[INTRO] WHAT'S FREEDOM? I ASKED YOU A QUESTION! WHAT'S FREEDOM? Can you buy it? Can you sell it? Can you live ... ... without it? [Single bass note. Long silence.] Then what is it ? [BUILD – bass and drums locked in a repetitive groove] YOU CAN SAY NO! BUT CAN YOU AFFORD IT? YOU CAN SAY NO! BUT CAN YOU AFFORD IT? YOU CAN SAY NO! YOU CAN SAY NO! BUT CAN YOU AFFORD IT?!!!!! CAN YOU ?!!! [VERSE 1 – slow, dry delivery, irregular phrasing] Eight hours in a row. Sixteen more to go. Time to pay your debt: Your paycheck straight - IN - TO - MY POCKET ! "thank you" . loser. [Verse – drums enter, increasingly tense] Lose a shift. Lose the rent. Lose the rent. Rent a tent. Lose the tent... BANG BANG ! [Breakdown: Guitar solo] BANG BANG ! [Breakdown– explosive, bass and drums locked in a repetitive rap screaming groove] I'M BREAKING MY BACK ! FOR WHAT ?!! FOR WHAT ?!! I'M BREAKING MY BACK ! FOR WHAT ?!! FOR WHAT ?!! I'M BREAKING MY BACK ! I'M BREAKING MY BACK ! FOR WHO ??? FOR WHAT ?!!!! [Instrumental goes quiet, slow build up] [VERSE 2 – quieter, bitter and accusatory] Can somebody tell me Should I ask to leave Can somebody tell me Should I ask to leave CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME SHOULD I ASK TO LEAVE CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME SHOULD I ASK TO LEAVE !!! TELL ! ME !!!!!! Do I have a choice is it a choice ? IS IT A CHOICE ? [BUILD – bass and drums locked in a repetitive groove] YOU CAN SAY NO! BUT CAN YOU AFFORD IT? YOU CAN SAY NO! BUT CAN YOU AFFORD IT? YOU CAN SAY NO! YOU CAN SAY NO! BUT CAN YOU AFFORD IT?!!!!! CAN YOU ?!!! [BREAKDOWN] [CLIMAX – direct confrontation, guitars at full distortion] I KNOW WHAT'S FREEDOM LOOK DOWN! I KNOW WHAT'S FREEDOM LOOK DOWN! I KNOW WHAT'S FREEDOM LOOK DOWN! I KNOW WHAT'S FREEDOM LOOK DOWN! I KNOW WHAT'S FREEDOM LOOK DOWN! FREE TO WORK FREE TO BEG FREE TO WORK! FREE TO BEG!! FREE TO WORK !! FREE TO BEG !!!! [FINAL – drums return, accelerating intensity] AND YOU CALL THAT FREEDOM? AND YOU CALL THAT FREEDOM? AND YOU CALL THAT FREEDOM? [FINAL SCREAM – all instruments crash together] WHAT THE HELL IS FREEDOM?! [Instant cut to silence] LOOK DOWN! LOOK DOWN! LOOK DOWN! LOOK DOWN!!!!! Look down.
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