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1. |
People Never Heard
02:23
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People Never Heard
This is for the people who are never heard.
It's a voice for the voiceless,
a toast for the toastless
smoke for the smokeless
for those on the train
but are coachless
for those who do the farming
but are foodless
we this .. believe this.
This is for the people who are never heard
We've got so much more to say
and no one gets to hear
tip toein through this life drivin by fear
This is for the people who are never heard
This is for those with chains on their feet
we scared to move we scared of defeat
this is for those who go non stop nuturing
their children, harassed by the cops
it's like fuck the many and serve the few
in this world of vertical madness what are we to do?
Is there time served for the people never heard
remembering the coming years like they're already gone
when desperation conquers reason it's a treason to behold
on ourself without knowing, we're filling a mold
contemplating survival something so old.
This is for the people who are never heard.
We're everything we'll never be
stifled from our true potential,
we could be so much more
but this fear culture reigns on us
and it ain't accidental.
We scared of each other,
steady keeping us from our basic essentials
but if i am you and you are me
and we share knowledge to becoming we,
pulling strength from one another
than we wouldnt need managers or masters,
these fuckers sucking on us like cancers
we are never heard, cause they never asked us
they wouldn't like the answer
it's a hush hush, been silenced for years
we ain't livin through our fears so fuck your careers
This is for the people who are never heard
We've got so much more to say
and no one gets to hear
tip toein through this life drivin by fear
This is for the people who are never heard
Making me feel funny like a bad remix
and these tricks are for kids
this is my bid for another society
Living horizantly, what it be, wanna be
constantly thinking how we can do better
cause we all have ideas on how shit can work
better. together.
but it's like a lost love letter
so much good intention
but it's never delivered
a misconnection,options never considered
so i'm saying it now cause a
broken people we can't be
This is for the people who are never heard.
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2. |
Smile
02:37
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SMILE
This smile, that smile
Which is the one?
Real smile, cracked smile
coming undone
A breaking grin
from within
isn't enough
can't hold up
smile never sung
Obligated and coralled
to buy smiles that don't fit
they don't sit.. right
Which smile is this?
Which smile is this?
Crack a smile
even if it's fake
Crack a smile
even if it break
Plastic exterior
Fake styles Fake smiles
your shit is lame
like corporate music
pushed on us
its all the same
Hollow on the inside
Shallow on the downside
Empty.
Which smile is this?
We had plenty
fake happiness
disillusioned contentment
Lie to me, i'll believe
Lie to ourselves, never see
Reflection in the mirror
never coming clear
Disillusioned contentment
in a world of fear
Which smile is this?
This smile ,That smile
Which is the one?
Real smile, cracked smile
coming undone
A breaking grin
from within
isn't enough
can't hold up
smile never sung
We stand next to reality everyday
never make eye contact
just look away
Until you wanna buy back
the dreams that you sold
just look away
and dream about gold
These produced smiles
are buried with profit and waste
strangled with products
never intended to work or function
strickly for consumption
If i was a better consumer
would it make my smile
more real and inspired
Instead of empty anxiety
taking pills to see
Which smile is this?
the smile looks so sweet
but stabs in the side
it's cold on the inside
Which smile is this?
Fake happiness
leading to resentment
a smile with a twist
disillusioned contentment
Which smile is this?
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3. |
The Love We Keep
02:22
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The Love We Keep
The love we keep inside
Does it fade? does it die?
Does it keep workin overtime
Screamin just to stay alive.
That love we keep
That love we keep inside
That love we keep
The love for one another
the care, compassion
for anothers despair
a sympathetic reaction
I'm tryin to pretend that
i dont care, but i do
The hearts' the size of our fist
through em up, its true
It's hard to resist
that love that tears us apart
and brings us together
so im asking you ehh..
Is it enough? Will it bring me to the end?
and is it enough?
Is there more coming round the bend?
When my batteries empty
does my alternator kick in?
Like a good friend
bringing us back
to the beginning, filling
with inspiration of more living soo..
