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Artist: Crass
Canonical path: /crass/you-pay
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You Pay
Read You Pay lyrics by Crass on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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You Pay
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You're paying for prisons.
You're paying for war.
You're paying for lobotomies.
You're paying for law.
You're paying for their order.
You're paying for their murder.
Paying for your ticket
To watch the farce.
Knowing you've made your contribution
To the system's fucked solution,
To their political pollution.
No chance of revolution.
No chance of change.
You've got no range.
Don't just take it.
Don't take their shit.
Don't' play their game.
Don't take their blame.
Use your own head.
Your turn instead.
It's not apologise. it's not economise.
It's not make do. it's not pull through.
It's not take it. it's not make it.
It's not just you. it's not madmen.
It's not difficult. it's not behave.
It's not, oh well, just this once.
It's fucking impossible.
It's fucking unbearable.
It's fucking stupid.
Fucking stupid
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