(Music & Lyrics: Ackerson)
I went to your college
I earned your degree
I paid for the right to be told
Who it is that you thought I should be
Was tempted in taking your lead
But the beggars, they’re making you bleed
I don’t want to be like you
I worked in your office
I sold you my time
You asked me to throw in my family, my future
To watch how I’d climb
But when the measure of what I can make
Is how much abuse I can take
I don’t want to be like you
I don’t want to be like you
I joined your religion
I made it my life
I traded you all that I had
For a promise of what I might find
And I’m not here to call it a lie
But when you’re living for after you die
I don’t want to be like you
I don’t want to be like you
I’ve learned by example
I’ve taken advice
I keep some, I throw some away
Consider the gain and the price
But whatever the cost, I will pay
For having the freedom to say
I don’t want to be like you
I don’t want to be like you