The Pist : Ideas Are Bulletproof
Les paroles
1. STILL PIST
We've been around a few years now, you think we might have changed
Maybe we sound better or worse, but our beliefs are still the same
We're trying to search for answers about some things we might have missed
Trying to fight for what we think is right, cause we're still fucking pist
So look deep into our eyes, and you will see what we despise
Raise your voices, raise your fist, we're still here and we're still pist!
We're not in it for the money, it's for something that's inside
Of every single one of us that cannot be denied
We're not in it for the fashion, cause that'll fade away
Not in it for the critics cause we don't care what they say
So look deep into our eyes, and you will see what we despise
Raise your voices, raise your fist, we're still here and we're still pist!
Still pist at all the kids who refuse to use their brains
Still pist at all the drunks who give the punks a bad name
Still pist at all the tough guys who flaunt their macho shit
Still pist at all the rednecks, fuckin' dumb ass inbred hicks
Still pist at those in power who deny us of our rights
Still pist at all the cowards too afraid to stand and fight
Still pist at all the fashion punks, we're not good enough for you
Still pist at all the Nazis, yeah we're fucking pist at you!!!
We're Still Pist
We're Still Pist
We're Still Pist
We're Still Pist, We're Still Pist, We're Still Pist.
2. NEVER QUESTION
Maybe this is news to some of you, or perhaps you just forgot
You think we're getting the whole story, but I think that we're not
Because the government manipulates the media in this nation
We get only what we're supposed to, censored spoon-fed information
So never question, never think, the answer's there in bold-faced ink
Absorb and catalogue inside, no need to even use your mind
No, never question, never think, it's written down in bold-faced ink
Say hallelujah, I believe, and don't challenge what you perceive
You think that it's the truth because you saw it on TV
But you cathode ray messiah don't mean shit to me
You think that it's the truth because it's there in black and white
There's never any shades of grey within your narrow sight
So never question, never think, the answer's there in bold-faced ink
Absorb and catalogue inside, no need to even use your mind
No, never question, never think, it's written down in bold-faced ink
Say hallelujah, I believe, and don't challenge what you perceive
You believe all you see and everything you hear
Tied down to the media lies, to you it's all so clear
And you remain happy as long as they keep lying to you telling you that everything is okay
Have you ever stopped to think or to question what you're told?
Do you still have a mind, or have you been brainwashed, bought and sold?
By our benevolent protectors, who you blindly trust
And in their omnipotence, they know what's good for us (and they say)
So never question, never think, the answer's there in bold-faced ink
Absorb and catalogue inside, no need to even use your mind
No, never question, never think, it's written down in bold-faced ink
Say hallelujah, I believe, and don't challenge what you perceive
3. STREET PUNK
You see all the kids, going out tonight
Just to have some fun and no one's looking for a fight
We're greeted by hostility by everyone we meet
We just pass em on by, we're the kids on the street
You think that you may know us, or maybe know our type
Cause you can't see beyond the media, yeah don't believe the hype
We get hassled by the cops, you know it's not our fault
But when the law caters to the rich, it's time for an assault
Street punks in the city, and street punks at the show
The kids are here, and the kids are pist
Yeah the kids are ready to go
There are some of us who care, and some don't give a shit
We've all got our problems but we'll make the best of it
We gotta work together towards a common goal
Cause if we fight amongst ourselves we'll soon be under their control
We really don't care about the color of your skin
Or if you're gay or straight, or boy or girl, we'd rather look within
If you don't like our lifestyle, we'll tell you to Go Screw
We'll get by with what we got we don't need anything from you
Street punks in the city, and street punks at the show
The kids are here, and the kids are pist
Yeah the kids are ready to go
You see all the kids, going out tonight
Just to have some fun and no one's looking for a fight
We're greeted by hostility by everyone we meet
We just pass em on by, we're the kids on the street
Street punks in the city, and street punks at the show
The kids are here, and the kids are pist
Yeah the kids are ready to go
4. DEAD IN ITS TRACKS
It's time to unite, red, yellow, white and black
How much must we take before we fight back
Gotta end the hatred, end the attacks
Stop this racist bullshit dead in it's tracks
When you say these asshole have their rights I gotta disagree
Because if they had their way, you know they'd take them from you and me
So we will fight them in the streets and we will fight them in the courts
We will fight them with our fists but only as a last resort
It's time to unite, red, yellow, white and black
How much must we take before we fight back
Gotta end the hatred, end the attacks
Stop this racist bullshit dead in it's tracks
They're so afraid of what they don't understand in the world
Acting without reason like scared little boys and girls
So afraid, they gotta hide behind their racial purity
Taking pride in that only shows their insecurity
No Color No Pride No Power No Lies No More Victims
No More Abuse No More Violence There's no excuse
It's time to unite, red, yellow, white and black
How much must we take before we fight back
Gotta end the hatred, end the attacks
Stop this racist bullshit dead in it's tracks
No power should come from the color of our skin
If it's gonna stop then we must begin
To feel no pride based on our race
Diversity's what we embrace!
Gotta end the hatred, end the attacks
Stop this racist bullshit dead in it's tracks
5. ALTERNATIVE?
What the fuck just happened, and where did you come from?
