Five Dollar Freedom"

(Verse 1)

I pulled up to the pump on a Tuesday morn

Sun barely up, already feelin' worn

Numbers on the sign like a bad tattoo

Five dollars a gallon… what we gonna do?

Man in a suit on the evening news

Blames the weather and foreign feuds

Says it's markets and supply chain pain

But somehow they always stay rich through the rain

(Pre-Chorus)

They point at wars

They point at kings

They point at everything but the strings

(Chorus)

Who’s cashin’ checks while we pump that gas?

Who gets richer while we can’t pass

A week without choosing food or fuel?

Tell me who really plays the fool?

They say it's policy

They say it's war

They say it's things we can't control anymore

But somebody’s laughing all the way to the bank

While we're running on fumes and an empty tank

(Verse 2)

Oil men toast in a high rise bar

Talking profits while we count our scars

Record earnings quarter after quarter

While single moms pray their cars go farther

Politicians arguing left and right

Blaming each other every night

Red tie, blue tie, same old game

Different colors, same paycheck name

(Pre-Chorus)

They say drill more

They say go green

Meanwhile we're stuck somewhere in between

(Chorus)

Who’s cashin’ checks while we pump that gas?

Who gets richer while we can’t pass

A week without choosing heat or rent?

Where the hell did the future go we were sent?

They say inflation

They say demand

They say it's all just part of the plan

But somebody planned it mighty well

For those on top while we catch hell

(Bridge – spoken or slow)

Maybe it's corporations squeezing supply

Maybe it's traders betting prices high

Maybe it's conflicts across the sea

Maybe it's greed… plain as can be

Truth is it ain't just one bad guy

It's power, money, and the reasons why

When energy becomes a casino game

Regular folks always feel the flame

(Final Chorus)

Who’s cashin’ checks while we pump that gas?

How long they think this ride will last?

Working people waking up slow

Starting to see what they didn’t know

Freedom ain't riding on empty lies

Freedom shouldn't cost these prices

If energy runs the modern world

Why we the last ones considered?

(Outro)

Meter keeps ticking… numbers climb

Working folks paying one dime at a time

If truth was fuel we'd all be rich

But truth don't profit the power switch.

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