Cooperate

[00:03.02] Lose the costume
[00:05.13] The day's of dress-up are gone
[00:06.03] Time to join in and put a different outfit on
[00:07.88] Maybe that's harsh well let's find a happy medium
[00:10.55] Be responsible and you can wear it in the evening
[00:13.29] This dude took pride in his cause everyday
[00:15.94] Put on his costume which defined who he was
[00:18.69] He said he didn't care he liked being unique
[00:21.47] Accused the rest of the world of being a bunch of sheep
[00:23.28] Lived his life going against the grain
[00:26.88] Spent all of his time with those who felt the same
[00:29.50] Hit his mid-twenties and still nothing's changed
[00:32.23] Except his boys who chose to grow with age
[00:34.98] Now he's looking for friends with the same behavior
[00:38.56] He hangs out on campus with a bunch of teenagers
[00:41.26] He's punk rock he's hip-hop he's everything the system's not
[00:44.81] And he likes it that way he likes being on the defense
[00:51.14] He likes having something to fight against
[00:52.02] He likes calling himself a revolutionist
[00:54.77] I'm sorry but you have an identity crisis
[00:58.31] (Chorus)
[01:00.15] Lose the costume
[01:01.08] The day's of dress-up are gone
[01:01.93] Time to join in and put a different outfit on
[01:03.79] Maybe that's harsh well let's find a happy medium
[01:05.55] Be responsible and you can wear it in the evening
[01:10.07] And on the weekends when it's appropriate
[01:12.71] You can make believe for a minute
[01:14.58] Stir up some controversy and have fun
[01:18.17] But hang-up your angst when play time is done
[01:20.89] Ignore the truth and neglect your responsibility
[01:23.51] Because you can't decipher the real world from your hobbies
[01:26.30] This whole starving artist shtick you've been running with is wearing thin
[01:30.82] Put it to an end and grow old gracefully
[01:34.49] Time for you to start cooperating cuz rent ain't free
[01:38.06] And neither is your family's needs
[01:39.82] What you want and should expect are two different things
[01:43.43] You think the rest of the world likes their suits and ties working nine to five just to get by?
[01:47.95] Maybe, I mean if they've figured out what it truly means to make this life count
[01:54.20] But that don't sit well with you're anti-authority
[01:56.91] Me against the world sub-genre category that you've placed yourself in
[02:03.24] Do you honestly think the average man celebrates the system
[02:06.80] But they cooperate
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