Something is happening here
I'm so glad to see our lifestyle watered down and mass produced
A pale reflection of the real thing
Can you understand what this movement is about?
No, you're just a consumer
Am I seeing you, or just the packaged product?
I'm seeing a fucking liar
When the so called alternative is happily accepted, you can just blend right in
And rebellion's now a market, not a response to injustice
And you don't give a shit
If you need it all spelled out for you, well maybe this just ain't for you
Your world has nothing to do with ours
Don't think you can buy respect, you gotta fucking earn it
Don't want our scene to be exclusive, we want everyone involved
Everyone that's sincere if we are to evolve
Above the petty bullshit we are plagued with everyday
Don't need no trendy assholes standing in the way
And this might sound self-righteous, and that just might be true
But we'll give fucking credit where we think credit's due
Our respect goes out to those who choose to stand alone
And ignore the communal voices, you can think on your own
So don't you fucking listen to what anyone has to say
It's your fucking life, live it your own fucking way
Make your own decisions, and be yourself for once
Form your own opinions, tell everyone to shut the fuck up
6. THE CUSTOMER (IS ALWAYS RIGHT)
We're getting treated like shit, and I don't think that we deserve this
This goes out to everyone who works in public service
We battle the masses on the front lines everyday
Good morning may I help you? Now fucking go away!
You rude bastard don't patronize me
You'll get some respect when you show some to me
You rude bastard don't you talk down to me
You condescending asshole, learn some common courtesy
Customers are total shit, they prove this regularly
They think that they know more about my lousy job than me
They think they can do better and do it twice as fast
Here's your change sir, now you can shove it up your ass
You rude bastard don't patronize me
You'll get some respect when you show some to me
You rude bastard don't you talk down to me
You condescending asshole, learn some common courtesy
The customer's always right and Santa Claus is real
Jesus died for our sins, so you'd better fucking kneel
The customer's always right and the tooth fairy's no lie
If you believe all of that I've got some bridges you can buy
Never once say please, and never once say thank you
You're an inconsiderate moron with no manners, so fuck you
It's obvious your parents didn't raise you very well
Have a nice day ma'am, now you can burn in hell
You rude bastard don't patronize me
You'll get some respect when you show some to me
You rude bastard don't you talk down to me
You condescending asshole, learn some common courtesy
7. SLOGANS
What is real anarchy? What is real peace?
What is real freedom? Is it fighting the police?
What about autonomy? Are you really in control?
And what about religion? Do you think you have a soul?
Be careful what you wish for, someday it may come true
Reality is here, your dreams are beaten black and blue
If you want to fight the government, then be prepared for war
If you want to talk about peace, then prepare to be ignored
What about abortion? How about equal rights?
Animal liberation? Will you stand up and fight?
Are you a racial separatist? Does your kind stand apart?
Or an existentialist? And do you have a heart?
Or is this just another cause that you pursue?
Well, there will come a day when you will have to see it through
Idle words from idle minds have never changed a thing
And no one listens to a sloganeering puppet on a string
Anarchy peace war police religion silence control violence
Be careful what you wish for, someday it may come true
Reality is here, your dreams are beaten black and blue
Idle words from idle minds have never changed a thing
And no one listens to a sloganeering puppet on a string
8. IDEAS ARE BULLETPROOF
You might think that through violence we can be shut down
You might stop us physically, but our ideas will be around
Think our hopes will be forgotten when we're dead and gone
But just like Martin Luther King, the dream will still live on
Ideas are bulletproof: you might kill me
Ideas are bulletproof: but the dream will become reality
Eradicate the woman, and exterminate the man
We've watched you throughout history employ your master plan
We know how you operate, we've witnessed your attacks
But we're in it till the end, yeah no retreat, no turning back
Ideas are bulletproof: you might kill me
Ideas are bulletproof: but the dream will become reality
You can stab me in the back or put a bullet through my head
Slit my throat from ear to ear or beat me till I'm dead
But this won't erase my idea, no you'll still hear it
You can dump me in a shallow grave or torture me to death
Put your hands around my throat and take my last breath
But this won't accomplish anything no you can't kill the spirit
No!!
Ideas are intangible, they are beyond your grasp
They constantly resurface though their origins have passed
We have fought an uphill battle, yeah we fight to right your wrongs
You may have beaten us for now, but we will come back twice as strong
Ideas are bulletproof: you might kill me
Ideas are bulletproof: but the dream will become reality
9. SMALL TOWN
Small town lives
Small town lies
You don't fit
In their small town minds
You grew up in a small town, you know you're different than the rest
And all the kids just put your self restraint to the test
So sick of the stupidity they broadcast and display
But they control the world we choose to live within today
Small town lives they hide behind their
Small town lies so what are gonna do when
You don't fit?
In their small town minds
They think that you're a loser yeah, well ignorance breeds fear
They made your life a living hell, but you choose to persevere
Never bothered with the social games they all would play
You feel like you wanna make those fucking bastards pay
Small town lives they hide behind their
Small town lies so what are gonna do when
You don't fit?
