The gc5 turn their backs lyrics

I got my education in the ivory halls



Found the pulse of the nation in truck stop toilet stalls



And we're running out of time because we're running out of patience



So visit our sins on future generations







You can speak or have a conscience but you know it doesn't pay



They'll keep you at the margins and they'll shut you away



I've been looking up and down and searchin' round these parts for hope



Is like finding your footing on a slippery slope







It's all that I can do just to make it



And say the emperors around us are all naked



It's all that I can do just to make it through



And fight against their tendency to turn their backs on you







They envy you because you're young, it's what they wanna be



But kid beware of hucksters who'll sell you slavery



They'll package inspiration like a product on a shelf



Killing any inclination to find it for yourself







See them try to forge a new consensus



After all these years of bludgeoning your senses



Day after day they say



"Would you have it any other way?"



And give a deep sleep of a smile at your reply