change my way of thinking make myself a different set of rules gonna change my way of thinking make myself a different set of rules going to put my good foot forward stop being influenced by fools so much oppression can t keep track of it no more so much oppression can t keep track of it no more sons becoming husbands to their mothers old men turning young daughters into whores stripes on your shoulders stripes on your back and on your hands stripes on your shoulders stripes on your back and on your hands swords piercing your side blood and water flowing through the land well i don t know which one is worse doing your own thing or just being cool don t know which one is worse doing your own thing or being cool you remember only about the brass ring you forget all about the golden rule you can mislead a man you can take ahold of his heart with your eyes you can mislead a man you can take ahold of his heart with your eyes but there s only one authority and that s the authority on high i got a god fearing woman one i can easily afford i got a god fearing woman one i can easily afford she can do the georgia crawl she can walk in the spirit of the lord  jesus said be ready for you know not the hour in which i come jesus said be ready for you know not the hour in which i come he said he who is not for me is against me just so you know where he s coming from there s a kingdom called heaven a place where there is no pain of birth there s a place called heaven a place where there is no pain of birth well the lord created it mister about the same time that he made the earth