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Year of the Rat
02:00
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(instrumental)
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2. |
3 Minutes
01:20
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(instrumental)
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3. |
Community Puppet Show
03:00
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when i was a kid at thanksgiving my parents would sit at the big table
with all the other adults and they would talk about grown-up stuff while
me and my brother sat at the kiddie table
playing with our crayons
while the grown-ups made big decisions
all about the world we didn't know
secrets they don't want to show
just give us toys to pacify and whisper in the shadows
(you don't need to know)
(just leave everything to us)
but now i'm old and my vote counts
cuz i have kids and own a house
so why is it that in this country nothing ever changes?
cuz it doesn't really matter who'll win or lose
it doesn't really matter who you choose
when you fill out that ballot
look in your hand
it's a crayon
COMMUNITY PUPPET SHOW!
better hurry up & cast your vote
COMMUNITY PUPPET SHOW!
democracy is the way to go
COMMUNITY PUPPET SHOW!
it's marionettes for the right and left
while corporate america decides what's best
the system is a raging
success
i certainly think so
don't you?
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4. |
Revelations
01:25
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(instrumental)
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5. |
CAPWN
05:17
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got a letter from the ministry of debt
telling me how much i owe and that i need to see the high priest
to discuss my lifetime payment plan,
interest options, and my student loans
he ties me up and tells me
"you're in it now, boy...and there's no escape."
i say there must be some way
he just laughs right in my face
(ever notice the way human blood tastes just like spare change?)
i say, wait a minute
this is all a big mistake
cuz i was promised a bright future
if i always made straight a's
he says
"don't you know?"
"that's the way the game is played,
the way you're made into our slave
and one day you have kids and they will take your place."
he ties me up and tells me
"you're in it now, boy...and there's no escape."
i say there must be some way
he just laughs right in my face
(ever notice the way human blood tastes just like spare change?)
try to make it on your own
and you will wake up al capone
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6. |
Cheese & Rice
03:07
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i think you're where everything went wrong
we were fine before you came along
back then this was a holy land
now people pray with their wallets
not their hands
all you do is bring people down
we'd be better off if you weren't around
i used to hate all you stood for
but now i see the truth
and i see that the problem
is with you, so
i believe in god
but i don't believe in you
jesus christ
i think they made you up
just to make it real
had to make it more than something
they just feel
so they made you god's son
and they made you do tricks
and they back it up with facts
that prove you exist
but i'm no fool
i know about you
you're nothing more than a metaphor
people cry cause you're perfect,
and they're not
but i know the truth
and the truth is that you're not god, so
i believe in god
but i don't believe in you
jesus christ
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7. |
Das Kapital
03:32
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drove the disposal truck again today
dumping chemicals out into the bay
and no one seems to wonder what will happen
no one seems to care
if you bury your secrets deep enough
they go away
won't they?
won't they?
somewhere, a child hears a droning sound
something is moving underneath the ground
politician executes a dissident
buries the body underneath cement
and no one seems to wonder what will happen
no one seems to care
if you bury your secrets deep enough
they go away
won't they?
won't they?
somewhere, a child hears a droning sound
something is moving underneath the ground
drove the disposal truck again today
dumping chemicals out into the bay
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back to the front lines
hands up, don't shoot
soundbites & headlines
pack up the RV, head to MO
winnebago warrior
home home home on the range
i gotta get there before everyone else
cuz you know
i wanna burn down a taco bell
i am lord humongous for 500 miles
slaughtering pedestrians and small animals
haha
the police are in full riot gear
it already looks like a warzone here
the city is full of hate and fear
and i haven't had this much fun in years
cars are on fire
and the windows shatter
the innocent are beaten
but it doesn't matter
this kinda thing don't happen everyday
when i think about it
it's kind of a shame
hashtag activist
don't need a cause
i just need a list
cities to burn
places to loot
and all of these throats underneath my boot
another black child is dead, and i thank god for it
i thank god for another excuse to destroy, kill, & steal with impunity
i thank god for another vulgar display of human ugliness disguised as civil unrest
i thank god for the filthy project-niggers that brought it on themselves
i thank god for the racist pig cops that couldn't wait to fire the first shot
i thank god for this hideous country where hatred flows underground like a river
where no one gets to be free
and i can't wait till i get
back to the front line
back to the front line
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9. |
On The Beach
03:23
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on the beach
gonna go down
on the beach
get outta this town
grab my girl & take her down to the beach
on the beach
gonna hang out
on the beach
we'll have a cookout
seems like everyone's headed down to the beach
can't blame 'em
what else you gonna do?
the sky opened up
and there's poison in all the food
and all the animals died
when the sky turned white
and my girl and I held hands
till she stopped breathing
breathing
i wrapped her up in her favorite blanket
we're going to the beach
got a picnic basket
it's full of canned food to eat
and now
i'm
here with all the others
the few of us left
they're carrying blankets
and everything smells like death
some of them dance
some of them cry
some of them say that
we have nowhere to hide
judgement cometh
and that right soon
the sky so dark
that you can't even see the moon
now i'm in the water
and i'll soon be dead
the beach is on fire
and the ocean is turning red
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