Staring in the face of God Wondering how I let myself fall down this low I hate myself I hate my life Wish I could turn back time and not be born My life Spend my time in an endless grind This is what I have become A victim of a system that I cannot rise above But I will not submit myself To your world of greed I will not surrender my life To the powers that be The powers that Powers that be All my life I've been a slave Held down by the factors I can't control You force feed pain, manipulate I'm sickened by everything that you stand for My life Spend my time in an endless grind This is what I have become A victim of a system that I cannot rise above But I will not submit myself To your world of greed I will not surrender my life To the powers that be The powers that Powers that be Weight of this fallen world pulls me under Try to lift myself from the ashes The powers that be