The crime families
had arrived
long before our time
dressed in suits and ties
jeans and lies.
Con games
transparent,
No one's even too embarrassed
or even
bothers to try and hide it.
It's all a racket
better believe it
Student loans
Insurance
Medications to save your life
Credit cards
House payments
Rental agreements
The military industrial complex
the war machine
The grocery store
The grocery store
The Supermarket
what do you mean you gotta eat
at least the poisoned air is free.
Elections
thrilled with bribery
The gas station
cell phone bills
electrical payments
moving violation tickets
Banks with smiling faces
Bound to get you on your knees
begging for more.
Guess what?
What ever you think you are craving,
You know that's a racket too
every time you turn around
they're going to take their vig
off of you.
When you get to heaven
you are going to find
one fact for sure
that's a racket too.
"Trick and Trap", Bill Maher.
Poetic license with the word racket, extortion would probably be more like it.
The "vig" is the interest in loan sharking and what the house takes on every bet.
Sometimes you gotta write a protest song.