Turn Their Backs Lyrics - The Gc5

I got my education in the ivory halls 

Found the pulse of the nation in truck stop toilet stalls 

And we're running out of time because we're running out of patience 

So visit our sins on future generations 

You can speak or have a conscience but you know it doesn't pay 

They'll keep you at the margins and they'll shut you away 

I've been looking up and down and searchin' round these parts for hope 

Is like finding your footing on a slippery slope 

It's all that I can do just to make it 

And say the emperors around us are all naked 

It's all that I can do just to make it through 

And fight against their tendency to turn their backs on you 

They envy you because you're young, it's what they wanna be 

But kid beware of hucksters who'll sell you slavery 

They'll package inspiration like a product on a shelf 

Killing any inclination to find it for yourself