1. STAND TALL

I can hear a voice inside
It's telling me to try to hold on
I tried to give it up
But then you put me back to where I belong
Now faced with a bitter rival
And it's a matter of street survival
We must all be subjected to the words we don't want to hear

It was a game, now it's a war
Were not ashamed to want some more
Stand tall

Time to prepare the masses
To counter what they had us believe
Bust heads and kick some asses
Cause it's the best to give than to receive
Breakdown these walls together
Cause silly words won't last forever
We must escape the past
Can't spin our wheels to make it last

That's why the game was never won
It's all the same when said and done
Stand tall


2. I REMAIN

Busted out back in 82'
A buncha kids with nothin to do
Played bass, had a beat up car
No plans of takin it far
Messed around,
Got a couple of gigs
No chance of makin it big
Some folks tried to bring us down
Didn't know we had
Our feet on the ground

Don't wanna be nobodys tool
I ain't got the time to play the fool
Don't wanna go down in flames
So for now I remain -

I remain

Second wind circa 92'
Took a chance and started anew
Grass roots and a common cause
Set pace and opened the doors
Case in point -
It was outta control
With no sign of sellin a soul
You breakdown when the stakes are high
Life sucks
And we're all gonna die

Don't wanna be nobodys tool
I ain't got the time to play the fool
Don't wanna go down in flames
So for now I remain -

I remain


3. IN FOR THE KILL

Ground troops are chasin
The whites of your eyes
Close all the doors and
Take a word from the wise
Arm personnel and
Deploy in the sand
Drive like a knife
Through the heart of the land

The heart of the land
Where time stood still
Against our will
Won't get no rest until

We're in for the kill

Bombs over head will make you
Fall to your knees
Warheads are launched
With infectious disease
No place to run to and
Nowhere to hide
So why did you take us
Along for the ride?

Along for the ride
Where time stood still
Against our will
Won't get no rest until

We're in for the kill


4. TIME WILL TELL

Up the ante and raise some hell
I'm on a quest for vengeance
And time will tell
Gotta break the silence
And bend the rules
It's a paid vacation on a ship of fools

They say to let your conscience
Always be your guide
But grass ain't always greener
On the other side
Bipartisan just suits you
And you wear it well
Your attitude has given
Reason to rebel

Time will tell

Face the music, and face the fact
That we're comin at you,
Better watch your back
It's an operation to test the will
Gonna brief the nation
In a stone cold kill

A gross misunderstanding
Seems to have taken place
For apathetic reason
To blow up in your face
The powertrip has ended
So leave what's left behind
This quest is never ending
Can't buy that peace of mind

Time will tell


5. GET REAL

Need on my left, greed on my tight
Secrets are kept plain as black and white
And its a killing machine
The best that there's ever been
Now feed, and give the nose a line
It ain't easy. Hard Defined
1986, L.A.'s Compton cocaine central
Crackhead politics...I feel
the international cause
it was plain and simply self inflicting
genocidal wounds that never heal... So get real
United we stand, divided we'll fall
You've poisoned our sons
and drowned us in alcohol
Now I'm gonna get you back
Prepare for a brutal attack
I swear I'm gonna take a chance
set up shop, take a stance
Into the pressure zone
Gotta crack the pipeline into Texas
and make sure another state won't deal
We'll seize the last of it
then we'll crush the system as we know it
breaking through all governmental seal...To get real


6. DON'T KILL YOURSELF TO LIVE

Let me tell you a story that you'll never forget
bout' making something outta nothing
try to show some respect
I made it to the top of the Empire State
and put the bald to the win town for those who relate
New kid on the block I'm Not "so to speak"
but I'll punch you in your mouth, your head, and your beak
You can tell your friends,your moms,and your pops
how I came from the bottom and made it to the top

SO outta my way
I'm coming like a freight train right on through ya
and if you thumb a ride I'll take you home
One million mile an hour of superficial power
We got nothing to lose but lots to give
Don't Kill Yourself to live

Looking out for you like the CIA
I'll try to get you off for nothing the American Way
Run you outta Dodge like a shot in the dark
just when you thought that you were playing
with the boys in the park
keeping you in check, don't act so surprised
when you wake up in the morning with me in your eyes
Making sure you don't end up like the rest
gotta give it your best, through the worst, if not the last.


7. LIFE'S HARD

What did the father say to the son?
He said crack the safe boy, get the gun
It's time to wash up the dirty hand
Gonna fatten you up kid, rape the land

Cause once we get some then we'll want more
It's safe to call this an all out war
You fend for yours, I'll defend whats mine
I declare discrimination by design

Life's hard. Can't let those who have, get.

Been at the bottom far too long
Get to cause of what went wrong
and set the sights on a brand new day
How nice to see you see things my way

I'll plot the course to proceed ahead
but the pain wont stop till I see red
Way back in the corner of my mind
I can see extermination of mankind

Life's hard. Can't let those who have, get.