The love we keep inside does it fade?
Does it grow?
Does it multiply to let you
know that you're not alone
and its boomeranging home
cause its about the people not
the political party, let's go!
Baby girl in the back saying,
Now we on a roll! We all step up!
You heard it before
NO bosses!
and now we in control
We need real mutual aid, let's go!
That love we keep inside does it fade?
Does it grow?
That love we keep
That love we keep inside
That love we keep
That love we keep inside
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4. |
My Girls Got Pressure
03:18
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My girls' got pressure
One trip. I can't make. A mistake. Pressure.
One trip. We can't make. A mistake. Pressure.
One trip. We can't make. A mistake. Pressure.
Pressure. Pressure.
My girl was fired for being pregnant
I don't know where her fuckin head went
She thinkin the owner give a fuck about life
When he'd rather take her in the back
racehorse stylee
Blat ! Blat !
Piled in the stack she be
Like she sixty
Like how we treat our old
you had your day
now truth's been told
you been used and abused
but no more confused
Fired for being pregnant
Watch out! you could be next
We all disposable heros
and these killers come correct?
there's a 2 week lapse
and you can't pay your rent
cause your paycheck says 150
my daycare 160
One trip. I can't make. A mistake. Pressure.
One trip. We can't make. A mistake. Pressure.
One trip. We can't make. A mistake. Pressure.
Pressure. Pressure.
[Repeat}
Pressure in this cooker
like we're pieces of rice
struggling for this life
like we all are
to different degrees
they got us beggin on our knees
Beggin boss man please
Beggin for some obvious
Get off top of us
No hierarchy
Hold us down
Box us in
and there's no more sound
Hillary or Obama
cant save us now
like they ever could
cause
They fillin their position
They feelin their role
this role
we seen before
and i think we can
have a classless society
Horizontally
Dismantle the power stack
Distribute our wealth back
sooo get up get up
its a stick up stick up
cause they got us begging on our knees
Beggin boss man please
Beggin for that obvious
Get off top of us
No hierarchy
Hold us down
Box us in
and theres no more sound
Hillary can't save us now
One trip. I can't make. A mistake. Pressure.
One trip. We can't make. A mistake. Pressure.
One trip. We can't make. A mistake. Pressure.
Pressure. Pressure.
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5. |
Bang Bang Silver Dollar
03:55
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Bang Bang Silver Dollar
Bang Bang! silver dolllar
Chang chang
Without this i still move
Makin somethin
Outta nutta
Aint new
This new
Makin moves Makin moves
Bang Bang!
Who holds the piggy bank who collects?
Who holds the piggy bank who's in debt?
Who holds the piggy bank who deals it out?
Who calls the shots?Who cleans them pots?
Ya wonder, I betcha, i know, it kept ya
Got you in a chokehold
CEO's, Bankas, Politicians Gangstas
Elbow to the throat
and no passing go
No go No go
cause they own you
and they own the land
sand and the sea too
They some loan shark
monsters with a big crew
Credit card killer a pusher a dealer
You don't know their name
but they own this game
They hold the banks
Got it on lock
cause they own the tanks
They own the T.V.
They talkin that makin us
believe that we need the
Man they some sleazy
corporate sponsored
marketing adventure
manipulating we
The pork the protector
of the bank investors
Why can't we see
they some hanibel lecter
cannibel shit
Dalmer aint got nuthin all the
flesh they get. killers..serial bankers..
who benefits?
follow the money trail and
we'll find answers
or it's another trail of tears forever
where's the money come from?
where's does it go?
makes me skepital of the
things i touch and know
like how'd they get the money?
where'd the get the dough?
Who worked finger to the bone ?
who had to die?
to get the bankers bills staked so high
believe that there's a connection.. a corralation,
so's here's my interception for conversation
we need some reflection on
Who holds the piggy bank? who collects?
Who holds the piggy bank? who's in debt?
Who holds the piggy bank? who deals it out?
Who calls the shots?Who cleans them pots?
