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Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer me this
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Who owns the chains that bind your wrists?
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Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer again
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Riddle me who built the machine and washed your brain?
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Like parents did before them, your parents did the same
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They said, "Do your best, you must pass the test
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You must learn to play the game"
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They scrimped and saved and suffered to send you off to school
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But if they'd had the cash they could've bought the class
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And a different set of rules
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Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer me this
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Who owns the chains that bind your wrists?
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Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer again
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Riddle me who built the machine and washed your brain?
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They taught a simple system, why they had and you had not
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They said, "Know your place, you can't win the race
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Life's an auction, you're the lot"
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If you'd ever thought to question, they would never answer why
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When they buy your sweat, you're in their debt
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And they own you till you die
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Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer me this
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Who owns the chains that bind your wrists?
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Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer again
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Riddle me who built the machine and washed your brain?
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Took hook, line and sinker, everything they fed
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Worked day and night for most your life to earn their daily bread
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Now you're old and weary and you lay you down to sleep
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With body worn and spirit torn, what's left is yours to keep
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Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer me this
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Who owns the chains that bind your wrists?
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Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer again
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Riddle me who built the machine and washed your brain?
UB40 - Food For Thought
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