In their small town minds
Kicked out of school for reasons you never understood
Grow up fast, forget the past, your fucked up childhood
Get your act together and leave this shitty little town
Cause if you stay, you'll fade away or burn it to the ground
10. ENERGY
You're living, existing, that's about all
All you do is lots of nothing, sit around and wait for something
Just looking at you makes me bored, your feet are nailed to the floor
Existing merely to exist, never happy, never pist
Too mature to take a chance, too grown up to get out and dance
You're living, existing, and all you can do is
Look right back into my face, I bet that I won't see a trace
Of any life behind those eyes, your apathy's what I despise
I guess you've seen it all before, you're boring, boring, boring, bored
Exciting as the Grateful Dead, just go home and go to bed
A body that's in motion will remain that way
A body at rest will surely decay
A body that's in motion will remain that way
You're completely immobile, that's how you're going to stay
I look at you and all I see is total lack of energy
I look at you and all I see is an overabundance of apathy
You're living, existing, are you breathing?
You've been drained of
Energy! Destroy stagnation, power comes from motivation
Energy! Is our existence, participation and persistence
Energy! Keeps us alive, so hit the stage and take a dive
Energy! The power to act, and energy is what you lack.
11. TEXTBOOK SALVATION
I sat in your classroom and listened to you say
Resign your mind to what's assigned and learn to think our way
Consume this useless data and repeat it back to me
Incorporate; regurgitate: Straight A philosophy
You are the system the red, white and blue
The lies you are teaching now start to show through
Speak only when you're spoken to and never raise your voice
Implant submission in the youth while they still have no choice
Input equals output, bullshit in means bullshit out
A wealth of worthless facts won't help you find what life's about
You are the system we hold in contempt
And we close our minds to the lies you present
Textbook Salvation: calculated imagination
Textbook Salvation: we'll accept no deviation
Textbook Salvation: you call this an education?
Textbook Salvation: mandatory suffocation
I defy your backwards system, and shout my heresies
Education through life's frustration exposed your inadequacies
Input equals output, nothing in means nothing out
If you can't teach about real life, then what are we learning about?
You are the system which we attack
While you stand behind us you stab us in the back.
12. DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD
We all know how everyone looks at you and me
They think that we are mindless scum, the dregs of society
Because we don't function like respectable women and men
And the way most of us act, is fucking worse than them
You're living up to the image, that's what expected of you
You play the role so well, you do what you're told to do
How can you fight the system when you're puking on yourself?
How can you smash the fucking state from inside a jail cell?
You played the role and played the game, played right into their hands
An ineffectual dissident, you've met with their demands
You're living up to the image, that's what expected of you
You play the role so well, you do what you're told to do
You're throwing lots of bricks when your house is made of glass
Your fist is in the air and your head's shoved up your ass
You speak of armed rebellion, I think you've got a lot of nerve
Cause when the revolution comes, you're gonna get what you deserve
You're chanting all the slogans, playing rebel is such fun
Twitching from the glue you're sniffing, so how're you gonna hold a gun
You've nullified yourself, but you won't nullify our aims
You're the one who's yelling loudest but you've got the least to say
You want anarchy now, but you refuse to do the work
Since when does anarchy mean getting drunk and acting like a jerk
Don't need your brainless revolution, we want no part of your mindless scheme
You're so concerned with being punk, you forgot how to be a human being
You're living up to the image, that's what expected of you
You play the role so well, you do what you're told to do
13. NEW SCHOOL
We've got better things to do than get our heads kicked in by you
Your aim is to ruin all our fun, you're picking fights with everyone
Your anger's just a fucking front, an ego boosting macho stunt
You fucked with us and all our friends, it's time to put it to an end.
We're sick of your tough guy stance
We're sick of the way that you dance
We're sick of your baggy pants
So leave now while you still got the chance
We want no part of your war, there's better things worth fighting for
So what , you kick ass in the pit? You worthless jock, you piece of shit
New jack with a flailing fist, a dying breed that won't be missed
So pass this message to your crew
We want nothing to do with you
We're sick of your tough guy stance
We're sick of the way that you dance
We're sick of your baggy pants
So leave now while you still got the chance
We've got better things to do than get our heads kicked in by you
Your aim is to ruin all our fun, you're picking fights with everyone
Your anger's just a fucking front, an ego boosting macho stunt
You fucked with us and all our friends, it's time to put it to a fucking end.
