The Machine Ft. Sasha F - No Mad Soul lyrics

I don't have to tell you things are bad
Everybody knows things are bad
The dollar buys a nickel's worth
Banks are going bust
Shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter
Punks are running wild in the streets
There's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do
And there's no end to it

I don't want you to protest, I don't want you to riot
I don't want you to write to your congressman
Because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write
I don't know what to do about the depression
The inflation, the Russians, and the crime in the street
All I know is that first you've got to get mad!

Crazy, it’s like everything everywhere is going crazy
So we don’t go out any more
We sit in the house
And slowly the world we’re living in is getting smaller
And all we say is, “Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms"

I don't have to tell you things are bad
Everybody knows things are bad
The dollar buys a nickel's worth
Banks are going bust
Shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter
Punks are running wild in the streets
There's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do
And there's no end to it