WILKINS - JUST AN ACTRESS

[Verse 1] Sitting in a loft, talking 'bout the street With a silver spoon and a script so sweet You play the rebel in a velvet chair While we breathe the dust in the city air Subsidized anger, stage-managed pain You're dancing in the sun, we're standing in the rain [Chorus] Stop the lecture, stop the show You don't know the things we know High-class struggle, low-class fake We see the masks, we see the snake You preach the change from your ivory tower But you're just a puppet of the ruling power [Verse 2] Deflect the attention so they don't look at you Keep everybody in their place, that's what you do Us in our misery, down in the dirt While you watch the world from where it doesn't hurt In your big mansion, where the tall poplars grow Behind the iron gates, putting on your show [Pre-Chorus] Cosplaying the poor, wearing your disguise But I scanned you right through with my X-ray eyes You play the proletarian just to hide the guilt Of your hoarded cash and the greed you built [Bridge] Oh, you won't like what I'm about to say You're gonna throw a tantrum, lose your mind today Yeah, it hurts your pride when the underdog speaks up And the truth coming out of my mouth is just too tough You hate it when the peasant makes total sense And tears down your fake defense! [Chorus] Stop the lecture, stop the show You don't know the things we know High-class struggle, low-class fake We see the masks, we see the snake You preach the change from your ivory tower But you're just a puppet of the ruling power [Outro] No more fakes. Real recognizes real. And you... you're just an actress.