14. GREAT AMERICAN SPORTSMAN
Here comes the Great American Sportsman
With camoflage and a gun
Here comes the Great American Coward
If the odds were evened up, I bet you'd fuckin' run
This ain't no sport cause the deck is stacked against the prey
You're armed to the teeth, and they can only run away
You're a tough guy hunter, a real fuckin' man
If you are so tough, why don't you hunt with your bare hands
Here comes the Great American Sportsman
A member of the NRA
Here comes the Great American Coward
Hiding in the bushes, so you can sneak up on your prey
Now you've jacked a buck and you can kick back with a beer
Drowning all your sorrows, keep on running from your fear
Finish off a six-pack and your feeling brave again
Go brag about your murder to all your loser friends
I want to see a hunter caught in a leg-hold trap
I want to see a hunter with an arrow in his back
I want to see a hunter with a hook right through his cheek
I want to see a hunter carved up like a piece of meat
I want to see a hunter's body, strapped to the hood of a car
I want to see a hunter's bravery when he is unarmed
I want to see a hunter wounded and on the run
I want to see a hunter through the sites of a gun
Here comes the Great American Sportsman
Who I wouldn't mind seeing dead
Here comes the Great American Coward
I hope another hunter shoots you in the head
You carry a weapon to mask the weakness that you feel
And your predatory stance mirrors the American ideal
When the odds are in your favor, you go on the attack
I'll bet you wouldn't venture in the woods if the animals shot back
Shoot back
15. PERCEPTIONS
You might think that I'm a nazi because I shave my hair
And you might think I'm a scum because the clothes that I wear
I'm looking right at you, and your looking back at me
I know what I'm thinking, but I wonder what you see
I'm not right to judge you and you're wrong to judge me
If we'd shut our eyes and open our minds we'd see things differently
I might think that you so conservative, because of the car that you drive
And I might think you're my enemy, because you wear a suit and a tie
I'm looking right at you, and your looking back at me
I know what I'm thinking, but I wonder what you see
I'm not right to judge you and you're wrong to judge me
If we'd shut our eyes and open our minds we'd see things differently
We expend our energy building walls
When we should be tearing them down
Brick by fucking brick we box ourselves in
It's time to smash them bring them to the fucking ground
Fuck our perceptions and fuck first impressions
Fuck everything that we've learned
If we want to be as open minded as we claim to be
It's time the stereotypes were burned
I'm looking right at you, and your looking back at me
I know what I'm thinking, but I wonder what you see
I'm not right to judge you and you're wrong to judge me
If we'd shut our eyes and open our minds we'd see things differently
16. NOT YOUR PROBLEM
You can't get to sleep when shrill cries pierce the night
Just try and forget it, close your eyes and pull the covers tight
Welcome to the nightmare that you cannot escape
Rub the dreamy sleep from your eyes and face the humanity that you forsake
No, it's not your problem, it's not happening to you
No, it's not your problem, but you're guilty if you think that there is nothing you can do
In the apartment right above you, there's no question what you hear
The wrenching cries of the victimized, the acrid smell of fear
The abuse is not just physical, but emotional as well
This thoughtless degradation, no salvation from this hell
No, it's not your problem, it's not happening to you
No, it's not your problem, but you're guilty if you think that there is nothing you can do
It's brutally familiar, yeah, it happens everyday
Ignore it and maybe it'll go away
Get on your knees and pray
That this will not continue for another single day
Please don't turn your back on this tragedy we must face
The way some people have to live is worse than a disgrace
You say this is a problem that you did not create
But to be an audience to brutality allows it to perpetuate
No it's not your problem
It's everyone's
17. SONG FOR YOU
I always said that someday I'd write a song for you
You know I really meant it
So here it is, here's your fucking song
18.BLACK AND BLUE COLLAR
Here we are, just sheep in the flock
Arranged neatly in line, just to punch the clock
Compliments of the company, here's your early grave
You set a fine example, of the new American slave
The working class pride of the working class multitudes
Is the working class lie behind indentured servitude
How much of our precious lives are going to waste?
With all the fucking years that are spent in the workplace
And blue collar pride is a fucking shame
A capitalist's excuse just to play the system's game
Possessed by your possessions, the mortgage and the bills
The death we bought is slow, but we own it, and it kills
Don't want to hear your shit
This blue collar doesn't fit
Sick of working to survive
Got no pride in being barely alive
Five decades full of piss and blood and one life full of shit
You labored and you toiled, tried to make the best of it
It's a no win situation at optimum efficiency
You struggle just to make it, but there are no guarantees
Agencies and landlords have to hear you sing the blues
They try to take what's left after you've paid your union dues
You gave your mind and body. No, you put it up for sale
It's a maximum life sentence. Rot in your own jail
Don't want to hear your shit
This blue collar doesn't fit
Sick of working to survive
Got no pride in being barely alive
Just for dollars and cents, or pounds and pence
I start to feel like we've lost our common sense
And being treated like a slave doesn't even piss you off
They got you by the balls, so just turn your head and cough
Don't want to hear your shit
This blue collar doesn't fit
Sick of working to survive
Got no pride in being barely alive
19. DEAL WITH IT
You blame all your problems on everyone else
Now what has the world done to you
Your complaints are not legitimate, you think I want to hear it?
I've got better things to do
You gotta learn to deal with it
Shut your mouth and deal with it
It was your choice so deal with it
You made up your mind now live with it
I'm getting so sick and tired of your whining
You're acting like you never get break
If you're not fucking happy with the way you're living
Why don't you change it and learn from your mistakes
You gotta learn to deal with it
Shut your mouth and deal with it
It was your choice so deal with it
You made your bed now lie in it
Remember, it's your choice, it's your life, not anyone else's
You have the right and the ability to live how you want
Your problems come from decisions that you make
So shut up and deal with it
Oh please, oh please, oh please just you shut your mouth
We've all got our crosses to bear
What makes you think I wanna listen to your petty problems
Go tell it to someone who cares
You gotta learn to deal with it
Shut your mouth and deal with it
It was your choice so deal with it
You dug your own grave, now fucking die in it
We've been around a few years now, you think we might have changed
Maybe we sound better or worse, but our beliefs are still the same
We're trying to search for answers about some things we might have missed
Trying to fight for what we think is right, cause we're still fucking pist
So look deep into our eyes, and you will see what we despise
Raise your voices, raise your fist, we're still here and we're still pist!
