You leave school with your whole life in front of you,
You go to work and the first thing that they say to you is, “what do you know?”
You try to show that you’ve got some initiative,
But they’re not interested in anything you’ve got to give, because “what do you know?”
Offer opinions and they call you a know-it-all,
But keeping quiet makes them think you’re no use at all,
They’ll take the accolades but let you take the fall…
You want to make your mark by solving all the problems so,
They say they tried it (it didn’t work) 20 years ago, “so what do you know?”
The time has passed and you’re still not respected, since…
…For all your brains you just don’t have the experience, so “what the fuck do you know?”
You’re doing twice the work, and earning half the pay,
Starting to wonder if there is a better way,
Make your decision – will you go, or will you stay?
We’ve been dragged up by the system, in the hope that the world’s not against us,
Even though it always seems to knock us down,
The last generation kicked-in all the doors, but now they can’t accept that…
…Their time is fading, our time has come around…
What do we know?
We’ve been dragged up by the system, in the hope that the world’s not against us,
Even though it always seems to knock us down,
The last generation kicked-in all the doors, but now they can’t accept that…
…Their time is fading, our time has come around…
We’re not trying to stir things up
But we will push if they don’t want to jump,
After all, what do we know?
After all…