If I'm gonna look like a fool
In the stream of the public eye
If I'm gonna be told and paid
Manipulating others till I die
I don't wanna
Climb your ladder of success
If I have to be someone else
For the rest of my life
If I'm gonna be questioning
Manipulating others till I die
My sacrifice is at night
I don't wanna
Climb your ladder of success
If I'm gonna be a hypocritical
Heartless rat in the race
If I'm gonna regret
Being a fool
And glued down to this plastic place
I don't wanna
Climb your ladder of success
If I'm gonna wrinkle my face
For a money-minded mentality
If I'm gonna be a fool


If I gotta devote my soul
To their absurd reality
I don't wanna
Climb your ladder of success
If I'm gonna have to turn my other cheek
From the good lord up above
If it's gonna destroy
Communication with the ones I love
I don't wanna climb your ladder of success




Climb your ladder of success
If I'm gonna be denied my freedom
Deceived by some phony dream
If I'm gonna be controlled by opinions
From some outdated machine
So I'm gonna be a fool



I don't wanna climb your ladder of success
I don't wanna climb your ladder of success
If we're gonna treat each other
Like animals who've lost all hope
If we're gonna let the fear of money
Scare us till we can't even see

I don't wanna climb your ladder of success
I don't wanna climb your ladder of success
I don't wanna climb your ladder of success
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