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