Begging for change

We are being strip-mined by the powers that be
We are being strip-mined by the new bourgeoisie
Now we're begging
B-E-G-G-I-N-G (spell it for me)
Begging for change
I wanna change my hair, I wanna change my name
I wanna change the storyline, my carpet, my voice, my aims
B-E-G-G-I-N-G (spell it for me)
Begging for change
I wanna change my shoes, I wanna change my car
I wanna change my way of life, the temperature, the way things are
B-E-G-G-I-N-G (spell it for me)
Begging for change
I wanna change my job, I wanna change my attitude
I wanna change myself, I wanna change me, him, and you

I see the future, the future is hard
We pay with your life, they pay with their card
Yeah

B-E-G-G-I-N-G (spell it for me)
Begging for change

It's time to wake up and smell the unfairness
It's the end of the West which is, perhaps, for the best
It's the end of the West which is, perhaps, for the best
But I couldn't care less, I couldn't care less, no

B-E-G-G-I-N-G
Begging for change

Weren't you the ones supposed to make a change
Slash prices at a stroke, break the supermarket chains?
Yes, sir, that was us, it was a joke
Yes, sir, that was us, it was a joke, yeah?

B-E-G-G-I-N-G
Begging for change

We took to the streets with a banner that reads, with a banner that reads: Next customer, please
We took to the streets with a banner that reads: Next customer, please, next customer, please
Next customer please!

Shut up, please

Begging for
Change

Begging for
Change
(I beg to differ
I beg your pardon)

Begging for
Change
(I beg to live
I beg to breathe)

Begging for
Change
(I beg for money
I beg for change)

Begging for
Change
(I beg for?
I beg for?)

Begging for
Begging for
Begging for
Begging for
Begging for
Begging for
Begging for

All throughout history it's always the same
Everyone, everywhere begging for change
I see the future, the future is strange
When you're begging for change, you're begging for chains

Begging for chains
So change!