Beyoncé Lyrics
"A Family Affair"

Middle class refugees fill the universities
Being trained to keep power in power

And so you keep climbing higher and higher
Grateful when they let you retire
Old enough to realize that you've been a liar
To yourself another corpse for hire

So why don't you stop your bitchin' and moanin'
And do something about it?

You tell me that there's no chance
It's because you do their song and dance
You say you know it's a game but you still play
And they make you pay every step of the way

You think it's bullshit but you still submit
You think there's no stopping it so you quit

You wonder why you don't feel like yourself
How can you when you don't do what you want to?
You tell me that there's no chance
It's because you do their song and dance
You say you know it's a game but you still play
But they make you pay and pay and pay and pay