We're not in it for the money, it's for something that's inside
Of every single one of us that cannot be denied
We're not in it for the fashion, cause that'll fade away
Not in it for the critics cause we don't care what they say
So look deep into our eyes, and you will see what we despise
Raise your voices, raise your fist, we're still here and we're still pist!
Still pist at all the kids who refuse to use their brains
Still pist at all the drunks who give the punks a bad name
Still pist at all the tough guys who flaunt their macho shit
Still pist at all the rednecks, fuckin' dumb ass inbred hicks
Still pist at those in power who deny us of our rights
Still pist at all the cowards too afraid to stand and fight
Still pist at all the fashion punks, we're not good enough for you
Still pist at all the Nazis, yeah we're fucking pist at you!!!
We're Still Pist
We're Still Pist
We're Still Pist
We're Still Pist, We're Still Pist, We're Still Pist.
2. NEVER QUESTION
Maybe this is news to some of you, or perhaps you just forgot
You think we're getting the whole story, but I think that we're not
Because the government manipulates the media in this nation
We get only what we're supposed to, censored spoon-fed information
So never question, never think, the answer's there in bold-faced ink
Absorb and catalogue inside, no need to even use your mind
No, never question, never think, it's written down in bold-faced ink
Say hallelujah, I believe, and don't challenge what you perceive
You think that it's the truth because you saw it on TV
But you cathode ray messiah don't mean shit to me
You think that it's the truth because it's there in black and white
There's never any shades of grey within your narrow sight
So never question, never think, the answer's there in bold-faced ink
Absorb and catalogue inside, no need to even use your mind
No, never question, never think, it's written down in bold-faced ink
Say hallelujah, I believe, and don't challenge what you perceive
You believe all you see and everything you hear
Tied down to the media lies, to you it's all so clear
And you remain happy as long as they keep lying to you telling you that everything is okay
Have you ever stopped to think or to question what you're told?
Do you still have a mind, or have you been brainwashed, bought and sold?
By our benevolent protectors, who you blindly trust
And in their omnipotence, they know what's good for us (and they say)
So never question, never think, the answer's there in bold-faced ink
Absorb and catalogue inside, no need to even use your mind
No, never question, never think, it's written down in bold-faced ink
Say hallelujah, I believe, and don't challenge what you perceive
3. STREET PUNK
You see all the kids, going out tonight
Just to have some fun and no one's looking for a fight
We're greeted by hostility by everyone we meet
We just pass em on by, we're the kids on the street
You think that you may know us, or maybe know our type
Cause you can't see beyond the media, yeah don't believe the hype
We get hassled by the cops, you know it's not our fault
But when the law caters to the rich, it's time for an assault
Street punks in the city, and street punks at the show
The kids are here, and the kids are pist
Yeah the kids are ready to go
There are some of us who care, and some don't give a shit
We've all got our problems but we'll make the best of it
We gotta work together towards a common goal
Cause if we fight amongst ourselves we'll soon be under their control
We really don't care about the color of your skin
Or if you're gay or straight, or boy or girl, we'd rather look within
If you don't like our lifestyle, we'll tell you to Go Screw
We'll get by with what we got we don't need anything from you
Street punks in the city, and street punks at the show
The kids are here, and the kids are pist
Yeah the kids are ready to go
You see all the kids, going out tonight
Just to have some fun and no one's looking for a fight
We're greeted by hostility by everyone we meet
We just pass em on by, we're the kids on the street
Street punks in the city, and street punks at the show
The kids are here, and the kids are pist
Yeah the kids are ready to go
4. DEAD IN ITS TRACKS
It's time to unite, red, yellow, white and black
How much must we take before we fight back
Gotta end the hatred, end the attacks
Stop this racist bullshit dead in it's tracks
When you say these asshole have their rights I gotta disagree
Because if they had their way, you know they'd take them from you and me
So we will fight them in the streets and we will fight them in the courts
We will fight them with our fists but only as a last resort
It's time to unite, red, yellow, white and black
How much must we take before we fight back
Gotta end the hatred, end the attacks
Stop this racist bullshit dead in it's tracks
They're so afraid of what they don't understand in the world
Acting without reason like scared little boys and girls
So afraid, they gotta hide behind their racial purity
Taking pride in that only shows their insecurity
No Color No Pride No Power No Lies No More Victims
No More Abuse No More Violence There's no excuse
It's time to unite, red, yellow, white and black
How much must we take before we fight back
Gotta end the hatred, end the attacks
Stop this racist bullshit dead in it's tracks
No power should come from the color of our skin
If it's gonna stop then we must begin
To feel no pride based on our race
Diversity's what we embrace!
Gotta end the hatred, end the attacks
Stop this racist bullshit dead in it's tracks
5. ALTERNATIVE?
What the fuck just happened, and where did you come from?
