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Open your eyes to the stream of destruction
broadcast away on the nightly news
research suggests there's direct correlation
between contempt and the wealth accrued
So demonstrate and cast your vote
as the world burns down around you
forward emails, share your posts
as the world burns down around you
close your eyes to the hate and the lying
small price to pay for your fiscal cuts
someone gets shot or gets grabbed by the pussy
call them illegals or call them sluts
So demonstrate and cast your vote
as the world burns down around you
forward emails, share your posts
as the world burns down around you
throw your hands up, what more can we do?
quit your job and quit your family
stop taking showers, don't brush your hair
don't eat the food, and don't drink the water
give up on life and refuse to care
don't demonstrate or cast your vote
just find some grass, go lay down and wait to
don't forward emails, don't share your posts
just find some grass, go lay down and wait to die
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Just Because
05:41
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You can call me an asshole
but jesus fucking christ, i'm sick of the sniveling
crying and whining over the same 4 chords i've heard again and again
as if your pain and sadness is more sad and painful
than my pain and sadness in any way, shape or form
i am just fucking bored of all your shit
we're a generation of depression and anxiety to the millionth degree
always clawing our skin, we're uncomfortable in
and we're always alone
so you pick up a 40 and guitar and strum a dumb pattern you learned
from MCR, a chorus, a verse that you never rehearsed
but it's on your new album produced in an hour
heres a new song i wrote sorry for the bad quality, i'm drunk and hungover and I've been sick for a year and a half and my phone died halfway through recording it, I hope that you like it
just because you can, doesn't mean you should
just because it's punk, doesn't mean it's good
just because it rhymes, don't make it poetry
put the guitar down, go find a new hobby
so i guess i'm an asshole
for trying to dissuade the youth from engaging in the only subculture
that encourages all this, over and over again
folk punk is the equivalent of a soundcloud rapper passing our mixtapes on corners
"it's fire, it's fire"
please set it on fire, it's shit, you should all quit
who will carry the torch when the fire dies down?
I say let it burn out, i say let it all drown
in a lake of ennui, we can all take the leap
so the next time your thinking of linking us all to the track that you wrote while you're drinking
please sober up first, cause it might be the worst
and please tune your guitar, cause that notes sounding sour
heres a new song i wrote sorry for the bad quality, i'm drunk and hungover and I've been sick for a year and a half and my phone died halfway through recording it, I hope that you like it
just because you can, doesn't mean you should
just because it's punk, doesn't mean it's good
just because it rhymes, don't make it poetry
put the guitar down, go find a new hobby
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the story begins in 2016
some reactionaries abandon their faith
and summon the spirit of the 1950s
provide it a host, catered by Frito-Lay
this anthropomorphic cheeto espouses
jingoist rhetoric high on his pulpit
soon finds himself at the head of a nation
casting out blankets of safety for hate
emboldened by his actions
fear shed and masks removed
emerge from mommies basement
red hats and white lines blue
lines quoted word for word in
the manifestos wrote
while parked outside a walmart
proud of their vote
the story continues in regular fashion
heros in black rise to answer the call
as they drown out the voices that shout from the gutter
and harbor the victims of brutal assault
the media sides with the murderous heathens
falsely equating the two as the same
as the nazi apologists scream "legislation"
white terrorism finds more lives to claim
emboldened by his actions
the opposition rise
white power hiding behind
ted cruz and all blue lives
history won't be so kind
so choose you're factions well
now this weeks 'the twilight zone"
nazis from hell
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I got my degree before desegregation
flooded the schools with the people i hate
tuned in and dropped out, worked 20 hours
4000 dollars was all that i paid
soon got a house, started shitting out kids
got a white collar job that would pay all the billds
as the world changed around me, i stayed the same
a small minded bigot that will make my kids ashamed
a generation focused on success
bled the world and ensured there's nothing left
abandoned reason in 1969
denied you yours, so that i could get whats mine
took a growing economy into your hands
voted it down with the strike of a pen
ran to the right just as fast as you could
and on that sham you stood
capitalism worship ran rampant
deregulation our motto and creed
fuck any law that would get in our way
that would stifle creative investing
ship all my assets in the caymens
safe from american enomony
hobble the worth of a popular vote
as i cede all the power to corporate lobbies
a generation focused on success
bled the world and ensured there's nothing left
abandoned reason in 1969
denied you yours, so that i could get whats mine
mock the new generations. scraping together a future of none
fucking snowflakes are lazy, working 4 jobs when I only had one
strip the schools of their assets, scream from the stands "leave no child behind"
as we pick up the pieces, broken and fragmented, like your aging minds
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Real Faux News
02:38
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I don't wanna read about it
i don't wanna hear about it
i don't wanna watch it if it challenges me
i refuse to listen to it
i refuse to engage with it
i refuse to acknowledge the things that scare me
i will never open my mind
