Lyrics John Reuben

John Reuben

Cooperate

Lose the costume

The day's of dress-up are gone

Time to join in and put a different outfit on

Maybe that's harsh well let's find a happy medium

Be responsible and you can wear it in the evening

This dude took pride in his cause everyday

Put on his costume which defined who he was

He said he didn't care he liked being unique

Accused the rest of the world of being a bunch of sheep

Lived his life going against the grain

Spent all of his time with those who felt the same

Hit his mid-twenties and still nothing's changed

Except his boys who chose to grow with age

Now he's looking for friends with the same behavior

He hangs out on campus with a bunch of teenagers

He's punk rock he's hip-hop he's everything the system's not

And he likes it that way he likes being on the defense

He likes having something to fight against

He likes calling himself a revolutionist

I'm sorry but you have an identity crisis

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Lose the costume

The day's of dress-up are gone

Time to join in and put a different outfit on

Maybe that's harsh well let's find a happy medium

Be responsible and you can wear it in the evening

And on the weekends when it's appropriate

You can make believe for a minute

Stir up some controversy and have fun

But hang-up your angst when play time is done

Ignore the truth and neglect your responsibility

Because you can't decipher the real world from your hobbies

This whole starving artist shtick you've been running with is wearing thin

Put it to an end and grow old gracefully

Time for you to start cooperating cuz rent ain't free

And neither is your family's needs

What you want and should expect are two different things

You think the rest of the world likes their suits and ties working nine to five just to get by?

Maybe, I mean if they've figured out what it truly means to make this life count

But that don't sit well with you're anti-authority

Me against the world sub-genre category that you've placed yourself in

Do you honestly think the average man celebrates the system

But they cooperate