Reks - Obedient Workers lyrics
[Reks - Obedient Workers lyrics]
They don't want a population
Of citizens capable of
Critical thinking they don't
Want well informed
Well educated people capable of
Critical thinking they're not
Interested in that that doesn't help them
That's against their interests that's
Right you know
Something? They don't want people who
Are smart enough to sit around the kitchen
Table and figure out how badly they're
Getting fucked by a system that threw them
Over board 30 fucking years ago
Now I dumb it down to sleep
Close my eyes, pretend I am blind
But, I know, yes I know, yes I know-o
There are no words to speak
I bite my tongue this time
And pretend not to teach
But, I do, yes I do, yes I do-o
Good day to ya, might I say properly
Nothing like the good old American monopoly
Property, how do you control space?
Make 'em hate self, went out to control race
Democracy, please, come out your hiding place
Hypocrisy, our leaders bare your ugly face
Mine eyes can see the coming of divided state
Philosophy, I know that I know nothing
Socrates
Uncle Sam and Uncle Tom were politicking
Sam was cracking the whip
Tom was cotton picking
Sam said to Tom, Tom wait a cotton picking
Man now you could be out the field
In the kitchen
Tom said, sir I reckon, so I got to listen
Gonna get me a bow tie, I'll get to fetchin'
Whatever you need fetched
And you can call me Benson
I'm at your service sir
If it don't involve lynching
They don't want a population
Of citizens capable of
Critical thinking they don't
Want well informed
Well educated people capable of critical
Thinking they're not interested in
That that doesn't help them
That's against their interests
That's right you know something? They
Don't want people who
Are smart enough to sit around the kitchen
Table and figure out how badly
They're getting fucked by
A system that threw them
Over board 30 fucking
Years ago they don't want that you know what
They want? They want obedient
Workers obedient workers
Of citizens capable of
Critical thinking they don't
Want well informed
Well educated people capable of
Critical thinking they're not
Interested in that that doesn't help them
That's against their interests that's
Right you know
Something? They don't want people who
Are smart enough to sit around the kitchen
Table and figure out how badly they're
Getting fucked by a system that threw them
Over board 30 fucking years ago
Now I dumb it down to sleep
Close my eyes, pretend I am blind
But, I know, yes I know, yes I know-o
There are no words to speak
I bite my tongue this time
And pretend not to teach
But, I do, yes I do, yes I do-o
Good day to ya, might I say properly
Nothing like the good old American monopoly
Property, how do you control space?
Make 'em hate self, went out to control race
Democracy, please, come out your hiding place
Hypocrisy, our leaders bare your ugly face
Mine eyes can see the coming of divided state
Philosophy, I know that I know nothing
Socrates
Uncle Sam and Uncle Tom were politicking
Sam was cracking the whip
Tom was cotton picking
Sam said to Tom, Tom wait a cotton picking
Man now you could be out the field
In the kitchen
Tom said, sir I reckon, so I got to listen
Gonna get me a bow tie, I'll get to fetchin'
Whatever you need fetched
And you can call me Benson
I'm at your service sir
If it don't involve lynching
They don't want a population
Of citizens capable of
Critical thinking they don't
Want well informed
Well educated people capable of critical
Thinking they're not interested in
That that doesn't help them
That's against their interests
That's right you know something? They
Don't want people who
Are smart enough to sit around the kitchen
Table and figure out how badly
They're getting fucked by
A system that threw them
Over board 30 fucking
Years ago they don't want that you know what
They want? They want obedient
Workers obedient workers