Ya wonder, I betcha, I know, It held ya
Ransom for your work check
Cleared check
Bounced check
How much is your amount check
Check check
Check into cash.
Bank of italia
City bank
Bank of america
J.P. Morgan Chase
Fat bankers telling me to tighten my belt
thats like alcoholics telling me to get some help
But i want to move on to a
world without hunger
Death from hunger
Fighting one another
for land and power
American dollar,euro,yen,pound
I've been around, all the stories
I've found and seen
I said, you know what i mean
when push comes to love
we can shovel alot
Lookin out for each other
sometimes it's all we got..
They ain't lookin out for we
They lookin out for them
Our needs are never meet
so why do we pretend
They sold us out
It's in their interest their bankable
income giving us no rest
keeping us all pressed
bent over the rent.. pressure
While I'm waiting on the automated telephone line
It got me feeling quite the lesser
and they some carlo hesser
they can do what they want
and keep us wondering
why are luck, don't amount to fuck
no matter how hard we try
I never trusted mr. bank it's true
only dealing with em cause i have to
If i had an option i'd divorce em
but this economic freedom not suppose to
It's a double standard from way back
getting pressing on my our last nerve siadic
Ok listen mr. bank if i could no thanks
you can keep your statements
and fuck your payments
cause they makin
multi billion dollar profits and
zero taxes paid
multi million dollar refunds and
the rest of us are slaved
Wall street bailouts are makin more than before
Bail skeet wailout some dicks galore
so lets
Smash the banks of marble
Kick the bosses out the door
share the vaults silver
that we all have worked for
Bang Bang! silver dolllar
Chang chang
Without this i still move
Makin somethin
Outta nutta
Aint new
This new
Makin moves Makin moves
Bang Bang!
Piggy Piggy Bang Bang!
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Antagonista A Vita
02:44
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Antagonista A Vita
Feelin like your gettin ripped off everyday
You gotta watch that hustle in a critical way
When it's big business beastuality baby
It'll eat you up and roll you over
slap your mother and eat your brother
all in the name of some war, power, profit
They say It's just natural
you can't stop it
But yes we can, it's like, just say no
we can change what we know
popular revolts from below
cause it don't feel good and it don't feel right
got you stayin up late night
putting stress in your life
assassini thiefs like them I can't be
so i made a decision, we can make a choice
Antagonista a Vita Antagonista a Vita ..Life.
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Eliminate The Position
02:25
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Eliminate The Position
Say it's lonely at the top
then get rid of it, rid of it
People sipping garbage
are sick of it, sick of it
Never learned to share
it's a give and take
not a rake and make
They're profitting off
some misery and torture
investing in this shit
and saying that it's order
We're pieces of cattle
written up in their business plan
They're holding the saddle
and we thrown in the pan
It's like "change" 'yes we can'
I can't buy that bit
cause they still want cheap hands
to clean their shit
so we'll always be
underpaid and overworked
and that's our condition
until we decide to eliminate that position
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Mix Tapes And Cotton
Mixtape Mixtapes and cotton
Mixtape Mixtapes and cotton
We got mixtape mixtapes and cotton
Growing up in america with a burning cross
god bless you little lady feeling all is lost
fear splattered on your face at any cost.
but we got mixtapes and cotton
I grew up on tapes and cotton
and a lot in between
not to be forgotten
burning crosses ice cream
so, no way we stoppin
drowning dog you've seen.
