Jamiroquai — Scam

[Intro] Hey, hey, yeah, I've got to scam Got to scam Ooh, got to scam [Verse 1] 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 the current declarations Still the same, it'll never change until the end Is to buy the appreciation of the nation To cover the mistakes you must defend And you say there'll be a chance for everyone To protest against your calculated greed But I can see and 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? [Chorus] 'Cause now I've got to scam People try living life at speed of light Scam Don't know why but I have to do the things I do Scam Gimme a ten, that's the move I give you five Scam People say that it's the way to stay alive Scam now Scam Hey, I know I gotta scam I know I gotta scam (Ooh) [Verse 2] S-s-so you see, you have to be a schemer If you wanna love the life you have to live And it don't matter how much that I earn 'Cause I always get my fingers burned When The Man gets down to his business And I've been sear-sear-searching for a reason Why I have to give it all up just when I want to get ahead See I had to lose car, job, wife, dog and home Debts and threats on the telephone Maybe I should bust a move instead Hey, now we all know when we watch the 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 Hey, someone's got a hold on my living I'm gonna have to do the thing that's fair They've got to justify for what I should be giving Should I lie, should I steal or should I care? Hey, because I've got to scam Scamming your life away [Synth solo] [Chorus] Hey, scam People try living life at speed of light Scam Don't know why but I have to do the things I do Scam, hey! Everybody's got to scam now Scam Ooh, bust them moves as quick as you can Scam (Right on) [Trumpet solo] (Ohh scamming) [Outro] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Now, I got to scam Got to scam to get me through every day Got to scam Got to scam I got to scam Woah Scamming for every day Scamming for all my life Scamming to pay my way Hey, I got to scam! No nine to five! I gotta stay alive! I gotta keep it all Hey, I got to scam G-g-g-g-g-g-goo Scamming Sc-sc-sc-sc-scoo-wah [Scat] Hey yeah!