Begging for Change

We are being strip-mined by the powers that be

We are being strip-mined by the new bourgeoisie

Now we're begging, ah

(B-E-G-G-I-N-G) spell it for me

(Begging for change)

I wanna change my hair, I wanna change my name (change)

I wanna change the storyline, the carpet, my voice, my aims ? (change)

(B-E-G-G-I-N-G) ah, spell it for me

(Begging for change)

I wanna change my shoes, I wanna change my car (change)

I wanna change my way of life, the temperature, the way things are

(B-E-G-G-I-N-G) mm, yeah, mm, spell it for me

(Begging for change)

I wanna change my job, I wanna change my attitude (change)

I wanna change myself, I wanna change me, him, and you

I've seen the future, the future is hard

You pay with your life, they pay with their card

Yeah

(B-E-G-G-I-N-G) ah, spell it for me

(Begging for change)

It's time to wake up, and smell the unfairness

It's the end of the west, which is, perhaps, for the best

It's the end of the west, which is, perhaps, for the best

But I couldn't care less

I couldn't care less, no

(B-E-G-G-I-N-G)

(Begging for change)

Weren't you the ones tryna make a change

Slash prices at a stroke, break the supermarket chains?

Yes, sir, that was us, it was a joke

Yes, sir, that was us, it was a joke, yeah?

(B-E-G-G-I-N-G)

(Begging for change)

We took to the streets with a banner that reads

With a banner that reads, "next customer, please"

We took to the streets with a banner that reads

"Next customer, please, next customer, please"

Shut up, please

Begging for

Change

Begging for (I beg to differ, I beg your pardon?)

Change (I beg to live)

Begging for (I beg to breathe)

Change (I beg for money, I beg for change)

Begging for (I beg for food)

Change (I beg for drink)

Begging for (I beg to exist)

Change

Begging for

Begging for change

Begging for change

Begging for change

Begging for change

Begging for change

Begging for change (change, change, change)

Begging for change (change, change, change)

Begging for (change, change, change)

Begging for (change, change, change)

All throughout history, it's always the same

Everyone, everywhere, begging for change

I've seen the future, the future is strange

When you're begging for change, you're begging for chains

Begging for chains

So, change