Wound Up Tight

Verse 1:
I've been scrapin' by on minimum wage
Watchin' millionaires live without a care
My pockets empty, turnin' another page
While corporate kings sit high without a prayer
These golden boys don't know my despair

Chorus:
Why do the rich keep rollin' in their gold?
While honest folks are strugg'lin' day and night
Inflation's got me broken, truth be told
Forty bucks for fast food just don't feel right
Lord, this struggle's got me wound up tight

Verse 2:
Groceries cost more than my weekly pay
The system's rigged, and I can barely breathe
These fat cats laughin' while I fade away
Their mansions gleam, my dreams they just deceive
No mercy from the hand that won't relieve

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge:
I've been poor my whole damned life
Watchin' opportunity pass me by
Tryin' to cut through this economic strife
With hope so thin, it's ready just to die

Final Chorus:
Why do the rich keep rollin' in their gold?
While honest folks are strugg'lin' day and night
Inflation's got me broken, truth be told
Forty bucks for fast food just don't feel right
Lord, this struggle's got me wound up tight!

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