The older I get I can't understand it Can they really not find a cure for cancer Or do they already have an answer But they see dollar signs In a child's eyes The older I get I can't tell the difference Tween super hero's and super villains Guess one side traded all their capes in And now the bad guys Wear a suit and tie Just make it make sense Do the good guys ever win? They say you'll get it when you're older But I just understand it less How's the world so god damn ugly The older that I get It's like it just keeps gettin' colder And it's fuckin' with my head I woulda stayed young if I'd known This was the older The older that I'd get The older I get I hear "it's just business" When these crooked politicans Line the pockets of their rich friends Knowin' you and I Gotta pay the price The older I get I wish that Christians Tried to be a little more like Jesus But I guess all those poor and sick kids Just can't buy that house of white Just make it make sense Do the good guys ever win? They say you'll get it when you're older But I just understand it less How's the world so god damn ugly The older that I get It's like it just keeps gettin' colder And it's fuckin' with my head I woulda stayed young if I'd known This was the older The older that I'd get Raise your right hand, plead the 5th Tryna cover up names on a list Lie and say that it doesn't exist What the fuck kinda place am I in? Work 2 jobs try to make rent Heaven help ya if you've got brown skin Watch em starve on Gaza Strip How the fuck is this the older I get? They say you'll get it when you're older But I just understand it less How's the world so god damn ugly The older that I get It's like it just keeps gettin' colder And it's fuckin' with my head I woulda stayed young if I'd known This was the older The older that I'd get