Bread & Roses

What did you leave behind? More than a wish, more than a pastime The weathered wings of the worker bee Drowning in debt to the depths I regret the day I let them take the flight from me What did you give up To try and keep a kid tucked in? Shielded from the cold It's a sin The unequals can't win Until they control it So give me bread and roses You get by, or you don't You can't stop, or you won't? Realize, what is yours is mine You control it So give me bread and give me roses Have nots always have not Been the long shot but the sorrow sticks Into mortar and brick Build the castles as the capital rains from the sky You're left out to dry What is life when hearts starve as well as bodies? No one thrives in the descent And the end won't justify the means So what justifies the end? You get by, or you don't You can't stop, or you won't? Realize, what is yours is mine You control it So give me bread and give me roses Lend out a hand that you can't retract (Can't retract) Worked to bone, yea, it breaks your back (Breaks your back) It boils up until your skin cracks No man is my master Fall back So give me bread and give me roses You get by, or you don't You can't stop, or you won't? Realize, what's yours is mine You control it So give me bread and give me roses