Straight from the middle right up to the top Eat or be eaten by the cream of the crop A smell of burning way down in your soul When you taught to steal you're never alone And you fall to the ground Upon your knees - testify Bruised and beaten, broken bones Running so hard you can never go home You live your life on a torture wheel Gripped by a breeze of cold blue steel When you fall to the ground Upon your knees - testify Oh, you do it so very well This life you lead will never leave you alone Down on your knees and testify Straight from the middle right up to the top Eat or be eaten by the cream of the crop A smell of burning way down in your soul When you taught to steal you're never alone When you fall to the ground Upon your knees - testify Upon your knees - testify Upon your knees - testify