Sixty thousand, eighty thousand, hundred grand
The price tag of the American dream's demand
Education sold like a corporate plan
Where knowledge comes with a financial ban
Student loans hanging like a noose around my neck
Four years of learning, lifetime of debt to collect
Tuition rising faster than minimum wage
Trapped in a system designed to enrage
Wall Street betting on my financial cage
Interest compounding at an astronomical rate
Borrowed dreams with compound frustration
The ultimate tax on an entire generation
Parents said"Education is your only way"
But they didn't know the price we'd have to pay
Scholarships vanishing, grants getting slim
The American dream looking mighty grim
Work full-time, study full-time, still can't break even
Economic mobility? Man, that's just dreaming
This is a Debt Sentence
Life sentenced by dollars and cents
Chained to payments, financial prison
Your degree becomes the weapon they're givin'
Debt Sentence! (What's your bail?)
Debt Sentence! (Who's gonna prevail?)
Young souls traded for corporate gain
Education transformed to financial pain
For-profit colleges, predatory design
Selling false promises, crossing every line
Recruitment tactics targeting the vulnerable
Financial aid packages looking permissible
But the small print hides the real cost
Another generation of potential lost
Credit scores destroyed before we even start
The system breaking every young heart
Private loans, federal loans, no escape route
Bankruptcy can't even wash this debt out
Seven percent interest while billionaires get breaks
How many young futures will this system take?
Community college, state school, ivy league
Same brutal outcome, same economic fatigue
They say invest in yourself, get that degree
But the price of knowledge ain't never been free
Generational wealth gap getting wider
Student debt becoming the great divider
Some graduate with honors, most graduate in chains
Economic mobility locked in systemic pains
This is a Debt Sentence
Life sentenced by dollars and cents
Chained to payments, financial prison
Your degree becomes the weapon they're givin'
Debt Sentence! (What's your bail?)
Debt Sentence! (Who's gonna prevail?)
Young souls traded for corporate gain
Education transformed to financial pain
Debt Sentence... no parole
Debt Sentence... taking its toll
The cost of dreaming in America today
Where education makes you pay... and pay
