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Although our very contradicts our effects our is still relevant in relieving the burdens that we create, but our is based on individual beliefs and ambitions. Hope needs to be nurtured, compassion and will not grow out of scrutiny. and tolerance is the only way that activism evolve from indifference. (This was life) is simple and you keep it that way Ignorance is bliss when you stay and stagnant Too old to care and too to matter Anarchy is now 9 to 5, wallet's a bit Once of piss and vinegar now full of shit and dope Freedom isn't I guess you couldn't cope You gave the pressure someone greased your hand Just remain passive it's the place to stand So to your stay immune And the they feed you, continue to consume We've got ways of keeping you in Keeping you numb, dumb, and to keep your mind off of us So intimidated you dare not speak You fucking that we police the street We who to watch, we know how to beat We know you do and where you go We'll dress like you and go to your To sell you the that destroys your brain you snort up your nose or shoot in your vein We'll start a riot at your police brutality And keep it spreading contain the threat you destroy yoursevles, defeat yourselves, Burn yourselves and yourselves We'll put a on every street That's you'll work, that's where you'll eat For minimum wage, for wage For poverty and And stock your grocery store shelves full of shit And keep it open for a couple of before we torch it That's simply the way it's to be so get used to it Get used to it if going to take our shit So try to protest or organize we're too fucking strong, don't you realize That we keep you fighting yourselves, we keep you seperate And unity you'll be no threat We keep the finger at you and you Never really knowing who turns the And now you're trapped like a rat on a ship And it's sinking so get used to it Get used to it going to take our shit All get is what we'll fucking let college campus with your liberal views An education or head in a noose And after you graduate where you go You'll have nowhere to and nothing to show put on a suit and come work for us You'll everything 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 You'll be in traffic You'll be in your home You'll be trapped in your be trapped in your mind Trapped like rats on the same ship Trapped again and used to it And when you grow old your husband or with your wife You'll be to it, you'll be used to it And to think that your whole life You took our Capitalism is responsible for the lifestyle you've Who about the people slain be thankful you're employed It's not about comsumer choice, not about convenience It's not about the billions made, it's all about So lay your upon us it's your quality of life we'll enhance Realize the benefits and the fact that without us you don't a chance We've built dependence upon a structure you have to trust So if you try to destory our system we're going to you with us The public relations industry studies our move Constantly corporations how they can improve profits, their 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 innocent, unbiased forums exist solely to entertain While the we work for are just out to reclaim The wages they've paid us to the markets demands Every cent ever earned makes it back into their hands Enhancing their wealth, enhancing their claim, achieving domination Maintaining their power, maintaining reign, they're gaining from exploitaton Sacrificing humanity for the good of Is the the result of them or our own stupidity Do they possess that influence over everything we do Are the consequences of our actions really thought through Do we truly how one person can make a difference By developing individual free from outside interference Our own struggle for survival comples us to it Should our be cashed in for profit When you are the victim of your attack It should only be to want to fight back But when relentlessly progammed you your entire existence We tried to make a difference but what we actually achieved Have we put up any obstacles or helped them to succeed Have we constructed any bridges or built another wall Have our beliefs and our accomplished anything at all Have we ever 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 for the blind While created isolation have we changed a single mind we had enought sense to learn from our mistakes Are we prepared for personal sacrifices no what it takes Are we to work together putting differences aside Or is compormise too much to rish damaging our Do we have enough hope to still find trust in someone Do we have the to fight the problems that don't directly affect ourselves Have we ever stood a chance or our efforts been naive Have we bought into their lies of what tell us to believe It is your option what path to choose Don't let the only change yo be in your views Like if you can't fight why bother to try You can learn from the hypocracies you used to Is it all a charade or do you actually it Do your ideals only surface when politically convenient You're stuck in society's trap and you're tryin to cope If you change yourself, you'll lose more than just hope So the next time down on your knees just remember The plight of the ends with the oppressor And if easier for you to live under that oppression They they've got you as their possession