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