Phillip Morris and R.J. kill every single pack McDonald's sues London Greenpeace for presenting the with the facts Disney its international market with help from the CIA Coors uses support to help finance the KKK Ending oil protests with executions Nigeria to Shell Pepsi dealt with the oppressive in the Phillipines to build another Taco Bell Motos creates competition with their "whipsawing" tactics role Dupont alone is for four percent of the ozone layer hole Public opinion bloodbath Smoke security Civilized Populations Civilized trophy Civilized Texaco's diseased people of the and Indonesia Vivisections performed by Gillette and Walmart moves in to monopolize and rape Nestle is responsible for third-world deaths from bottle disease and Johnson's anti-diarrhea-drops killed children in Pakistan Chinese slave labor make Levis Dockers in Saipan The FDA has irridating food for Vindicator Forests are clearcut by Mirsubishi, Maxxam, and Stone Civilized Civilized Civilized bloodbath We all like to point the finger at the company But the corporation machine consists of people you and me By existing in society we all share the guilt all responsible for the misery the multinationals have built We all add to the list of victims the companies By believing any of us are innocent we're in denial We are all a of the problem no matter how hard we try We to create these conditions with everything we buy Public opinion Civilized Smoke screen Civilized prioritized Civilized trophy Civilized The self-riteousness of judgement is something that no human has the luxury to pass. Every single one of us at the expense of living things. Although our very existence contradicts our our struggle is still relevant in relieving the burdens that we create, but our involvment is based on beliefs and ambitions. Hope to be nurtured, compassion and understanding will not grow out of scrutiny. and tolerance is the only way that activism evolve from indifference. (This was life) Conditioning is simple and you it that way Ignorance is bliss when you stay stale and Too old to and too little to matter Anarchy is now 9 to 5, wallet's a bit Once of piss and vinegar now full of shit and dope isn't easy I guess you couldn't cope You gave into the pressure someone greased hand Just remain passive it's the safest place to So to your stay immune And the bullshit feed you, continue to consume We've got ways of keeping you in Keeping you numb, dumb, and Things to keep your off of us So intimidated that you dare not You know that we police the street We know who to watch, we how to beat We know you do and where you go We'll dress you and go to your shows To sell you the shit that your brain That you up your nose or shoot in your vein We'll start a riot at your police brutality And keep it spreading contain the threat Until you yoursevles, defeat yourselves, Burn yourselves and yourselves put a McDonald's on every street That's where work, that's where you'll eat For minimum wage, for student For and malnutrition And we'll stock your store shelves full of shit And keep it open for a couple of years before we it That's the way it's going to be so get used to it Get used to it if you're going to take our So don't try to protest or Because we're too fucking strong, you realize That we keep you fighting amongst yourselves, we you seperate And unity you'll be no threat We keep pointing the at you and you Never really who turns the screw And now you're trapped like a rat on a sinking And it's sinking so get used to it Get used to it you're going to our shit All you'll get is what fucking let Your college campus with your liberal An or your head in a noose And after you where will you go You'll have nowhere to live and to show Come put on a and come work for us You'll become you hate and all you disgust You'll who you were, what you did, and what you stood for You'll be trapped in your be trapped in traffic You'll be trapped in your be trapped in your church You'll be trapped in mind Trapped rats on the same sinking ship Trapped and getting used to it And you grow old with your husband or with your wife You'll be used to it, you'll be to it And to think that your whole fucking You our shit Capitalism is responsible for the you've enjoyed Who cares about the people be thankful you're employed It's not about comsumer choice, it's not convenience It's not about the billions made, it's all about So lay your trust us it's your quality of life we'll enhance the benefits and the fact that without us you don't stand a chance We've built dependence upon a that you have to trust So if you try to destory our system we're to take you with us The public relations studies our every move advising corporations how they can improve Their profits, monopolies, their uncompromising growth And how to beed the consumer for everything worth wealth exists off of our labor and our willingness to consume Manipulated by every the public just assume That their innocent, forums exist solely to entertain While the industries we for are just out to reclaim The wages they've paid us to the markets demands Every cent we've ever makes it back into their hands Enhancing their wealth, their claim, achieving their domination Maintaining power, maintaining their reign, they're gaining from exploitaton humanity for the good of industry Is the fault the result of or our own stupidity Do they that much influence over everything we do Are the of our actions ever really thought through Do we truly understand how one person can make a By developing individual thought free from interference Our own struggle for survival us to drop it Should our be cashed in for profit When you are the victim of your attack It should only be natural to to fight back But when they've relentlessly progammed you your entire We tried to make a difference but what have we achieved Have we put up any or just helped them to succeed we constructed any bridges or just built another wall Have our beliefs and our accomplished anything at all we ever caused our leaders to change a single thing Have we been a threat or just puppets on a string Have we wasted all of our time painting pictures for the While we've created isolation we changed a single mind we had enought sense to learn from our mistakes Are we prepared for personal sacrifices no matter what it Are we willing to work together differences aside Or is too much to rish damaging our pride Do we have enough hope to find trust in someone else Do we have the compassion to fight the that don't directly affect ourselves Have we stood a chance or have our efforts been naive we bought into their lies of what they tell us to believe It is your option what path to choose Don't let the only change yo make be in views Like if you fight everything why bother to try You can learn from the you used to deny Is it all a charade or do you actually it Do your ideals only when it's politically convenient You're stuck in trap and although you're tryin to cope If you can't change yourself, you'll lose than just hope So the next time you're down on your knees remember The plight of the oppressed with the oppressor And if it's easier for you to under that oppression they've already got you as their possession