Social Contract 2.0 - Mud Sun

You think I haven’t gone through any hardships

Cause I was raised in communes instead of projects?

That’s why I’ve always had problems with the opposite sex

Cause I was taught never to treat women as objects

And never to treat anything simple as complex

And vise versa

But I can’t remember what I was taught next

See that’s the problem with hippie kids

They stop listening when you teach them

Not to listen to hypocrites

But most of us still can’t appreciate the differences

Between civil disobedience and criminal deviance

It’s the difference between fixing the system and pimpin' it

Cause corruption ain’t the same as honest work

I try to separate the pigs from police officers

And I can see nuances

Cause I was raised by philosophers

But nuance isn’t popular

And neither am I

My whole life I’ve been trying to read between the lines

And I’ve never been penalized for speaking my mind

So freedom is mine

I’m a scorpion and a libra combined

With a fist and a peace sign on either side

And I’m just trying to equalize

You bomb me I bomb you

We both bomb back

We need a social contract

It’s a race to the bottom

And we don’t want that

Trapped in constant mortal combat

Every smoke stack’s gotta have a carbon tax

Now, that’s a social contract

I’m done with outlaws

I want the laws intact

It’s time for a social contract

Cause sometimes freedom is violent

It gets derailed

The system fails whenever freedom tips the scales

When a sadistic freak is freed from a prison cell

Or a big business victimizes people with its sales

Some say we need chaos

But when a government falls

Another one pops up

It’s like juggling rubber balls

We don’t need more freedom

We need tougher laws

Dirty energy should be double the cost

With subsidies involved for those with no money

It’s gonna be pretty hard to keep the show running

If nobody believes there’s any room for change

We need fewer cars and more commuter trains

And new laws to make sure polluters pay

For what they do to our food chains

These are the changes institutions can make

If we just use our brains

Instead of TVs and computer games

You bomb me I bomb you

We both bomb back

We need a social contract

It’s a race to the bottom

And we don’t want that

Trapped in constant mortal combat

Every smoke stack’s gotta have a carbon tax

Now, that’s a social contract

I’m done with outlaws

I want the laws intact

It’s time for a social contract

See I’m all about change

But I’m not about the counter culture

Standing around with a frown and a stomach ulcer

Making the occasional ethical purchase

While dismissin' politics as nothing but a nest of serpents

As soon as you’re done talking

Try running for office

Try becoming part of something positive

There’s really nothing stopping us

It’s just a problem of optics

In the absence of reason

There’s no illusion of freedom

The illusion is a lack of freedom

And we’re losing to these illusions

But we can’t join 'em

We have to beat 'em

And just because I’m getting disillusioned with libertarians

Doesn’t make me a disciplinarian

We need different solutions for different areas

From overfishing the oceans to carbon emission tariffs

From the Arab militiamen

To the American Michigan Aryans

We need some significant barriers

This may sound ridiculous from a kid with hippie parents

But sometimes it’s just hilarious

How addicted we are

To the idea that we should never be restricted at all

But if freedom means driving an SUV

And never having to clean up the mess you leave

I say we need to be less free

I don’t expect you to agree

But you did listen at least

And now you’re free to take this lesson or leave it

Peace

You bomb me I bomb you

We both bomb back

We need a social contract

It’s a race to the bottom

And we don’t want that

Trapped in constant mortal combat

Every smoke stack’s gotta have a carbon tax

Now, that’s a social contract

I’m done with outlaws

I want the laws intact

It’s time for a social contract