Don't wanna be a part of society
Don't wanna waste my life away
I don't need no learned politics
'Cause I live from day to day in a

Violent society
Is this the way it's meant to be?
Violent society
A brighter future I can't see

I'm told I shouldn't shout my mouth off
I'm told to watch just what I say
But what kind of life is this, I say
If I can't live it my own way in a

Violent society
Is this the way it's meant to be?
Violent society
A brighter future I can't see