Rules for fools

Verse 1

Same law

Different judge on the bench

My brother caught a case for a bag of weed

Your father bought the courthouse last spring

Funny how a fine is a fee

When you got the funds

And a felony

When you don't

Pre-Chorus

I been counting what they take from me

I been counting what they never touch

They write the rule

Then they write the check

Then they write it off

Chorus

One set of rules for the broke

One set of doors that just close

Tell me why the scale tips

Tell me who it tips for

One set of rules for the broke

One set of hands on the rope

I ain't asking for mercy

I'm asking for the same floor

Post-Chorus

(Same floor)

(Same floor)

Verse 2

Mama worked doubles till her back gave out

No pension no parachute no way down

Down the street a kid inherits a firm

Never worked a day

Never learned a thing

Still calls himself self-made

Pre-Chorus

I been paying what they never pay

I been scraping what they never scrape

They make the law

Then they make the deal

Then they make it disappear

Chorus

One set of rules for the broke

One set of doors that just close

Tell me why the scale tips

Tell me who it tips for

One set of rules for the broke

One set of hands on the rope

I ain't asking for mercy

I'm asking for the same floor

Post-Chorus

(Same floor)

(Same floor)

Bridge

Rich man's mistake is a lesson

Poor man's mistake is a record

Rich man's mistake is a pardon

Poor man's mistake is a sentence

Breakdown

A record

A sentence

A record

A sentence

(One set of rules)

(One set of rules)

Chorus

One set of rules for the broke

One set of doors that just close

Tell me why the scale tips

Tell me who it tips for

One set of rules for the broke

One set of hands on the rope

I ain't asking for mercy

I'm asking for the same floor

Post-Chorus

(Same floor)

(Same floor)

(Same floor)