[Verse 1] Boots on the busted curb Pockets full of a match You sold us a plastic dream We brought the scratch Cigarette burn on the bill Name on the broken sign You take your cut every hour We take it back tonight [Pre-Chorus] Hands up, hands up We know your game Hands up, hands up We burn your name [Chorus] Against the system Against the system We bite back hard Against the system (oh-oh) Against the system We don't play nice We don't bow down [Verse 2] Boss in a glass-walled box Counting every breath Tells us to smile and wait While he drinks up what's left Thin little rules on the wall Written in trembling ink We ripped them down with a laugh One spark, one blink [Pre-Chorus] Hands up, hands up We know your game Hands up, hands up We burn your name [Chorus] Against the system Against the system We bite back hard Against the system (oh-oh) Against the system We don't play nice We don't bow down [Bridge] Late-night, backlot, chain-link fence We found the crack, we made the dent Your polished throne starts to shake When every hungry kid wakes [Final Chorus] Against the system Against the system We bite back hard Against the system (oh-oh) Against the system We don't play nice We don't bow down Against the system Against the system We break the lock We take our ground