The Older I Get

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 superhero'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 politicians
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 Fifth
Tryna cover up names on a list
Lie and say that it doesn't exist
What the fuck kinda place am I in?
Work two jobs, try to make rent
Heaven help you 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