Phillip Morris and R.J. kill every single pack McDonald's sues London for presenting the public with the facts Disney expands its international market help from the CIA Coors uses consumer support to help the KKK Ending oil protests with executions belongs to Shell Pepsi dealt with the oppressive regimes in the Phillipines to build another Taco General Motos creates competition with their "whipsawing" tactics alone is responsible for four percent of the ozone layer hole Public opinion Civilized Smoke screen Civilized prioritized Civilized trophy Civilized Texaco's people of the Amazon and Indonesia Vivisections performed by Gillette and Walmart in to monopolize and rape communities Nestle is for third-world deaths from baby bottle disease Johnson and anti-diarrhea-drops killed children in Pakistan Chinese immigrant slave labor make Levis Dockers in The FDA has approved irridating for Vindicator Forests are by Mirsubishi, Maxxam, and Stone Container Civilized bloodbath Civilized bloodbath We all like to point the at the faceless company But the corporation machine consists of people you and me By existing in society we all share the guilt We're all responsible for the misery the multinationals have We all add to the list of victims the compile By believing any of us are innocent we're living in We are all a part of the problem no matter how we try We help to create these conditions with we buy Public lobotomized bloodbath Smoke security bloodbath Populations bloodbath Third-world Civilized The self-riteousness of is something that no human being has the luxury to pass. Every single one of us survive at the of other things. Although our very existence contradicts our effects our struggle is still in relieving the burdens that we create, but our is based on individual beliefs and ambitions. needs to be nurtured, compassion and understanding will not grow out of scrutiny. and tolerance is the only way activism will evolve from indifference. (This was life) Conditioning is simple and you keep it way Ignorance is when you stay stale and stagnant Too old to care and too to matter is now 9 to 5, wallet's a bit fatter Once full of piss and vinegar now full of and dope Freedom isn't I guess you couldn't cope You gave into the pressure someone greased your remain passive it's the safest place to stand So to feelings stay immune And the bullshit they you, continue to consume We've got of keeping you in line you numb, dumb, and weak Things to keep mind off of us So intimidated you dare not speak You fucking know that we the street We who to watch, we know how to beat We what you do and where you go We'll dress like you and go to your To sell you the shit destroys your brain That you snort up nose or shoot in your vein We'll start a riot at your police benefit And it from spreading contain the threat Until you destroy yoursevles, yourselves, Burn yourselves and kill put a McDonald's on every street That's where you'll work, where you'll eat For minimum wage, for wage For poverty and And we'll stock your grocery store shelves of shit And keep it open for a couple of years we torch it That's the way it's going to be so get used to it Get used to it if you're going to our shit So don't try to or organize we're too fucking strong, don't you realize That we you fighting amongst yourselves, we keep you seperate And without unity you'll be no We pointing the finger at you and you Never knowing who turns the screw And now you're trapped like a rat on a sinking And it's sinking fast so get to it Get used to it you're going to take our All you'll get is what fucking let Your college campus with your liberal An education or your head in a And after you where will you go have nowhere to live and nothing to show Come put on a suit and work for us You'll become you hate and all you disgust You'll forget who you were, you did, and what you stood for You'll be trapped in office You'll be trapped in You'll be trapped in your be trapped in your church You'll be in your mind like rats on the same sinking ship Trapped and getting 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 for the lifestyle you've enjoyed Who cares about the people slain be you're employed It's not about comsumer choice, it's not about It's not about the billions made, all about indifference So lay your trust upon us it's your quality of life we'll Realize the benefits and the fact without us you don't stand a chance We've built dependence a structure that you have to trust So if you try to destory our system going to take you with us The public relations studies our every move Constantly corporations how they can improve Their profits, their monopolies, their growth And how to beed the consumer for everything worth wealth exists off of our labor and our willingness to consume Manipulated by every medium the public assume That innocent, unbiased forums exist solely to entertain While the industries we work for are just out to The wages they've us to produce the markets demands Every cent we've ever earned makes it back into hands Enhancing their wealth, enhancing their claim, their domination Maintaining their power, maintaining their reign, they're from exploitaton Sacrificing 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 consequences of our actions ever really thought Do we understand how one person can make a difference By developing thought free from outside interference Our own struggle for comples us to drop it our compassion be cashed in for profit When you are the victim of your government's It should only be natural to want to back But they've relentlessly progammed you your entire existence We tried to make a difference but have we actually achieved we put up any obstacles or just helped them to succeed Have we constructed any bridges or built another wall Have our and our ideals accomplished anything at all Have we caused our leaders to change a single thing Have we ever been a threat or just puppets on a Have we wasted all of our time painting for the blind While we've created have we changed a single mind Have we had sense to learn from our mistakes Are we prepared for personal sacrifices no matter it takes Are we to work together putting differences aside Or is compormise too much to rish our pride Do we have enough hope to still trust in someone else 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 still is your what path to choose Don't let the only change yo make be in your Like if you can't everything why bother to try You can learn from the you used to deny Is it all a or do you actually mean it Do your ideals only surface it's politically convenient You're stuck in society's trap and you're tryin to cope If you can't yourself, you'll lose more than just hope So the next time you're down on your knees just 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