Count It Up

If you've ever owned a car or you rent a car

You have a company car, then count that up

Add it to, ever growing list of things you can't claim or credit for

If your mother had a job and your dad had job

Well, you're growing up there, count that up

'Cause pounds and pennies are the only kind of capital

If you've ever visited another country

And waltzed through passport control, then count that up

One more stamp in the book you'd like to call I own my own genius

(Count it up)

If you get to choose the clothes you wear and how you cut your hair

Then count that up

(Count it up)

And you can utilize your democratic power for the good

Somebody else

Then try to

Count it up

I'm quite an old fashioned fellow

I am not adverse to holding up

Can't we give each other the tiniest benefit of love

If you can go through day to day without the fear of violence

Count that up

(Count it up)

If people don't stare at you on the street 'cause of the color of your skin

Count that up

(Count it up)

If your body makes some kind of sense to you

Count that up

(Count it up)

And use the breath you have left

To say something that might get tossed

Then try to

Count it up

If you can turn on the tap

And your kids can drink the water

Count that up

(Count it up)

If you've ever had the luxurey of turning down a job

Count that up

Ha

(Count it up)

If you ever had books and and newspapers in your house and you can

Count that up

(Count it up)

Don't forget, don't forget

Don't forget to count that up

(Count it up)