The blatantly cruel Feeling the fool I've been elected by the Good Lord He told me who to lock up and who to free I've been told how the hell to get to heaven: Gotta have a little money or a state ID I've been elected by the Good Lord He told me who to lock up and who to free I've been told how the hell to get to heaven: Gotta have a little money or a state ID Isn't it strange When you can see but don't believe? Maybe we're in need of new beliefs A disgust for what's beneath us Rather than a race for what's above The blatantly cruel Feeling the fool