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Something To Say
03:07
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Speak!
I've been silent for too long waiting here for a call to arms
But all I hear is apathy in this cold prison farm
No more sitting around these fists are ready to fight
So consider this a threat cause I'm gonna' testify
Loaded with this anger
We've got a path to lay
One left in the chamber
We've got something to say
Something to say
I've had all I can stand of this complacency
Even if I stand alone my voice will carry me
Carry me
My voice will carry me
Loaded with this anger
We've got a path to lay
One left in the chamber
We've got something to say
Something to say
One left in the chamber, we've got something to say
Who will stand up with me?
Who will fight back?
We're done being silent!
We've got something to say!
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2. |
Factory Floor
02:10
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Let's reverse the roles today, take a rich man from capital hill
Make him wake to the nightmare of choosing to eat or pay the bills
We'll watch him live in struggle as he tries to make ends meet
Then we'll cut the lights, raise the rent, and ship his job overseas
Just one day / I dare you / Just one day
Just one day I dare you
To walk right through that door
And watch your hope die
On the factory floor
He's turned down for a raise because profits are so low
While another bonus walks away in the pocket of the CEO
He'll live the American dream complete with dirty hands
Where the wealthiest warm their homes on the flames of the middle class
Just one day / I dare you / Just one day
Just one day I dare you
To walk right through that door
And watch your hope die
On the factory floor
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3. |
Battle Hymn
02:40
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Lead my fists and guide my eyes. Arm me with the sound of my enemies cries
I will use my voice and fists to defy this atrocity
Turn protest to rebellion through my animosity
I will not be silent
I will not submit
I will not stand down
I would die tonight for this
Lead my fists
And guide my eyes
Arm me with the sound of my enemies cries
Always against the grain I am immune to fear
Through hell I will march on until the smoke clears
I will not be silent
I will not submit
I will not stand down
I would die tonight for this
Lead my fists
And guide my eyes
Arm me with the sound of my enemies cries
I am not afraid
Lead me to war
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4. |
The American Crisis
01:22
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Instrumental interlude
Snippets of "The American Crisis" by Thomas Paine
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Impostor
02:01
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I'm calling you out
You stand for nothing
I'm calling you out
I can hear your voices screaming
But you're saying nothing at all
A new week means a new crusade
From the comfort of your glowing screen
Always on your soapbox
Like a salesman for breaking news
You'll never know the passion and the pain
Of sacrificing freedom for change
A soldier who will not fight
You always expect applause
While those who died for something right
Bled for a cause
Where were you when the world need change?
I'm calling you out
Where were you when we took to the streets?
I'm calling you out
Impostor
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6. |
Class Warfare
03:01
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Raise your rifles
This is what they want, total control over our lives
A consumerist population of systematic poverty
Competing for table scraps
Reaching out with calloused hands
Dehumanized servant trade
Underneath a glass ceiling shade
We're divided - Class warfare
It's blood, debt, and fear
we're divided - Class warfare
Suffer to persevere
The living world is decimated to clear a path for the master class
Paycheck to paycheck the rhythm plays, silencing the cries for a living wage
We're divided - Class warfare
It's blood, debt, and fear
We're divided - Class warfare
Suffer to persevere
"Free our minds by any means necessary" - Malcolm X
Burn their thrones
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