Lyrics:

"Can you turn the sound up?"

"How much...?"

[scratches]

"How much do you need to get the job done?"
"How much...?"

Words, ain't nothin' unless you got somethin' to say
A meanin' has no truth, unless the price is paid
Feelin's aren't really felt, unless the point is made
This message is my own, no one can take it away.

Take it, leave it, buy it, steal it!
Think for yourself, it might improve the way your feelin'
Shut up listen!

"He uses words, as weapons.
He hits people over the head with it." *

Shut up listen!

"I wanna caution you right now, young man.
If you repeat any of this language, any of these words, you'll take the consequences.
Is that clear?" *

The beat in my [???] was out to hold me, control me
Refrain my right to speak 'cause it caught up in a system
No reality, I'd rather say it like I mean it
It comes across you weak, what means one thing to someone may not mean the same to me.

Take it, leave it, buy it, steal it!
Think for yourself, it might improve the way your feelin'
Shut up listen!

"He uses words, as weapons.
He hits people over the head with it." *

Shut up listen!

"Ladies gentlemen, this man's under arrest."
"I'm gonna need to find you guilty right now. Court adjourned!" *

"Free speech isn't really free at all! It's like a 3 ring circus."
"This business is usual." *

Fear, we need it, to keep our souls alive
Garbage, I can smell it, hidden in denial
Now I'm diggin' in it, don't you know I hate it, waitin' hesitatin'!
Get in the way I feel, get real, get some fresh air; open up the window sile!

Take it, leave it, buy it, steal it!
Think for yourself, it might improve the way your feelin'
Shut up listen!

"He uses words, as weapons.
He hits people over the head with it." *

Shut up listen!

Words, ain't nothin' unless you got somethin' to say
A meanin' has no truth, unless the price is paid
Feelin's aren't really felt, unless the point is made
This message is my own; no one can take it away.

[* samples from LENNY : ABOUT LENNY BRUCE, played by Dustin Hoffman]