[Intro] Punch in Clock out Head down Hands out Hey! Hey! Hey! [Verse 1] Rent went up on Friday night Paycheck died by Monday light Gas light blinking, fridge half bare They say work hard, the ladder's there Boss got praised for trimming fat We got fewer hours after that Middle class in a slow collapse Smile for the camera, drown in debt [Pre-Chorus] Backs bent low in the loading bay Every year costs more, every dollar fades [Chorus] Yeah, we're slaves Slaves of a livable wage Scrape and save, still stuck in the same place And it fills us with rage One bad break from losing our place Locked in place Can't break this cage Yeah, we're slaves Slaves of a livable wage [Verse 2] They sell the dream in a tailored suit Tax cuts raining on the boardroom roof We get sermons about sacrifice While they bump the rent and jack the price Credit card prayers and landlord kings Keep both hands in everything The gap gets wider block by block They pop champagne when the factory stops [Pre-Chorus] Hold the line, that's what they say But patience never lowered the rate [Chorus] Yeah, we're slaves Slaves of a livable wage Scrape and save, still stuck in the same place And it fills us with rage One bad break from losing our place Locked in place Can't break this cage Yeah, we're slaves Slaves of a livable wage [Bridge] If we stop, the whole thing shakes No trucks roll and no deals get made No coffee poured, no shelves get faced No lights stay on in the richest place So don't call this freedom, don't call this fair We built this town and we're still not there [Final Chorus] Yeah, we're slaves Slaves of a livable wage Scrape and save, still stuck in the same place And it fills us with rage One bad break from losing our place Not okay We're done being trained Yeah, we're slaves Slaves of a livable wage [Outro | Fades out] Punch in Clock out Still broke but Still loud
