Verse
B E F# E
Been having a hard time trying to justify
B E F# E
The clouds arising from the cars we drive
B E F# E
And a little too easy seems just a little too hard today
B E F# E B E F# E
And I'm afraid my children are going to have to watch the world waste away
[Verse 2]
B E F# E
Been having a hard time trying to accept the fact
B E F# E
Paying money for four walls leaves the slavery intact
B E F# E
And a little too easy seems just a little too hard today
B E F# E B E F# E
And I'm afraid my children are going to have to watch the world slip away
[Chorus]
B A# G#m E B
I know, I know, I know, I know, life has become slavery
A# G#m E B
I know, I know, I know, I know, life has become slavery
A# G#m E B A# G#m E
I know, I know, I know, I know, life has become slavery, slavery
[Verse 3]
B E F# E
Costs two dollars a minute and additional charges to pray to god today
B E F# E
See I've been looking for some guidance but the voice on the phone ain't got a damn thing to say
B E F# E
And a little too easy seems just a little too hard today
B E F# E B E F# E
And I'm afraid my children are going to have to watch the world fade away
[Verse 4]
B E F# E
I was born a little too late to see the dream that they called America
B E F# E
See I only want to be a free man but it's against the law to sleep on the ground in god's land
B E F# E
And a little too easy seems just a little bit insane
B E F# E B E F# E
And I'm afraid I'm gonna have to run for my life one of these days, one of these days
[Chorus]
B A# G#m E B
I know, I know, I know, I know, life has become slavery
A# G#m E B
I know, I know, I know, I know, life has become slavery
A# G#m E B A# G#m E
I know, I know, I know, I know, life has become slavery, slavery
[Bridge]
B D# G#m F# E
B D# G#m F# E
The earth is my body, it's been poisoned with lead and junk food and toxic waste
B D# G#m F# E
The sky is my mind it's been clouded with cigarettes and fluorocarbons and petroleum distillates
B D# G#m F# E
The water's my heart, it's been broken with booze and drugs and shooting up paste
B D# G#m F# E B D# G#m F# E
The sun is my spirit, it belongs to all of us, I guess we're all one sick race
B A# G#m F# E
[Outro]
B D# G#m F# E
And autonomy shall reward itself with freedom
B D# G#m F# E
And humility shall reward itself with peace
B D# G#m F# E
And the dissolution of possession and the integration of humanity
B D# G#m F# E
Shall bring forth a sharing of our responsibility
B D# G#m F# E
For our lives
B D# G#m F# E
And our earth
B D# G#m F# E
For our lives
B D# G#m F# E B
And our earth