Something is happening here
I'm so glad to see our lifestyle watered down and mass produced
A pale reflection of the real thing
Can you understand what this movement is about?
No, you're just a consumer
Am I seeing you, or just the packaged product?
I'm seeing a fucking liar
When the so called alternative is happily accepted, you can just blend right in
And rebellion's now a market, not a response to injustice
And you don't give a shit
If you need it all spelled out for you, well maybe this just ain't for you
Your world has nothing to do with ours
Don't think you can buy respect, you gotta fucking earn it
Don't want our scene to be exclusive, we want everyone involved
Everyone that's sincere if we are to evolve
Above the petty bullshit we are plagued with everyday
Don't need no trendy assholes standing in the way
And this might sound self-righteous, and that just might be true
But we'll give fucking credit where we think credit's due
Our respect goes out to those who choose to stand alone
And ignore the communal voices, you can think on your own
So don't you fucking listen to what anyone has to say
It's your fucking life, live it your own fucking way
Make your own decisions, and be yourself for once
Form your own opinions, tell everyone to shut the fuck up
6. THE CUSTOMER (IS ALWAYS RIGHT)
We're getting treated like shit, and I don't think that we deserve this
This goes out to everyone who works in public service
We battle the masses on the front lines everyday
Good morning may I help you? Now fucking go away!
You rude bastard don't patronize me
You'll get some respect when you show some to me
You rude bastard don't you talk down to me
You condescending asshole, learn some common courtesy
Customers are total shit, they prove this regularly
They think that they know more about my lousy job than me
They think they can do better and do it twice as fast
Here's your change sir, now you can shove it up your ass
You rude bastard don't patronize me
You'll get some respect when you show some to me
You rude bastard don't you talk down to me
You condescending asshole, learn some common courtesy
The customer's always right and Santa Claus is real
Jesus died for our sins, so you'd better fucking kneel
The customer's always right and the tooth fairy's no lie
If you believe all of that I've got some bridges you can buy
Never once say please, and never once say thank you
You're an inconsiderate moron with no manners, so fuck you
It's obvious your parents didn't raise you very well
Have a nice day ma'am, now you can burn in hell
You rude bastard don't patronize me
You'll get some respect when you show some to me
You rude bastard don't you talk down to me
You condescending asshole, learn some common courtesy
7. SLOGANS
What is real anarchy? What is real peace?
What is real freedom? Is it fighting the police?
What about autonomy? Are you really in control?
And what about religion? Do you think you have a soul?
Be careful what you wish for, someday it may come true
Reality is here, your dreams are beaten black and blue
If you want to fight the government, then be prepared for war
If you want to talk about peace, then prepare to be ignored
What about abortion? How about equal rights?
Animal liberation? Will you stand up and fight?
Are you a racial separatist? Does your kind stand apart?
Or an existentialist? And do you have a heart?
Or is this just another cause that you pursue?
Well, there will come a day when you will have to see it through
Idle words from idle minds have never changed a thing
And no one listens to a sloganeering puppet on a string
Anarchy peace war police religion silence control violence
Be careful what you wish for, someday it may come true
Reality is here, your dreams are beaten black and blue
Idle words from idle minds have never changed a thing
And no one listens to a sloganeering puppet on a string
8. IDEAS ARE BULLETPROOF
You might think that through violence we can be shut down
You might stop us physically, but our ideas will be around
Think our hopes will be forgotten when we're dead and gone
But just like Martin Luther King, the dream will still live on
Ideas are bulletproof: you might kill me
Ideas are bulletproof: but the dream will become reality
Eradicate the woman, and exterminate the man
We've watched you throughout history employ your master plan
We know how you operate, we've witnessed your attacks
But we're in it till the end, yeah no retreat, no turning back
Ideas are bulletproof: you might kill me
Ideas are bulletproof: but the dream will become reality
You can stab me in the back or put a bullet through my head
Slit my throat from ear to ear or beat me till I'm dead
But this won't erase my idea, no you'll still hear it
You can dump me in a shallow grave or torture me to death
Put your hands around my throat and take my last breath
But this won't accomplish anything no you can't kill the spirit
No!!
Ideas are intangible, they are beyond your grasp
They constantly resurface though their origins have passed
We have fought an uphill battle, yeah we fight to right your wrongs
You may have beaten us for now, but we will come back twice as strong
Ideas are bulletproof: you might kill me
Ideas are bulletproof: but the dream will become reality
9. SMALL TOWN
Small town lives
Small town lies
You don't fit
In their small town minds
You grew up in a small town, you know you're different than the rest
And all the kids just put your self restraint to the test
So sick of the stupidity they broadcast and display
But they control the world we choose to live within today
Small town lives they hide behind their
Small town lies so what are gonna do when
You don't fit?
In their small town minds
They think that you're a loser yeah, well ignorance breeds fear
They made your life a living hell, but you choose to persevere
Never bothered with the social games they all would play
You feel like you wanna make those fucking bastards pay
Small town lives they hide behind their
Small town lies so what are gonna do when
You don't fit?
