You think I haven’t gone through any hardships
‘Cause I was raised in communes instead of projects?
That’s why I’ve always had problems with the opposite sex
‘Cause I was taught never to treat women as objects
And never to treat anything simple as complex
And vice versa, but I can’t remember what I was taught next
See, that’s the problem with hippie kids
They stop listenin’ when you teach ‘em not to listen to hypocrites
But most of us still can’t appreciate the differences
Between civil disobedience and criminal deviance
It’s the difference between fixin’ a system and pimpin’ it
‘Cause corruption ain’t the same as honest work
I try to separate the pigs from police officers
And I can see nuances, ‘cause I was raised by philosophers
But nuance isn’t popular, and neither am I
My whole life I’ve been tryin’ to read between the lines
And I’ve never been penalized for speakin’ my mind
So freedom is mine; I’m a scorpion
And a libra combined, with a fist and a peace sign
On either side, and I’m just tryin’ to equalize
They say “fight the system we need to be free”
When there's demons increasing at either extreme
It keeps feeding all the greediest schemes
That I can see
They say fight the system we need to be free
Like a greasy streams spillin' into the sea
They keep feeding me a hedonist dream
That I can't see
Sometimes freedom is violent; it gets derailed
The system fails whenever freedom tips the scales
When a sadistic freak is freed from a prison cell
Or a big business victimizes people with its sales
Some say we need chaos, but when a government falls
Another one pops up; it’s like juggling rubber balls
We don’t need more freedom; we need tougher laws
Electricity should be double the cost
With subsidies involved for those with no money
It’s gonna be pretty hard to keep this show running
If nobody believes there’s any room for change
We need fewer cars and more commuter trains
And new laws to make sure polluters pay
For what they do to our food chains; these are the changes
Institutions can make, if we just use our brains
Instead of TVs and computer games
They say “fight the system we need to be free”
When there's demons increasing at either extreme
It keeps feeding all the greediest schemes
That I can see
They say fight the system we need to be free
Like a greasy streams spilling into the sea
They keep feeding me a hedonist dream
That I can't see
See, I’m all about change, but I’m not about the counter-culture
Standin’ around with just a frown and a stomach ulcer
Makin’ the occasional ethical purchase
While dismissin’ politics as nothin’ but a nest of serpents
As soon as you’re done talkin’, try runnin’ for office
Try becoming part of something positive
There’s really nothing stopping us; it’s just a problem of optics
In the absence of reason; there’s no illusion of freedom
The illusion is a lack of freedom, and we’re losin’ to these illusions
But we can’t join ‘em; we have to beat ‘em
And just because I’m gettin’ disillusioned with libertarians
Doesn’t make me a disciplinarian
We need different solutions for different areas
From over-fishing the oceans to carbon emission tariffs
From the Arab militiamen to the American Michigan Aryans
We need some significant barriers
This may sound ridiculous from a kid with hippie parents
But sometimes it’s just hilarious how addicted we are
To the idea that we should never be restricted at all
But if freedom means drivin’ an SUV
And never havin’ to clean up the mess you leave
Then I say we need to be less free
I don’t expect you to agree, but you did listen at least
So now you’re free to take this lesson or leave it
Peace
Social Contract
Baba Brinkman
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A Buck and Change (feat. Erica Dee) Apocalyptic Utopian Dreams In the Western Wilderne... Art of Seduction (feat. Noa Bodner) Artificial Selection Babel Beowulf Black-eyed Peas Blind Faith Conversation Civilized Copyridin' Creationism Is... (Live) Creationist Cousins Creationist Cousins 2.0 Creeper (feat. Tia Brazda) D N A Darwin's Acid Darwin's Acid 2.0 David Buss Message David Sloan Wilson Message Dead Poets Dead Poets (Bonus Track) Do or Die Don't Sleep With Mean People Dr. Tatiana El Plantador Epilogue Fame In the Brain Fatalist G O C A S E Genesis Gilgamesh Group Selection Group Selection 2.0 Gutter Green (feat. Aaron Nazrul) Human Capital Hypnotize Hypnotize 2.0 Hypothesis 1 (Creationism) Hypothesis 2 (Spiritualism) Hypothesis 3 (Social Constructivism) Hypothesis 4 (Biological Determinism) Hypothesis 5 (Evolutionism) I'm a African I'm A African 2.0 Induction Insomnia Interlude A Interlude B John Deere Green Kalevala Lit - Hop Lotus Eaters Mad Style Disease Mellow Drama Merchant Merchant's Tale Microphone Miller's Prologue Mindstate Mosquito Natural Selection Natural Selection 2.0 No Bugs On Me Nun's Priest Nuts and Bolts Oh No! Olivia Judson Message Pagan Party Paraphrase Pardoner Pardoner's Prologue Parental Investment Performance, Feedback, Revision Performance, Feedback, Revision 2.0 Procrastinator Prologue Requiem for Heaven (feat. Chantel Upshaw) Rhyme Renaissance Prologue Scientist Seduction Seven Veils (feat. Miss Cherry OnTop) Sexual Selection Sexual Selection 2.0 Sexual Selection Theory (Live) Shaman She's Ovulating Short-Term Mating Dance Solar Eclipse Step Inside Survival of the Fittest Survival Of The Fittest 2.0 Switch Lanes Symptom Textbook The Evolution of Gayness The Knight's Tale (Scene 1) The Knight's Tale (Scene 2) The Knight's Tale (Scene 3) The Last Days The Miller's Tale The Pardoner's Tale The Planter's Dilemma The Rhyme Renaissance The Road Northwest (feat. Smoky Tiger) The Vortex The Wife of Bath's Tale Toxified Twin Studies Unity of Common Descent (Live) Used To Be The Man Vacuums Valediction (feat. Aaron Nazrul) Walk Like An Amoeba Wannabe G's Wife of Bath Wife of Bath's Prologue Worst Comes to Worst Worst Comes To Worst 2.0 You Can't See Me
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