How Much Can You Take?

How much How much can one man take Before he breaks Before he breaks? How much How much can one man take Before he breaks Before he breaks? How much How much can one man take Before he breaks Before he breaks? Isn't it just great To see the politics of this age They're fake These counterfeits give reason for rage As we turn Another page in this society I investigate our history And what do I see? Man, it freaks me (Yeah it's so freaky) Our fathers and mothers longed to be free Willing to die And give their lives for their liberty And what does that make me? A free man But somehow I can't understand That today We throw away our independence How much How much can one man take Before he breaks Before he breaks? How much How much can one man take Before he breaks Before he breaks? You get everything you want But you have nothing that you need The system is well planned, man And it'll bring you to your knees For nobody seems to realise That they're nothing but slaves Slowly dying By digging their own graves And I've learned to behave And I've learned to be brave But How much How much can one man take Before he breaks It makes no sense We want to be slaves? We're under spiritual attack But nobody wants to see that There's no respect Coz everybody's just a victim Poor little criminal You're just an accident of this system No one is taught About the consequences of our actions All we want is satisfaction Instead of responsibility We make excuses Our heroes are losers What are we teaching our youth? For nobody talks about sin Instead we call it a problem Or a struggle And if we can't overcome it We just give in and have a coming out You can do anything Please do anything As long as you please the crowd As I take a look around There's no more disguise They push immorality Pornography right in from of my eyes They're raping my mind Through movies magazines, ads and billboards I can take it not more I no longer can ignore Babylon the great whore Is setting up her throne How much How much can one man take Before he breaks Before he breaks? You get everything you want But you have nothing that you need The system is well planned, man And it'll bring you to your knees For nobody seems to realize That they're nothing but slaves Slowly dying by digging their own graves And I've learned to behave And I've learned to be brave But How much How much can one man take Before he breaks Before he breaks (How much can one man take) (Before he breaks) (Before he breaks?) How much How much can one man take Before he breaks Before he breaks? I'm taking a side I'm standing up for what is right Even if it costs my very life