In their small town minds
Kicked out of school for reasons you never understood
Grow up fast, forget the past, your fucked up childhood
Get your act together and leave this shitty little town
Cause if you stay, you'll fade away or burn it to the ground
10. ENERGY
You're living, existing, that's about all
All you do is lots of nothing, sit around and wait for something
Just looking at you makes me bored, your feet are nailed to the floor
Existing merely to exist, never happy, never pist
Too mature to take a chance, too grown up to get out and dance
You're living, existing, and all you can do is
Look right back into my face, I bet that I won't see a trace
Of any life behind those eyes, your apathy's what I despise
I guess you've seen it all before, you're boring, boring, boring, bored
Exciting as the Grateful Dead, just go home and go to bed
A body that's in motion will remain that way
A body at rest will surely decay
A body that's in motion will remain that way
You're completely immobile, that's how you're going to stay
I look at you and all I see is total lack of energy
I look at you and all I see is an overabundance of apathy
You're living, existing, are you breathing?
You've been drained of
Energy! Destroy stagnation, power comes from motivation
Energy! Is our existence, participation and persistence
Energy! Keeps us alive, so hit the stage and take a dive
Energy! The power to act, and energy is what you lack.
11. TEXTBOOK SALVATION
I sat in your classroom and listened to you say
Resign your mind to what's assigned and learn to think our way
Consume this useless data and repeat it back to me
Incorporate; regurgitate: Straight A philosophy
You are the system the red, white and blue
The lies you are teaching now start to show through
Speak only when you're spoken to and never raise your voice
Implant submission in the youth while they still have no choice
Input equals output, bullshit in means bullshit out
A wealth of worthless facts won't help you find what life's about
You are the system we hold in contempt
And we close our minds to the lies you present
Textbook Salvation: calculated imagination
Textbook Salvation: we'll accept no deviation
Textbook Salvation: you call this an education?
Textbook Salvation: mandatory suffocation
I defy your backwards system, and shout my heresies
Education through life's frustration exposed your inadequacies
Input equals output, nothing in means nothing out
If you can't teach about real life, then what are we learning about?
You are the system which we attack
While you stand behind us you stab us in the back.
12. DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD
We all know how everyone looks at you and me
They think that we are mindless scum, the dregs of society
Because we don't function like respectable women and men
And the way most of us act, is fucking worse than them
You're living up to the image, that's what expected of you
You play the role so well, you do what you're told to do
How can you fight the system when you're puking on yourself?
How can you smash the fucking state from inside a jail cell?
You played the role and played the game, played right into their hands
An ineffectual dissident, you've met with their demands
You're living up to the image, that's what expected of you
You play the role so well, you do what you're told to do
You're throwing lots of bricks when your house is made of glass
Your fist is in the air and your head's shoved up your ass
You speak of armed rebellion, I think you've got a lot of nerve
Cause when the revolution comes, you're gonna get what you deserve
You're chanting all the slogans, playing rebel is such fun
Twitching from the glue you're sniffing, so how're you gonna hold a gun
You've nullified yourself, but you won't nullify our aims
You're the one who's yelling loudest but you've got the least to say
You want anarchy now, but you refuse to do the work
Since when does anarchy mean getting drunk and acting like a jerk
Don't need your brainless revolution, we want no part of your mindless scheme
You're so concerned with being punk, you forgot how to be a human being
You're living up to the image, that's what expected of you
You play the role so well, you do what you're told to do
13. NEW SCHOOL
We've got better things to do than get our heads kicked in by you
Your aim is to ruin all our fun, you're picking fights with everyone
Your anger's just a fucking front, an ego boosting macho stunt
You fucked with us and all our friends, it's time to put it to an end.
We're sick of your tough guy stance
We're sick of the way that you dance
We're sick of your baggy pants
So leave now while you still got the chance
We want no part of your war, there's better things worth fighting for
So what , you kick ass in the pit? You worthless jock, you piece of shit
New jack with a flailing fist, a dying breed that won't be missed
So pass this message to your crew
We want nothing to do with you
We're sick of your tough guy stance
We're sick of the way that you dance
We're sick of your baggy pants
So leave now while you still got the chance
We've got better things to do than get our heads kicked in by you
Your aim is to ruin all our fun, you're picking fights with everyone
Your anger's just a fucking front, an ego boosting macho stunt
You fucked with us and all our friends, it's time to put it to a fucking end.
