Killing Joke: Age of greed

Ten percent of the landIs the hand that pulls the stringsBe the privileged few (to have to own to hold)Power over the people yes yesPower over peopleBe the privileged few to have to own to holdMoney property assets before livesGreen gestures of a dying planetAn endless debate only too lateAn appetite for glutonyThe only way is up the only way is upBut when you are up you have to try and stay thereSo you stamp and cheat on peopleChampagne breakfats (rewards for the killing)And a fast waist bulgingIndulging, in what you call good livingBut most of all there is too much fat on your heart - pigA lifestyle of cholesterolCross collateralized cholesterolSaving what's left from profit marginFor what?I'll tell you what forFor some irrelevant conscience easing charity - Why?Just to justify! Just to justify!Look at this utopiaA society based on solid foundationsEducate our children - educate them wellTo feather the nest and fuck the rest(Yes yes feather thenest and fuck the rest)The waste expands(As your waist expands)While others stand at the back of the queueI mean youStill the same old securityFor your creature comfortsExchanging the hours of your lifeFor the cash you've already spentEating rubbish so you can pay the rentTable wine once a week if you'reluckyIn comparisonPrivatise the people's livesBe part of the company (or fade!)The appliance of science to privatise their livesWater is our businessElectricity is our businessGas is our businessLives are our businessBusiness is our businessYour money - my timeYour stinking industrial bathwater - my wineImbalance induces hateHow will you fill the gapBetween the endless buffetAnd the scraps of food I haveI feel hate I feel hateI feel hate I feel hate(Don't be afraid to show your hate, hate!)You just treat me like a commodityYou didn't know I couldn't even afford to feed my familyI just want to killI just want to take a gunAnd put it to your headAnd pull the trigger