[Intro] Chicago Nineteen oh six They showed you the label I showed you the truth [Verse 1] I walked through the plant with a pen in my grip Saw workers get worked till their energy dipped Long hours low wages no room to resist One wrong move and your name left the list People turned products in a profit machine Owners stayed polished but workers unseen I came for the families caught in the grind The hands on the line that got left behind Put truth in the ink let the whole page shout If the walls held secrets I was breaking them out I wrote for the heart of the working class But the filth in the factory hit the news fast [Chorus] Welcome to the Jungle White label on the shelf But follow to the factory And discover something else Rats and waste mixed with meat Sold and packaged for you to eat Ceiling dripping stock below What was in it you would never know Can you taste the truth now Can you stomach what you found Welcome to the Jungle Does this make your stomach rumble? [Verse 2] Dark rooms crawling with a sickness concealed Swept off the floor then returned to the meal Rodents in the stock while the whole line ran No clean rules and no safety plan Package looked proper when it reached downtown Till I took that curtain and I tore it down Readers hit the pages then they pushed plates back Every new detail made the headlines crack I wanted their eyes on the worker in pain They watched what was falling in the food supply chain My message took fire but it shifted its route They feared what went in more than who wore out [Chorus] Welcome to the Jungle White label on the shelf But follow to the factory And discover something else Rats and waste mixed with meat Sold and packaged for you to eat Ceiling dripping stock below What was in it you would never know Can you taste the truth now Can you stomach what you found Welcome to the Jungle Does this make your stomach rumble? [Verse 3] Public pressure hit and the capital heard Roosevelt moved when the outrage surged Federal investigators entered the scene Found enough proof that the truth was unclean Congress came through in nineteen oh six Two new laws put reform in the mix Meat Inspection Act brought federal eyes Checking the plants where the danger could hide Pure Food and Drug Act changed the rules Truth on the label became something due Harmful food could no longer be sold One book made the hidden system unfold [Bridge] I aimed at the publics heart And by accident I hit it in the stomach Food got inspected The labels got changed But workers kept standing At the heart of the page Do not miss the people While cleaning the shelf A system can poison More than your health [Final Chorus] Welcome to the Jungle White label on the shelf But follow to the factory And discover something else Rats and waste mixed with meat Sold and packaged for you to eat Ceiling dripping stock below What was in it you would never know Can you taste the truth now Can you stomach what you found Welcome to the Jungle Does this make your stomach rumble? Clean up the product Clean up the line Protect every worker Not just what you buy [Outro] They saw what they swallowed I saw who got swallowed The food was the scandal The workers were the story
