Blue Collar Scholar

[Intro]
So, what happened to the American middle class?

[Verse 1: Apathy]
I can feel the breeze from the east like a storm is brewin'
And a beast was released, but the form ain't human
To the right, to the left, both sides is losin'
While the rich get richer, what the fuck is we doin'?
And the sick get sicker, cigarettes and liquor
'Cause the profit's much bigger if you got a bad ticker
We worth more dead or in a hospital bed
And fast food's much easier than bullets in the head
What I won't do is lie to you, all of this shit is trash
They snuck into America and murdered the middle class
Broke apart the family, killed God and Jesus
Cuttin' these American flags up into pieces
Trojan Horse moves, our enemies in the gates now
Got an iPhone, but our enemies are the Gates' now
Everything's poisonous, physically, mentally
My frequency for music could manipulate your energy
Motorcade, no Kennedy
Burn the competition, ID 'em by they dentistry
'93 Tupac, no Hennessy
Rowin' down the stream 'cause life is just a memory

[Verse 2: Slaine]
No brigade, no remedy
Know the game, know the ledge, know your enemy
Kid buys zero, man buys amphetamines
Anti-hero, thank God my better dreams
One for the music I created independently
Two for the blue-collar demo that ascended me
Three for my dead friends, gangsters, and enemies
Blackout drinkin' days, thanks for the memories
Born in the late great '70s
Born with the Bushes, thorn bushes, and a tendency
To look up is our own, look into the corner, push instead of on
With the "What you, what you want, fucker?" Ambition
'Til we're gone with the Bushes and the Reaganomics
This American Dream we take upon us, stuck with hatred on us
The truth is we've been bonded in these sacred traumas
But they keep on pitchin' us and breakin' promise
If you don't like how you feel, we got a pill for it
You want your piece of the pie, but will you kill for it?
Yeah, you can dance at the ball and they can cancel us all
They say the public opinion'll be the real court
A day late and a bill short
There's fetty laced in the coke now and I got old friends that still snort
This blue-collar scholar art
In a world built on lies, even the truth all'll fall apart

[Outro]
What happened to the American middle class?
The middle class did emerge the strongest in the world
The healthiest in the world
The most vital in the world
The wealthiest in the world at the time
And then came along Reaganomics