every time I turn around
someone tries to keep me down
makes me want to pack up
and move to a new town
every time I turn around
someone's trying to put me down
but I say NO
I stand my ground
it's your right your God given right
It's your right not to fuss and fight
It's your right your God given right
It's your right to stand and fight
Swept away by the unexpected
things are not what they seem
I don't know why I never said I did
I'm taken over by this tidal wave
your eve is an oasis
You don't know why yet you say you do
this tidal wave is not what it seems
it feels deep but it's really shallow
In a rate race you cannot chase
the cheese anymore
in the hovels across the tracks
you can't escape where you're at
in a rat race you cannot chase the cheese anymore
you got to get high to get out the door
I'm not proud of 'thee I sing'
my brother tells me it don't mean a thing
in a rat race you cannot chase
the cheese anymore
in the hovels across the tracks
the idiot heads always attack
In a rat race you cannot chase
the cheese anymore
in the hovels across the tracks
you can't escape where you're at
there comes a time when the idiot heads
are forced to take the final plunge
there is a new beat a brand new beat
throughout the universe
the sound of an original thought
or the beat of your heart
the sound of an original thought
or the beat of your heart
in a rat race you cannot chase the cheese anymore
you got to get high to get out the door
I'm not proud of 'thee I sing'
my brother tells me it don't mean a thing
in a rat race you cannot chase
the cheese anymore
in the hovels across the tracks
the idiot heads always attack