[Verse 1] They handed us a ladder Then cut off half the rungs Sold the roof to somebody Now we’re all speaking in sums Rent eats the first check Food eats the second one By the time the month is over We’re already undone They said work harder Like sweat could change the math But the map was drawn by landlords And the gate is built to last [Pre-Chorus] Every raise gets swallowed Every win gets sold We’re chasing a moving target On a road of borrowed gold [Chorus] Nothing to own Nothing to own They keep the keys And leave us the loan Nothing to own Nothing to own If we don’t move now Our kids get the same old throne [Verse 2] They call it freedom If you can afford the fee A car, a bed, a doctor All rented by decree Subscriptions for the basics A fee to breathe and stay A lifetime in installments That never go away The rich get bailouts We get “tighten up” and wait They made a maze for millions Then called the maze our fate [Pre-Chorus] Every day’s a leak In a bucket full of debt And every time we build a life They find a way to collect [Chorus] Nothing to own Nothing to own They keep the keys And leave us the loan Nothing to own Nothing to own If we don’t move now Our kids get the same old throne [Bridge] So lock arms at the checkout Show up where it counts Talk back, strike back Make the silence loud Take back the table Take back the years Not with another promise But with all of us here [Final Chorus] Nothing to own Nothing to own They keep the keys And leave us the loan Nothing to own Nothing to own We rise together And take back what they stole Nothing to own Nothing to own No more scraps No more begging to belong Nothing to own Nothing to own If we don’t act now They’ll rent out our whole bloodline
