Get real, open your eyes up
You better turn on, tune in and wise up
This is not a figment or a fantasy
As a matter of fact it is reality
Feel the poison floating in the air
Take a look now, do you despair?
And could it happen, and could it be true?
Steal from the many and give it to the few
You take a crack, a smack and then they pass around
Screw you up and that's how they keep you down
Then they have you in the palm of their hand
Then they have you and you'll never understand

Altered state, altered state
Altered state
Altered state, altered state
Altered state

Dead dreams, running in the streets
The country's raged by the robbers and the cheats
They'll lead you by the hand into the promised land
To the next world, that's the Third World
Shutting down the hospitals and factories
Filling up dole queues in the cemeteries
You better get down, grovel in the dirt
On your face now, does it hurt?
How long will it take for you to see the facts?
That they'll always have you do their time
Do their time, select the place
Do we have to wave it in your face?

Altered state, altered state
Altered state
Altered state, altered state
Altered state

By now the situation's critical
I'm breaking the door down getting criminal
And the thieves, they want to take it all
Down on your hands and knees, they want to see you crawl
Like a child, they give you toys
But you were silent, didn't make a noise
You were guilty and you hoped you could deceive
And what does he say and do you believe?
Rough justice, tough luck
But it seems like no one gives a f*ck
Say a prayer, is he ever this late?
And it seems we're living in an altered state

Altered state, altered state
Altered state
Altered state, altered state
Altered state