8. SMOKIN' GUN

I foresee the way it's gotta be
my intentions are to serve you wrong
I tried to find strength and piece of mind
when you put me to the test, but not for long

Pressure. It's always on
Sometimes you gotta take the ball and run
Power. It's all in my hands
but what will I do with the still smokin' gun

Feed my need to build a house of greed
Intentions seem to prove correct
The policy is simple the Plans all good
to rid you of your self respect

Pressure. It's always on
Sometimes you gotta take the ball and run
Power. It's all in my hands
but what will I do with the still smokin' gun


9. GUNYA DOWN

Genocide is looming out over the east
So catch a ride in the belly or the back of the beast
They burned down the church
And the preacher had died
He was a man of the cloth with a gun at his side
Bang, bang, bang, friends are dead
With the fragments of bullets inside theirs heads
Now they lie in a ditch where the bodies are dumped
And they were stripped of the clothes
Which the bullets were pumped
We must forgive but not forget
The choice to kill we will regret
The shells will rock the tiny town
When neighbor come to gunya down
Dogs of war are declared on the loose
Put a rope round your neck and tighten the noose
Radical pigs huddle safe in their slop
While the rats will starve in the cage till they drop
Here we go again
Just remember Somalia, flashback Vietnam
Rwanda's a lesson that need be learned
They put the gas to tyhe flesh to the match till they burned
Terror beyond what we can see
As history repeats
No way to protect or to defend
What we can't comprehend
The end


10. POLITICAL SUICIDE

Well it's 6 am at the white house
And the sun's just about to break
Gonna go for a run with the C.I.A
And talk shop with my boys in Kuwait
We got ethnic cleansing in Bosnia
While the Haitian's come in by boat
I think it's time for some media posturing
To put the spark right back in your vote
I reserve the right
To lie straight up in your face
I'll squeal in delight
And leave you in disgrace
I will not step down
Hurt my pride
I shalt thou commit
Political suicide
Got a real nice disposition
More perks then a chock full o'nuts
But I can't stand up to the congress
Cause I just don't have the guts
My hands are ties domestically
I gotta brown nose the N.R.A.
Those campaign contributions
Have put me where I am today


11. ONE MAN ARMY

Beat down like a pile of junk
Politically incorrect
We knew he deserved the best But he never got no respect
Six kids and an empty wallet
With a hole the size of a dime
Not a dollar or a dream to boot
He thanks God for a hell of a time

Here lies the middle class
What once was is now past
Our forefathers spent their lives cultivating this ?
One man army born and bred
Never cared much what no one said
Worked all dat till his fingers bled
He was a one man army

One day he bought a shotgun
And went home and sat on the bed
He downed more than a couple of drinks
That put the 's' word in his mouth
So the future is not so bright when everything looks so dim
Then he tought about who he loves
But thought more about who loves him

Too much pain and no gain
Suck the blood from my veins
I work too hard to have you
Take it all away

I see red when you see green
Kill us all when we turn 18
If oppertunity ever knocked
I guess we weren't home


12. BAD BLOOD

The bad blood blood is dripping Down the wall
Your sneakers are slipping Do break your fall
You thought it was a game Till Johnny got his gun
The talons got your name I think you'd better run

My time, my work, your prize, you jerk
realize, i despise, you and yours and you me
BAD BLOOD BAD BLOOD BAD BLOOD BAD BLOOD

The bad blood is boiling on the floor
You can't stop the anger cause this means war
Surrender your conscience, and do your time
I will not forgive you for wasting mine
Bad Blood


13. THE STENCH OF PISS

Look, there's hard luck Willie
He begs for bucks sometimes
He ain't never bothered nobody
And nobody bothered to hand him a dime
He don't wanna work
Cause he looks like a bum and he stinks like a turk
But he'll survive, they say, to urinate where you eat someday

Leave this life behind you honey and don't you ever come back
These streets are paved with violence,
Broken dreams, and vials of crack
So sick of living in a city where ignorance is truly bliss
Mass transit, penn station, ass rancid
With the stench of piss

Why do they call him Willie?
And what will he do for money?
Will he sell his ass and get cash for sex?
What will he think of next?
Got a couple of johns on file
He was willing to serve with a smile
So he sold himself for the price of a fix
And the next day Willie called in sick

Leave this life behind you honey and don't you ever come back
These streets are paved with violence,
Broken dreams, and vials of crack
So sick of living in a city where ignorance is truly bliss
Bus terminal, port authority, portapotty
With the stench of piss

They cry as they lie in their filth, i call it a crime
So drunk they can drown in their puke, of bile and wine
Defecation in general can heat seal your nose with a kiss
So don't bother holding your breath - inhale some of this


14. GOD ONLY KNOWS

Hate is like a fire
Burning in my head
You are my desire
As I desire you dead
Please don't ask me questions
Because I can only lie
And the hunt will never end
As long, as long as my love
My love, you deny

Gather round kids, gather all round the campfire
As I hunt you down in the night like a vampire
So the story goes - the fire burns to the black
And god only knows if you're ever coming back

Oh, I can feel your presence
Breathing in my air
In the midst of nervous laughter
I can sense that you're aware
Somewhere in these clouded thoughts
There lies a peaceful man
And you are all I seek
Until I find you
I will swear to walk the land


15. NO WAY OUT

Douse the well with poison
Call me when it's done
Make sure there's no choice in all matters yet to come
Follow me through darkness and trust my evil lead
Bring death to those that shun us and swallow every seed

And over the fields we will run
Blind to what we've become
Face your fears and have no doubt
There's one way in - and no way out

Venomous, courageous, carnivorous, and free
Those that dare engage us get stripped of all their being
Hate divides all nations in this genocidal age of gross annihilation and
homicidal rage

So this is how wars are won?
Millions are ruled by one
Question all when in doubt
There's one way in - and no way out

Open the wound and let the blood run unitl you're dry
The system's immune
Drain the will to survive


16. SHREDS OF DIGNITY

Once is enough
Enough to make all the crazed insane
Pretending we're tough we drive all night through the pouring rain
And for what?
A chance to gain us an ounce of respect?
All that we got are faces to save and some pride to protect
And now ... we got such a long way to go

Places to see
Fewer - the faces you know
Time is at hand with never a moment to question or doubt
Vent all we can the need to discuss ehat the plan is about
Dues and the debts
The debts are cleared and the dues they were paid in no regrets for the grounds
that we laid and the points that were made
And now ... is nothing more left to be said?

I'm hating myself for blaming the thoughts in my head
Never again shall they leave us for dead