Gang Of Youths - the kingdom is within you

When the foreman came he helped me understand
That my destiny was mortar in the almighty's hand
Then they shipped my ass and they worked me place to place
Then delivered me to the combines as a ward of the state

Come find me
I'm here today but don't belong
I'm working 'til the debt is gone
The upside of it
The upside of it
But in a most familiar way
I'm begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
The upside of it
The upside of it

Night work shattered me with overtime and they fined me
White kids say they sympathize
But they're afraid to look me in the eyes

Up, up, up, up, up in the sky someplace
I got treasures up in heaven
And the state just takes the rest

I been working at the sawmill down in Kinleith for sometime
I gonna save for my own furniture and kitchen down the line
But they make it hard to pay for things outside of cigarettes
Mm, it's just jobs we're in
Well alright then and amen

Come find me
I'm here today but don't belong
I'm working 'til the debt is gone
The upside of it
The upside of it
And in a most familiar way
I'm begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
The upside of it
The upside of it

In the unrelieved serenity back home
I wonder how they talk of me
Do I send the card with mountains on?
Or the one with all the riot police?
I don't open doors for the uniform
Skulking shadows that break in at the dawn time
To haul us away
Do you know how it feels? I can recite every libbel
And terrible thing I get
'Cause I built this place

Alrighty!
I'm here until I don't belong
I'm working 'til the debt is gone
The upside of it
The upside of it
And in a most familiar way
I'm begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
The upside of it
The upside of it

The upside of it
The upside of it

Written by:
David Immanuel Menachem Sasagi Leaupepe, Donnie Borzestowski, Jung Kim, Max Dunn, Tom Hobden

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