14. GREAT AMERICAN SPORTSMAN
Here comes the Great American Sportsman
With camoflage and a gun
Here comes the Great American Coward
If the odds were evened up, I bet you'd fuckin' run
This ain't no sport cause the deck is stacked against the prey
You're armed to the teeth, and they can only run away
You're a tough guy hunter, a real fuckin' man
If you are so tough, why don't you hunt with your bare hands
Here comes the Great American Sportsman
A member of the NRA
Here comes the Great American Coward
Hiding in the bushes, so you can sneak up on your prey
Now you've jacked a buck and you can kick back with a beer
Drowning all your sorrows, keep on running from your fear
Finish off a six-pack and your feeling brave again
Go brag about your murder to all your loser friends
I want to see a hunter caught in a leg-hold trap
I want to see a hunter with an arrow in his back
I want to see a hunter with a hook right through his cheek
I want to see a hunter carved up like a piece of meat
I want to see a hunter's body, strapped to the hood of a car
I want to see a hunter's bravery when he is unarmed
I want to see a hunter wounded and on the run
I want to see a hunter through the sites of a gun
Here comes the Great American Sportsman
Who I wouldn't mind seeing dead
Here comes the Great American Coward
I hope another hunter shoots you in the head
You carry a weapon to mask the weakness that you feel
And your predatory stance mirrors the American ideal
When the odds are in your favor, you go on the attack
I'll bet you wouldn't venture in the woods if the animals shot back
Shoot back
15. PERCEPTIONS
You might think that I'm a nazi because I shave my hair
And you might think I'm a scum because the clothes that I wear
I'm looking right at you, and your looking back at me
I know what I'm thinking, but I wonder what you see
I'm not right to judge you and you're wrong to judge me
If we'd shut our eyes and open our minds we'd see things differently
I might think that you so conservative, because of the car that you drive
And I might think you're my enemy, because you wear a suit and a tie
I'm looking right at you, and your looking back at me
I know what I'm thinking, but I wonder what you see
I'm not right to judge you and you're wrong to judge me
If we'd shut our eyes and open our minds we'd see things differently
We expend our energy building walls
When we should be tearing them down
Brick by fucking brick we box ourselves in
It's time to smash them bring them to the fucking ground
Fuck our perceptions and fuck first impressions
Fuck everything that we've learned
If we want to be as open minded as we claim to be
It's time the stereotypes were burned
I'm looking right at you, and your looking back at me
I know what I'm thinking, but I wonder what you see
I'm not right to judge you and you're wrong to judge me
If we'd shut our eyes and open our minds we'd see things differently
16. NOT YOUR PROBLEM
You can't get to sleep when shrill cries pierce the night
Just try and forget it, close your eyes and pull the covers tight
Welcome to the nightmare that you cannot escape
Rub the dreamy sleep from your eyes and face the humanity that you forsake
No, it's not your problem, it's not happening to you
No, it's not your problem, but you're guilty if you think that there is nothing you can do
In the apartment right above you, there's no question what you hear
The wrenching cries of the victimized, the acrid smell of fear
The abuse is not just physical, but emotional as well
This thoughtless degradation, no salvation from this hell
No, it's not your problem, it's not happening to you
No, it's not your problem, but you're guilty if you think that there is nothing you can do
It's brutally familiar, yeah, it happens everyday
Ignore it and maybe it'll go away
Get on your knees and pray
That this will not continue for another single day
Please don't turn your back on this tragedy we must face
The way some people have to live is worse than a disgrace
You say this is a problem that you did not create
But to be an audience to brutality allows it to perpetuate
No it's not your problem
It's everyone's
17. SONG FOR YOU
I always said that someday I'd write a song for you
You know I really meant it
So here it is, here's your fucking song
18.BLACK AND BLUE COLLAR
Here we are, just sheep in the flock
Arranged neatly in line, just to punch the clock
Compliments of the company, here's your early grave
You set a fine example, of the new American slave
The working class pride of the working class multitudes
Is the working class lie behind indentured servitude
How much of our precious lives are going to waste?
With all the fucking years that are spent in the workplace
And blue collar pride is a fucking shame
A capitalist's excuse just to play the system's game
Possessed by your possessions, the mortgage and the bills
The death we bought is slow, but we own it, and it kills
Don't want to hear your shit
This blue collar doesn't fit
Sick of working to survive
Got no pride in being barely alive
Five decades full of piss and blood and one life full of shit
You labored and you toiled, tried to make the best of it
It's a no win situation at optimum efficiency
You struggle just to make it, but there are no guarantees
Agencies and landlords have to hear you sing the blues
They try to take what's left after you've paid your union dues
You gave your mind and body. No, you put it up for sale
It's a maximum life sentence. Rot in your own jail
Don't want to hear your shit
This blue collar doesn't fit
Sick of working to survive
Got no pride in being barely alive
Just for dollars and cents, or pounds and pence
I start to feel like we've lost our common sense
And being treated like a slave doesn't even piss you off
They got you by the balls, so just turn your head and cough
Don't want to hear your shit
This blue collar doesn't fit
Sick of working to survive
Got no pride in being barely alive
19. DEAL WITH IT
You blame all your problems on everyone else
Now what has the world done to you
Your complaints are not legitimate, you think I want to hear it?
I've got better things to do
You gotta learn to deal with it
Shut your mouth and deal with it
It was your choice so deal with it
You made up your mind now live with it
I'm getting so sick and tired of your whining
You're acting like you never get break
If you're not fucking happy with the way you're living
Why don't you change it and learn from your mistakes
You gotta learn to deal with it
Shut your mouth and deal with it
It was your choice so deal with it
You made your bed now lie in it
Remember, it's your choice, it's your life, not anyone else's
You have the right and the ability to live how you want
Your problems come from decisions that you make
So shut up and deal with it
Oh please, oh please, oh please just you shut your mouth
We've all got our crosses to bear
What makes you think I wanna listen to your petty problems
Go tell it to someone who cares
You gotta learn to deal with it
Shut your mouth and deal with it
It was your choice so deal with it
You dug your own grave, now fucking die in it
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