Scam - Jamiroquai

Written by Jay Kay, Stuart Zender and Toby Smith 

You say you fight to give us freedom 
But often more than not this is abused 
And the faces of a tired generation 
Have decided they are sick of being used 
For the purpose of current declarations 
Still the same, it will never change until the end 
Is to buy the appreciation of the nation 
To cover the mistakes you must defend 
And you say there will be a chance for eveyone 
To protest against your calculated greed 
But I can see into the future 
Won't be long before the welfare 
Send me letters telling me how much they need 
And it's not been in my interest to please them 
For the only interest rate to fall is mine 
See a brand new generation is demanding 
What you've been doing with our money all this time 

Scam, people try to live at the speed of light 
Scam, don't know why but I've got to do the things I do 
Scam, give me ten, that's the move I give you five 
Scam, people say it's the way to stay alive 

So you see you have to be a schemer 
If you wanna love the life you have to live 
And I don't matter how much I earn 
Cos I always get my fingers burned 
When the man gets down to his business 
And I've been searching for a reason 
Why I have to give it all up just I want to get ahead 
See I had to lose car, job, wife, dog and home 
Debts and threats on the phone 
Maybe I should bust a move instead 
Now we all know when we watch television 
Not confused between a puppet or conviction 
Glued to the screen by a thousand shallow words of wisdom 
It ain't what it seems when it's a single sided system 
Someone's got to hold on my living 
So I'm gonna have to do the thing that's fair 
They got to justify for what I should be giving 
Should I lie, should I steal or should I care 
Cos now I've got to scam!