So you stabbed my dog, covered your face
burned some wood
such cowardly disgrace
but you the man that's what you said
take off the mask and come ahead
cause we can deal with you
yeah,we can deal with you
we can deal with a redneck with a pit
and we can deal with some boy
down the road talking shit
but when the police start the fires
institutional burn
flamed by policies
now that's a concern
a deadly weapon
tenth degree burn
like somethin you learned
anger misdirected
misdirected from the start
anger misdirected eating up your heart
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10. |
Sick
02:56
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SICK
So So Sick
Sick and Tired
So So Sick
Owned and Managed
So So Sick
Sick and Tired
So So Sick
Sick of being owned
Sick of being managed
Owned and managed
they creating an advantage
and it's ohh so savage
pillage, cabbaged
pickled,ravished
owned and managed
it's like my brains in a bandage
sitting here chewing on my
manwich sandwich
owned and managed
Gotta go and look for a new job
and i hate that shit
Go try and sell yourself
and talk to some pricks
beg for jobs that
you don't really want
Are you a team player?
take the team player test
Watch these videos and
put our name on your chest
Customer service, got you alright.
It's all taking and no givin
We in the rat race reachin
for the ribbon
We're owned and defined
It's an ultimate design
This heirarchal structure
keeps my owner just fine
When it comes to "risk"
they say they're a team player,
when it comes to "profit"
they're a private investor
WTF, get it straight,
hypocrite, fuckin fake
That's why i'm for the
self emancipation of the working class
and their structure i blast
cause i think people should
have control over what they are affected
and what they do
or what they produce
let me tell you, otherwise
it no use, but this is the story
of the working poor
no matter where in the world you are
it's been like this for generations
no matter how they spin it
We at the end of the line
exploited forever
for the dime ..billions
I don't wanna exploit and
I don't wanna be exploited
so it's left me feeling just a little disjointed
and i'm
So So Sick
Sick and Tired
So So Sick
Owned and Managed
So So Sick
Sick and Tired
So So Sick
Good boss, bad boss
Better boss, worse boss
We no longer serve the boss
no longer one man making all the profit
their position is obsolete
We can share the pains
and the gains that come off it
no longer need them to be complete.
When we standing on our feet
learning how to grow
learning how to let go
when we work what we own
and we own what we work
We can change our path
repeat history past or
talking that same.. repeat
Press play and rewind
but i wanna go forward.. evolve
cause i got no time
and it's a possibility
this collectivity tonight
in your neighborhood
in the trailer park,
we sitting up thinking
it's half past dark.
We realized, we decide
self managed
we can remove the bandage
Equality in the workplace
yes we can
organize ourselves
better than the man
So So Sick
Sick and Tired
So So Sick
Owned and Managed
So So Sick
Sick and Tired
So So Sick
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11. |
Anarchists From Milano
01:31
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When Yesterday Is Finished
When yesterday is finished and tommorows door is closed
Tommorows door is closed, tomorrows door is closed
When yesterday is finished finished finished..
When this life is over
was it worth it?
Could we really live the
way we wanted?
We work it, we deserve it
or were we trapped in a design
wage slaves in a class system
Chained to nine to five
economically driven
Leaving us with no time for
whats important to you
we living
for other peoples
schemes, regimes and coups
Who's playin who?
Smells like some lies, rotten flesh too
When yesterday is finished and tomorrows door is closed
Tomorrows door is closed, tomorrows door is closed
When yesterday is finished finished finished..
I'm saying, when it's done and dusted
could we live life or just lust it ?
When we sitting in the dark waiting for our
eyes to adjust, can we see more clearly?
Can we see more just?
Don't want to wait for this
We all creating a purpose
I'm more than scratching the surface
Can we admit it to ourselves
or are we scared to ask
at work we treated like old product shelf expiring fast soo..
Our lives before their profit and
Our lives before their wealth cause
When yesterday is finished and tomorrows door is closed
Tomorrows door is closed, tomorrows door is closed
When yesterday is finished finished finished..
Could you break free?
Did you get down on one knee?
Did you feel that you were blessed?
and this was destiny or
Did you think that this was it
and that was just fine
Absolutley who knows
it was always on your mind.
We stuck in the hustle
stay busy watching the clock
Waiting heaven to dissolve
our troubles, We hoping alot
This life goes so quick
you blink times away and
without it we can't stay
sooo..IMAGINE
When yesterday is finished and tomorrows door is closed
Tomorrows door is closed, tomorrows door is closed
When yesterday is finished finished finished..
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