Edited sentence: Both work hard to hope for a better outcome, only to find that their hard work, in the end, does not get them what they want.In a sense, according to the Dead Kennedys, both are stuck to suffer similar fates.In the lyrics, "Kiss ass while you bitch/ So you can get rich/ But your boss gets richer off you" refers to the fact that many people are unsatisfied with their jobs, yet continue to suffer in that job at the chance of attaining the American Dream and becoming rich.That is the tragedy of the American Dream that is often the reality for many.The sad reality is that the only person that benefits off one's hardwork is those who control you at the administrative level.The song also comments on the similarities between these people working corporate jobs they hate and P.The song begins with a critique on class privilege and how those who have money, and therefore more resources, have never really known true struggle by relating it to the wars going on in east Asia during the 1980s, specifically in Vietnam and Cambodia.The song then goes on to critique the appropriation of Black culture.There is also commentary on capitalism and the contradiction of the American Dream.These privileged people are able to enjoy the jazz music produced by Blacks, but will never know what it is like to be Black in America.They simple enjoy the benefits of Black culture while avoiding the struggle and discrimination that Black people go through.This song is socially conscious in that it criticizes white privilege and capitalism and the American Dream