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