Tear Hate Down

1V IN THE CONFINES OF THE COMPOUND
THE CHILDREN BURNED AND DIED
WHEN THE A G DID HER SOUND BITE,
SHE SAID SHE TRIED AND TRIED
WELL I WATCHED THE INSTANT REPLAYS
FOR 51 SHORT DAYS;
WHEN THE END CAME INTO FOCUS,
THE CHILDREN WERE BETRAYED

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TURN THE PAGE OF YOUR HISTORY BOOK
FILL THE NEW PAGE WITH TRUTH,
LOVE AND PRIDE
STAND AGAINST ALL
THAT IS WRONG IN THIS WORLD
IF YOU MAKE THIS PROMISE,
THEN ILL STAND BY YOUR SIDE

2V IT WAS NOON IN OKLAHOMA,
JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY
AND THAT WAS JUST THE PROBLEM,
ITS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY
THEN A YOIUNG MAN LIT A TRUCK BOMB
AND THE SPARKS BEGAN TO FLY,
IT WAS TIME FOR T V QUESTIONS,
ALL JOHN Q COULD ASK WAS WHY ?
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT DEEPLY,
UNLESS YOU BREAK THE CHAIN,
THEN REACTION BREEDS REACTION,
AND ALL THATS LEFT IS PAIN

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3V
WHEN THE LEADERS CHEAT THEIR SUBJECTS
AND LIE AND STEAL THEIR RIGHTS,
THEN THE NEXT IN LINE GET READY,
AND TALK SOON TURNS TO FIGHT
EVEN NEIL YOUNGS DEEP IN JINGO,
SO I GUESS THE END IS NEAR,
I CAN HEAR THE ANGELS TRUMPET
CAUSE ITS BLARING IN MY EAR
BUT SOLUTION ISNT EASY,
IT SHOULD NEBVER SEEM TO BE,
ITS THE HARD WON STRENGTH OF CONSCIENCE
THAT WILL SET YOU FREE

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4V
HARD TIMES, AIRPLANE BOMBS,
TALL BUILDINGS COME CRUMBLING
TO THE GROUND
BLOODY NOSE, BROKEN CREST,
IN THE BULLIES FRONT YARD
THE EAST COMES TO THE WEST,
THERES A STORY TO BE TOLD,
BY THE HAVE NOTS OUT IN THE COLD

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TEAR HATE DOWN TEAR HATE DOWN
TEAR HATE DOWN TEAR HATE DOWN

5V-
FAREWELL TO WHATS LEFT OF YOUR RIGHTS,
THE BABIES OUT WITH THE BATHWATER
IN THE STREETS
STATUS QUO, OIL IS GOLD,
A BIGGER GUN MAKES A BIGGER MAN
SO YOURE TOLD
AND ITS ALL GOOD IF IT $OLD,
BUT THERES NO PLACE HERE FOR THE OLD

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6V
NOW IF YOURE POOR,
YOURE GONNA GET RAPED
CANT TALK TO YOUR LAWYER
CAUSE YOU BOTH KNOW YOURE BEIN TAPED
SOME DAY, ITS ALL GONNA END;
I HOPE MY BOY HAS THE COURAGE
TO TRANSCEND
WHATEVERS COMIN ROUND THE BEND

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