thinking yours is what i want, better get it from the top
there, make me better, make them pay mo'
ones who make too much money better give to me me me
proud those dudes are taxed up the hole

cuz i need it so much, just pay me with yours
well, i'm way too proud to get if someone gen'rous comes along
but i want it so much, to need is hush-hushed,
but everybody needs to pay taxes

if dc can take it for me, it belittles not my pride
i ain't too proud to get, no!
if my brother is off'rin, i scoff him cuz it's scornin'
i'm way too proud to get now!
two hundred from each grand, mock not my skills or talents
i'm made to earn much less, so
well, it ain't like i'm naggin' - no choice when handed cash and
i ain't too proud, i ain't too proud

screaming loud at my tv, mad at gates and corp'rate freaks
gotta get the dough of fat-cats
i ain't too proud to get from the self-made man if through dc
cuz i'm holding out not my hand

i'm a needy grown-up and i hate to be scorned
so i'm way too proud to get with parents, live on their what they earned
but i want it so much, to need is hush-hushed,
but everybody needs to pay taxes

if dc can take it for me, it belittles not my pride
i ain't too proud to get, no!
if my brother is off'rin, i scoff him cuz it's scornin'
i'm way too proud to get now!
two hundred from each grand, mock not my skills or talents
they make me earn much less, so
well, it ain't like i'm naggin' - no choice when handed cash and
i ain't too proud, i ain't too proud

realize that socialism ain't reality, cuz it compensates
through tax, the passions of this lazy 'me' age
so you boo and complain for hundred-pence
your cries deceive the rest, cuz your job's a music-therapist
in other words, let's refresh some heads
about schoolin' til 30 or training for jobs useless
yeah, pride likes it not to (kiss) so best to give
ooh, make a DNC gift!