Welfare (2023 Version)

Defaulted to benefit From our enslavement Generation, after generation Born at the top Held up by our backs And choosing To turn the other cheek That's privilege To Inhabit your skin without fear To inhabit your body without shame To love who you want To walk at night alone To be standing on the outside looking in That's privilege Welfare, welfare They built an empire Off your backs, off your backs Taxing your labor to secure their fortune With no accountability Cough up that restitution Make you pay your debt to Welfare, welfare They built an empire Off your backs, off your backs Taxing your labor to secure their fortune With no accountability Cough up that restitution Make you pay your debt to me To navigate the spaces We're not allowed to roam Blind to an exclusion You'll never have to know Dismantle the whole thing or nothing will change Because the system was built to protect Your privilege Welfare, welfare They built an empire Off your backs, off your backs Taxing your labor to secure their fortune With no accountability Cough up that restitution Make you pay your debt to Welfare, welfare They built an empire Off your backs, off your backs Taxing your labor to secure their fortune With no accountability Cough up that restitution Make you pay your debt to me The safety of your fragility is priority In this war against poor bodies and minorities In this war against women and the not so binary In this war against all Black bodies fighting globally There's no peace, without Justice Your kids are casualties From Favela to Palestine All your mothers weep From plantation to president Still the same story From the classroom to prison cell Is the new chattel slavery The new chattel slavery The new chattel slavery Welfare, welfare They built an empire Off your backs, off your backs Taxing your labor to secure their fortune With no accountability Cough up that restitution Make you pay your debt to Welfare, welfare They built an empire Off your backs, off your backs Taxing your labor to secure their fortune With no accountability Cough up that restitution Make you pay your debt to me