State welfare kept you from poverty
It was hardly economic slavery
Just reassess your new situation
Cos homelessness and destitution
Is, in all, a big fall, from any elevation
The state was keeping me alive
I was just a means to an end
Thought I’d be saved, for later use
A coin, it would one day spend
They say anyone can make it to the top
Your chance to keep working, never stop
And, once you have enough to eat
It’s time you deserved a little treat
But, you’ll never have enough, until you drop
The safety net is just a bunch of holes strung together
Perfectly designed, to sieve you through to the never
Without it, like animals, you’d have to fight to survive
Not suffer bearing 10 children, to see which 2.5, stay alive