If you've ever owned a car, or you rent a car, or you have a company car then count that up
Add it to the ever-growing list of things you can't claim all the credit for
If your mother had a job and your dad had a job when you were growing up then count that up
Pounds and pennies aren't the only kind of capital
If you've ever visited another country and waltzed through passport control then count that up
Put one more stamp in the book you'd like to call "I own my own genius"
If you get to choose the clothes you wear and how you cut your hair then count that up
And you can utilise your democratic power for the good of somebody else
And then try to count it up
I'm quite an old-fashioned fella
I'm not averse to owning up
But can we give each other the tiniest benefit of the doubt?
If you can go through day-to-day without the fear of violence, count that up
If people don't stare at you on the street because of the colour of your skin, count that up
If your body makes some kind of sense to you, count that up
And use the breath you have left to say something that matters
And then try to count it up
If you can turn on the tap and your kids can drink the water, count that up
If you've ever had the luxury of turning down a job, count that up
If you had books and newspapers in your house when you were a kid, count that up
And don't forget, don't forget, don't forget to count it up
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