Now we live in desperate times
Standing ground behind the lines
Watch your back
Obey the signs
Can't avoid the futile crimes

Laws will pass
So laws will break
Pay the price for one mistake
What you've earned someone will take
Realize the games we make

Life's short, and time will fly
Years pass before our eyes
Stand now and wonder why
Crime pays, and then you die

Things change, but in the end
Fair play cannot contend
Believe you will ascend
Crime pays, I can't pretend