Might as well forget about it Might as well forget about it Might as well forget about it Might as well forget about it Thought you had a good thing cooking The future was looking good But the rules were meant to be broken, so you might as well forget about it Might as well forget about it Might make out pretty good on this one And you sure could use a win But it's over before it begins, and you know it is You can save all your coupons, and it still won't do no good 'Cause the top's got the bottom exactly where they want 'em, yeah (might as well forget about it) (Might as well forget about it) Yeah, you might as well forget about it Might as well forget about it Said you want to go into teaching And try to school the youth on the truth But you can't find the money for the books, so you might as well forget about it Might as well forget about it The cold truth is that it's all by design The rich get richer and the rest just get by Grovel at the bottom got us workin' ourselves to the bone You can save all your coupons, and it still won't do no good 'Cause the top's got the bottom exactly where they want 'em ♪ Might as well forget about it 'Cause there ain't much we can do about it Might as well forget about it Might as well oh, oh, oh ♪ (Put your mind somewhere else) oh (Your people, your health) people (Just live your life) live your life (And try to live it true) try to live it true hey yeah! (Put your mind somewhere else) somewhere! (Your people, your health) your people! (Just live your life) live your life! (And try to live it true) and try to live it true oh, oh, oh (Put your mind somewhere else) put it somewhere else! (Your people, your health) (Just live your life) (And try to live it true) try to live a, try to live a good life for your people and yourself! (Put your mind somewhere else) help one another! (Your people, your health) be good to one another! (Just live your life) (And try to live it true) and try to live it true, hey!