Jamiroquai - Scam lyrics

Hey, hey yeah, I've got to scam got to scam
Ooh, got to scam

You say you fight to give us freedom
But often more than not this is abused
And the faces of a tired generation
Have decided they are sick of being used
For the purpose of the current declarations
Still the same
It'll never change until the end
Is to buy the appreciation of the nation
To cover the mistakes you must defend
And you say there'll be a chance for everyone
To protest against your calculated greed
But, I can see and into the future
Won't be long before the welfare
Send me letters telling me how much they need
And it's not been in my interest to please
Them
For the only interest rate to fall is mine
See a brand new generation is demanding
What you've been doing with our
Money all this time?

'Cause now I've got to scam
People try living life at speed of light
Scam don't know why but I have to
Do the things I do scam
Gimme a ten, that's the move I give you five
Scam
People say that it's the way to stay alive
Scam now scam
Hey, I know I gotta scam
I know I gotta scam (O oh)

S-s-so you see, you have to be a schemer
If you wanna love the life you have to live
And it don't matter how much that I earn
'Cause, I always get my fingers burned
When The Man gets down to his business
And I've been sear-sear-searching
For a reason why I have to give it all up
Just when I want to get ahead
See I had to lose car, job, wife
Dog and home
Debts and threats on the telephone
Maybe I should bust a move instead
Hey, now we all know when
We watch the television
Not confused between a puppet or conviction
Glued to the screen by a
Thousand shallow words of wisdom
It ain't what it seems when
It's a single-sided system
Hey, someone's got a hold on my living
I'm gonna have to do the thing that's fair
They've got to justify for what
I should be giving should I lie
Should I steal or should I care?
Hey, because I've got to scam
Scamming your life away

Hey, scam
People try living life at speed of light
Scam don't know why but I have to
Do the things I do scam, hey!
Everybody's got to scam now scam
Ooh, bust them moves as quick as you can
Scam (Right on)

(Ohh scamming)

Hey, hey hey hey hey now, I got to scam
Got to scam to get me through every day
Got to scam got to scam
I got to scam woah
Scamming for every day
Scamming for all my life
Scamming to pay my way hey, I got to scam!
No nine to five! I gotta stay alive!
I gotta keep it all hey, I got to scam
G-g-g-g-g-g-goo scamming
Sc-sc-sc-sc-scoo-wah

Hey yeah!