Rotten On The Vine

[Intro] Open wide Here comes the lie Silver tray Poison shine Dinner time in the slaughter line [Verse 1] They got sugar in the baby food Plastic in the baby spoon School lunch shaped like prison trays Training kids to wait Obey Corn syrup in communion cups Praise the profit Pass it up Billboards selling happy meals But every smile hides a deal [Chorus] This ain’t food It’s a loaded gun (bang!) Pointed at your mama and your only son They say “freedom” while they fix the game Countin’ bodies in a brand name frame They feed us slow Let the stock price climb Same old poison ’til the end of time Smile for the ad while you rot inside This ain’t food It’s a loaded gun you bite [Verse 2] Lobby money in the senate halls Fat checks make the safety fall Farmers chained by a patent seed Own the soil Own the need Labels lie in a legal tongue “Healthy” stamped on a powdered lung They skip tests just to hit the shelf Your cancer’s good for someone’s wealth [Chorus] This ain’t food It’s a loaded gun (pow!) Pointed at your mama and your only son They say “freedom” while they fix the game Countin’ bodies in a brand name frame They feed us slow Let the stock price climb Same old poison ’til the end of time Smile for the ad while you rot inside This ain’t food It’s a loaded gun you bite [Verse 3] Meat packed tight in a metal tomb Worker’s cough in the freezer room Clock-in blood on the factory floor Cheap ground flesh Just add more Bright red dye on a phantom steak Bleach that rot Sell the fake They sell “choice” in a scented aisle But not one choice that ain’t denial [Chorus] This ain’t food It’s a loaded gun (yeah!) Pointed at your mama and your only son They say “freedom” while they fix the game Countin’ bodies in a brand name frame They feed us slow Let the stock price climb Same old poison ’til the end of time Smile for the ad while you rot inside This ain’t food It’s a loaded gun you bite [Verse 4] Neighborhoods ringed by a drive-thru row Concrete soil where gardens don’t grow Cheapest meal in a paper sack Costs your heart You can’t buy back Doctors whisper what charts reveal Pills for breakfast Pills for meals Nation starvin’ on a full plate Stuffed to death; that’s the state [Chorus] This ain’t food It’s a loaded gun (loaded!) Pointed at your mama and your only son They say “freedom” while they fix the game Countin’ bodies in a brand name frame They feed us slow Let the stock price climb Same old poison ’til the end of time Smile for the ad while you rot inside This ain’t food It’s a loaded gun you bite [Bridge] Rip that wrapper Read that sin Every barcode’s barbed wire on your skin Every “deal” is a debt unpaid Every “treat” is a grave they’ve made Name the villains Say ’em out loud (say it!) They ain’t shadows They sit proud Boardroom wolves in a human suit Signing off on your next bite of soot If “choice” is slow death or fast one Then Burn that menu Feed the system to the flame again [Chorus] This ain’t food It’s a loaded gun (bang!) Pointed at your mama and your only son They say “freedom” while they fix the game Countin’ bodies in a brand name frame They feed us slow Let the stock price climb Same old poison ’til the end of time Smile for the ad while you rot inside This ain’t food It’s a loaded gun you bite