Y ou in your fancy
Material world
Don't see the links of chain
Binding bloo d
O ur own ancestors
Are hungry ghosts
Closets so full of bones
They won't close
Ca ll it upward mobility
But you've be en sold down the ri ver
Just another form of slavery
And the wh ole man-made white world
Is your master
Y ou in your fancy
Material world
Create in your own image
A supreme god
Y our virgin mary
Your holy ghosts
Claimed to be pure of heart
Have hands that are stained with blo od
Ca ll it upward mobility
But you've be en sold down the ri ver
Just another form of slavery
And the wh ole man-made white world
Is your master
Y ou in your fancy
Material world
Don't see the links of chain
Bind ing
O ur own ancestors
Are hungry ghosts
Closets so full of bones
They won't close
Ca ll it upward mobility
But you've be en sold down the ri ver
Just another form of slavery
And the wh ole man-made white world
Is your master
Y ou in your fancy
Material world
Don't see the links of chain
Bind ing