Religion and sex are powerplays 宗教和性别是powerplays

Manipulate the people for the money they pay 操纵的人，因为他们付的钱

Selling skin, selling God 卖皮，卖神

The numbers look the same on their credit cards 这些数字看起来是一样的信用卡

Politicians say no to drugs 政客们对毒品说不

While we pay for wars in South America 尽管我们付出了南美战争

   

Fighting fire with empty words 空话灭火

While the banks get fat 而银行发胖

And the poor stay poor 和穷人穷

And the rich get rich 和富人致富

And the cops get paid 和警察得到报酬

To look away 把目光移开

As the one percent rules America 由于百分之一的美国规则

   

Spreading the disease 传播疾病

Everybody needs 每个人都需要

But no one wants to see 但是，没有人愿意看到

The way society 顺便社会

Keeps spreading the disease 不断传播疾病