They come over from their landscaped Northern richlands To drop out in our wastelands on the south Project their leftist leanings on the radio Their upperclass attitudes eminate from Their mouths He got a Phd in his-story She an expert in Marxist ideology Joined alternate groups at university They don’t see we see the same old story CHORUS Bourgeois, drop-out progeny Still tryin’ to construct our baseline reality Like their generations before ‘em Still operates these gates here on our pig -pen Espousin’ Liberty, Fraternity, Equality Equal rights, Latin American solidarity They choose to drop-out and change their course Not realizin’ the baseline don’t have a choice From progressive avante-garde bands in the city As artists’ they dictate what’s best Seizin’ every chance in their alternate advance We just see they’re featherin’ their own nests Sometimes the needle hits the hammer The body and the brain take heavy blows They purchase drop-out fashions from our Op- shops Eat organic food from land their forebears stole