1. |
Sin and Punishment
02:19
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Life leaves his eyes, breath lea
Murder is the only way you know.
Another victim of the status quo.
A million eyes on your crime.
I can’t breathe, a plea dismissed.
No remorse. Everyone dies.
Shrug it off, won’t do the time.
A fear unimaginable, a fate unattainable,
Darkest fantasy, forced reality.
The law of man has been denied, you’ll face a cruelty divine.
PUNISHMENT
Let it be written. Let it be done.
Face the fate of your victims threefold.
Your soul an eternal stranglehold.
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2. |
Burning Inquiry
02:43
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The lungs of the earth have collapsed.
Billionaires laugh as they charge us an air tax.
Countless warnings ignored as a hoax, left us suffocating.
No respect for the mother, no forgiveness from the father.
One wound he will not heal.
We had too much time and still we failed.
Still we failed.
Lungs of the earth have collapsed.
The water wars are on the horizon.
Life itself is a commodity, but it’s good for the economy.
Trade away our lives.
I’ll grin as your mansion burns.
Your fortune goes up in flames.
Return to nature.
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3. |
Final Eviction
02:41
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Your violence comes without conviction.
Now you’re facing the people’s jurisdiction.
Coming to serve you a final eviction.
I’ve got some ideas for you and your ill gotten gains.
You can be my CFO, with your head on a stake.
Can you dig that, sucka?
Time and time again, chose the left hand path you’ll never learn on these terms.
The decisions made, we’re done with your games,
It’s a glorious end.
Your time is over.
The final eviction is served.
Your time is over.
The final eviction.
PAYBACK, CAN YOU DIG IT?
Fear: what you’ve had over people for too long.
Now the fight's on our side.
Crumble as you experience a day in real life.
Your trial’s ended.
It’s the final eviction.
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4. |
First Strike
03:14
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Done with you, always getting the benefit of the doubt.
He’s just a kid it’s self defense
What of his future burning down?
Fuck that man he came for war
One strike our tolerance is out the window.
Plain as day a murderer.
It's fascism that he’s found.
One strike you’re out this time.
I don’t care for your cries.
Hang him up for his crimes
No more sympathy for our oppressors
No more high ground no more being victims.
It’s time we take the fight to them.
Under no pretext should we give in.
I’m done with being the victim.
I’m done being the bigger man.
Those right wing fucks are armed.
They’ve forced the left hand path.
Strike first.
Strike hard.
No mercy.
One strike you’re out.
No second chances.
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5. |
American Nightmare
03:04
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Work 80 hours a week.
Don’t even have time to sleep.
Life for the worker is suffering.
Slave to a corporation.
Your life is earning a check. Your family won’t know you, but you can afford a new truck.
New deck what’s next?
You’re living the American nightmare.
Brainwashed by capitalist fantasies.
Make money, SAVE.
Hard work PAYS.
Congratulations on your new raise.
50 cents and a slap on the face.
Break down next day, replace, culture of abuse, no respect
Underpaid. Understaffed. Overworked. Capitalist curse.
Grind harder, grind harder, grind harder, knee replacement.
Grind harder, grind harder, backs out.
Grind harder, burnout.
Grind harder, grind harder, heart attack.
Can’t escape the American nightmare.
You’re a victim of the American nightmare.
Work like an animal.
Yeah you’ll get paid.
Relax when you’re dead.
It’s the American way.
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6. |
FTPx100
02:16
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FUCK 12.
I’m sick of holding my tongue.
The time for change has passed come.
We all know what needs to be done.
Get those pigs on the fucking run.
I want to hear you gasp, you can’t breathe.
I want to see you suffering.
I want to see you bleed through your teeth.
I want to take everything.
The world needs 10 Micah Johnsons, well organized and ready to fight. The world needs to take Dorner's cues, we’re fucking sick of you, don’t you get it?
I want to see your children cry as they sit and watch their daddy die. And I want to see their mother beg for your life.
I wish I could look your family in the eyes and tell them all good cops have to die.
This is justice.
Fuck the police.
Fuck the police.
Fuck the police.
Fuck the police.
Fuck the police.
Fuck the police.
Fuck the police.
The lives that you’ve taken.
Them families you’ve broken will come back to haunt you one hundred times.
They kill the disabled.
They kill the elderly.
They’ll kill you next if you look at them wrong.
Extermination, elimination, eradication of the enemies in blue.
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7. |
Standard Procedure
03:09
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Do what you're told.
Offer no resistance.
Stripped of your freedoms.
Loss of your existence.
If you stop, you'll drop in the name of the law.
It's standard procedure, murder you and your dog.
Don't try and survive.
It's standard procedure not to value human life.
Children forged weapons, declared an attack.
Your child's life ended for holding a snack.
Police brutality’s on the rise, but for the first time it’s right before your eyes.
No respect, no lesson learned.
A paid vacation is no sentence for murder.
Stop resisting.
I hear the voice persisting.
Lay like Charles Kinsey.
Die like Daniel Shaver.
Don't try and survive.
It's standard procedure not to value human life.
SECOND LIFE: THE FUTURE IS 2020.
GROWING OLDER GETTING COLDER.
WHEN LAW BECOMES TYRANNY
RESISTANCE BECOMES DUTY
STEP UP.
I shoot back.
No option, I tried your way.
No other choice.
I shoot back.
Not another face on a t-shirt.
Not another hashtag.
Shoot back.
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