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Hurricane
02:19
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i try not to really care
but even if it’s the lesser of two evils, it’s still fucking evil
i try not to take it there
not everything’s about politics, i’ve been told that
but it really seems like it now
they say you can still be friends with someone with different views
but it’s hard to be friends with someone who doesn’t give a shit about you
the political climate now’s a hurricane
and i just can’t stand by when you’re leaving human beings out in the rain
where’s your compassion, man?
where’s that Christlike grace?
you only care about people like you and that’s insane
i try not to judge everyone
but i wouldn’t do this shit, are you kidding?
i’ve got some empathy, for god’s sake
but i get it, you think it’s fun to scream about how the libtards will take your guns away
‘cause you’re scared shitless
i’m getting sick of you, everyone else is, too
pretty soon this world we’ve got, it won’t favor you
the political climate now’s a hurricane
and i just can’t stand by when you’re leaving human beings out in the rain
where’s your compassion, man?
where’s that Christlike grace?
you only care about people like you and that’s insane
the political climate now’s a hurricane
we’ve gotta be the ones to make sure those fucked up structures get washed away
we can make this better, there’s still another way
but that’s gonna mean we’ve gotta do something
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Make America Dead Again
01:35
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so you were born in a shithole country
well, here that just means that your life’s worth less
don’t matter how far you came, or the reasons, or your name
or the fact that you just want some fucking rest
there’s lots of folks that think your pain is funny
and the don’t care when brown bodies turn up dead
they’ll put your kids in cages ‘cause they think you’ll steal their wages
and somehow, you’re still the one sick in the head
i don’t think this country ever was great
a bunch of racist white dudes didn’t make it that way
but hey, let’s kill the poor, and let’s start another war
cause all that progress that we made was a mistake, right?
okay
women still belong in the kitchen
or murdered by their husbands on the news
but let’s give them all the blame
hey, and rape jokes are okay, right?
whatever it takes to get your stupid views
there won’t be any weddings you don’t agree with
that means gays and maybe interracial too
who the hell knows, right?
it’ll all be fine in your fascist paradise
deport anyone who don’t agree with you
i don’t think this country ever was great
a bunch of racist white dudes didn’t make it that way
but hey, let’s kill the poor, and let’s start another war
cause all that progress that we made was a mistake, right?
okay
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MOVE
02:58
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Philadelphia, 1985
not a lot of people survived that day and even less of them are still alive
you’ve all seen cops busting down doors
but what about when they burn down six city blocks?
yeah, i bet you’ve never heard of that before
the group wanted freedom, the mayor wasn’t having it
they said it had to do with noise complaints but they never really gave shit
they just wanted an excuse to go picking fights
and drop a fucking bomb on a neighborhood full of people that would have been fine if they were white
government sanctioned terrorism
that’s the kind of shit you get with the system
look at the pigs go, yeah, they’re on a mission
burning it down if it don’t fit their vision
move
move
move, move, move
when the fire department came they were given instructions
‘don’t even try to put out the flames, we’re gonna gun down the people who are running’
they had to know there were kids inside
so of course the blood is on police hands when all but one of those kids fucking died
government sanctioned terrorism
that’s the kind of shit you get with the system
look at the pigs go, yeah, they’re on a mission
burning it down if it don’t fit their vision
move
move
move, move, move
it would be closer to being fine
if everyone who made this happen sat in jail until the day they died
but no one ever got locked up
yeah, they were never even prosecuted, and they still don’t give a fuck
government sanctioned terrorism
that’s the kind of shit you get with the system
look at the pigs go, yeah, they’re on a mission
burning it down if it don’t fit their vision
move
move
move, move, move
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Graveyards
03:22
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gather round, children, i’ll tell you a tale
this one you won’t find in a book on a shelf
all throughout history there were people like me
crying and screaming for you to believe
singing ‘i’ve done no wrong, i’ve done no wrong
i’ve done no wrong, i’ve done no wrong’
when you are human fear does funny things
you let lust and greed take your burnt offerings
give no regard to the miserable state of the world
no, you must not be awake.
singing ‘nothing is wrong, nothing is wrong
nothing is wrong, nothing’s wrong’
they branded us witches and vampires
tried to bury us deep in their graveyards
graveyards, graveyards, graveyards
make no mistake, this world is ours
make no mistake, this world is ours
they mock us for flinching when they draw near
don’t try to fight it, sit quiet now, dear
it must be a demon that’s raising your voice
all these false exorcisms, you don’t have a choice
screaming ‘i’m standing up, i’m standing up
i’m standing up, i’m standing up’
they branded us witches and vampires
tried to bury us deep in their graveyards
graveyards, graveyards, graveyards
make no mistake, this world is ours
make no mistake, this world is ours
raised from the dead, brought back to life
you carry your ancestor’s pain in your spine
raised from the dead, brought back to life
you don’t have to do this, this time you can fight
raised from the dead, brought back to life
you carry your ancestor’s pain in your spine
raised from the dead, brought back to life
we don’t have to do this, this time we can fight
raised from the dead, brought back to life
you carry your ancestor’s pain in your spine
raised from the dead, brought back to life
we don’t have to do this, this time we can fight
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