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You think I havenât gone through any hardships
âCause I was raised in communes instead of projects?
Thatâs why Iâve always had problems with the opposite sex
âCause I was taught never to treat women as objects
And never to treat anything simple as complex
And vice versa, but I canât remember what I was taught next
See, thatâs the problem with hippie kids
They stop listeninâ when you teach âem not to listen to hypocrites
But most of us still canât appreciate the differences
Between civil disobedience and criminal deviance
Itâs the difference between fixinâ a system and pimpinâ it
âCause corruption ainât the same as honest work
I try to separate the pigs from police officers
And I can see nuances, âcause I was raised by philosophers
But nuance isnât popular, and neither am I
My whole life Iâve been tryinâ to read between the lines
And Iâve never been penalized for speakinâ my mind
So freedom is mine; Iâm a scorpion
And a libra combined, with a fist and a peace sign
On either side, and Iâm just tryinâ to equalize
They say âfight the system we need to be freeâ
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; itâs like juggling rubber balls
We donât need more freedom; we need tougher laws
Electricity should be double the cost
With subsidies involved for those with no money
Itâs gonna be pretty hard to keep this show running
If nobody believes thereâs 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 âfight the system we need to be freeâ
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, Iâm all about change, but Iâm not about the counter-culture
Standinâ around with just a frown and a stomach ulcer
Makinâ the occasional ethical purchase
While dismissinâ politics as nothinâ but a nest of serpents
As soon as youâre done talkinâ, try runninâ for office
Try becoming part of something positive
Thereâs really nothing stopping us; itâs just a problem of optics
In the absence of reason; thereâs no illusion of freedom
The illusion is a lack of freedom, and weâre losinâ to these illusions
But we canât join âem; we have to beat âem
And just because Iâm gettinâ disillusioned with libertarians
Doesnât 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 itâs just hilarious how addicted we are
To the idea that we should never be restricted at all
But if freedom means drivinâ an SUV
And never havinâ to clean up the mess you leave
Then I say we need to be less free
I donât expect you to agree, but you did listen at least
So now youâre free to take this lesson or leave it
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