Scam

You say you fight to give us freedom But often more than not this is abused And the faces of a tired generation Have decided they are sick of being used For the purpose of current declarations Still the same, it'll never change until the end Is to buy appreciation of the nation To cover the mistakes you must defend And you say there'll be a chance for everyone To protest against your calculated greed But I can see into the future Won't be long before the welfare Send me letters telling me how much they need And it's not been in my interest to please them For the only interest rate to fall is mine See a brand new generation in demanding What you've been doing without money all this time Scam People try living life at speed of light Scam Don't know why but I have to do the things I do Scam Give me ten, that's the move I give you five Scam People say it's the way to stay alive So you see you have to be a schemer If you wanna love the life you have to live And it don't matter how much I earn 'Cause I always get my fingers burned When the man gets down to his business And I've been searching for a reason Why I have to give it all up just when I want to get ahead See I had to lose car, job, wife, dog and home Debts and threats on the telephone Maybe I should bust a move instead Now we all know when we watch the television Not confused between a puppet or conviction Glued to the screen by a thousand shallow words of wisdom It ain't what it seems when it's a single sided system Someone's got a hold on my living So I'm gonna have to do the things that's fair They got to justify for what I should be giving Should I lie, should I steal or should I care 'Cause now I've got to scam --- Scam - Jamiroquai