i will never open my heart
i will never open up myself to reason
so im gonna bury my head
so i'm gonna cover my eyes
so i'm gonna shut out everything around me
theres only one station i watch
i get my fair and balanced propaganda only from the fox
I don't wanna read about it
i don't wanna hear about it
i don't wanna watch it if it challenges me
i refuse to listen to it
i refuse to engage with it
i refuse to acknowledge the things that scare me
i will never open my mind
i will never open my heart
i will never open up myself to reason
so im gonna bury my head
so i'm gonna cover my eyes
so i'm gonna shut out everything around me
all news is biased but theres
one network thats the worst
it cant be fair and balanced
if it's all been coerced
each day the memo comes down
skew this and omit that
this doesn't fit our message
our viewers won't like that
no other network has such
fervent brand loyalty
most people get their news from
multiple agencies
it opens up your eyes to
more ideologies
sparks critical thinking and inward analyses
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Eradicated several years ago
measles, scarlet fever, mumps and polio
are poised to make a comeback in 2019
little timmy is gonna die, cause mommy is scared of vaccines
their war on science will undo us all
hundreds turn to thousands as the bodies fall
try to protect your children, delivered to deaths door
swaddled in a blanket lies a tiny corpse
declaring several state emergencies
fear no less contagious than the spread of disease
sweeping through the country like a tidal wave
a burgeoning market of digging tiny graves
their war on science will undo us all
hundreds turn to thousands as the bodies fall
try to protect your children, delivered to deaths door
swaddled in a blanket lies a tiny corpse
your fear comes at a price
to watch your child die
you'll pay a heavy cost
and feel a greater loss
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dress them up , claim them just temporary
a fresh coat of paint for a horrible truth
treated like dogs stuck in a no kill shelter
separate mothers and fathers from youth
door to door hunting like the gestapo
ratting out neighbors like judas to god
for a civil offense that's on par with jay walking
the employers are the ones breaking the law
sold a lie an invisible evil
crosses the threshold every day
misinformed and enraged at these people
blindly calling out "make them all pay"
so you round up a few thousand families
sigh in relief as they rot in a cage
detention center is a nice way to put it
you know what they say about a rose and it's name
working jobs that you claim you're too good for
pay into services they'll never get
as they strengthen the nation and increase the workforce
commit fewer crimes than our own residents
studies have shown if instead granted visas
to live and to work freely, everyone wins
just admit it was never about public safety
your problem is just with their color of skin
as you lay in your warm bed at night
soft feather pillow, blanket wrapped tight
a child sleeps on a cold concrete floor
surrounded by strangers and begging for warmth
this is what you tacitly endorse
sold a lie an invisible evil
crosses the threshold every day
misinformed and enraged at these people
blindly calling out "make them all pay"
so you round up a few thousand families
sigh in relief as they rot in a cage
detention center is a nice way to put it
you know what they say about a rose and it's name
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facts aren't open for thoughts and opinions
the time to debate is now lost in the past
discussions should focus on what we should do now
preventing upcoming extinction en masse
sold off our future for wealth temporary
left us a husk that is broken and bruised
cashed in your chips for your last act of life
as you insult your children on the nightly news
demanding a future is not a selfish act
mocking and removing the clothes from off our backs
how dare we ask for a better life than you had
how dare you scowl at us and make us have to beg
while the rest of the world searches for a solution
the US denies that the problem exists
giving voices to dangerous powerful lobbies
who bully the ones standing up to your myth
as the sun slowly sets on your lifetime of power
clinging to tenets with feebling hands
an extension of life with a horrible outcome
gutted a planet and razed all the land
demanding a future is not a selfish act
mocking and removing the clothes from off our backs
how dare we ask for a better life than you had
how dare you scowl at us and make us have to beg
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2000 peoples health insurance broke the fucking bank
15 years of service and no words of fucking thanks
sacrifice the poor so you can make another buck
jeff bezos is a slimey greedy heartless coward fuck
kill the fucking rich
cook em up with rice and it'll make a tasty dish
kill the fucking rich
shoot em in the face and watch the fucking body twitch
how much is enough and tell me where we draw the line
nobody needs a billion dollars in their fucking life
you made it off the backs of people you chose to exploit
like economic slavery is a mother fucking choice
kill the fucking rich
cook em up with rice and it'll make a tasty dish
kill the fucking rich
shoot em in the face and watch the fucking body twitch
hoarding is an illness till it comes to fucking cash
sharing is a virtue till it helps the lower class
the golden rule is a myth to keep up docile and asleep
so get a gun and learn to hunt and kill some top elite
kill the fucking rich
cook em up with rice and it'll make a tasty dish
kill the fucking rich
shoot em in the face and watch the fucking body twitch
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Look them up, she's famous.
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Recession Proof Boulder, Colorado
Side project of that dude from Dead Work. This is just straight up punk stuff.
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