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American Greed
04:01
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American Greed Lyrics
You've got it all, What more could you take?
Bleeding us dry of every penny we make.
We work our fingers to the bone, all for your sake
We can't feed our families, just give us a break!
Still you say its not enough!
Nothing we do could satisfy your blood lust
Profit is all that you seek in your life
When you look at us you see dollar signs
Corruption, destruction, and pitiless greed!
What you want is not what you need!
To slaughter you take us, we are your sheep
A feast for the kings
Scraps for the weak!
It doesn't matter if you're six feet underground
There's only one thing that makes the world go round
From the peasants living in the dirt
To the kings at the top of the world
We all chase the dream
It is American!
We all chase the dream
It is American!
Sit on your throne while we slip through the cracks
We'll just consume and obey your demands
We built your homes, we sleep in the cold
While You walk on these streets that are paved in gold
You poison the water, our sons, and our daughters! Our Fridays are black and our future is darker
Your people are restless, but you couldn't care less.
All we are to you is a fucking paycheck!
The American dream has become a nightmare
It doesn't matter if you're six feet underground
There's only one thing that makes the world go round
From the peasants living in the dirt
To the kings at the top of the world
We all chase the dream
It is American
We all chase the dream
And It's American greed!
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Star Spangled Slander Lyrics
My country 'tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
Of thee I sing sweet songs of misery
Teaching kids fake history
So they don't question anything
Raise them to be mindless!
Just the thought alone is sickening!
Glorifying ignorance!
We don't know the difference
Between being free and being enslaved
We no longer stand for this
There's a way to fix this shit
Always disobey always misbehave!
How can you just sit there and watch the world go to an early grave?
I'm growing sick and tired
Now my heart is filled with rage
Sit there and feed us lies!
You cowards have never worked a day in your lives!
You're fueled by nothing but fear and greed
You say you stand with us but you don't stand for anything!
When we need you most you disappear without a trace!
As long as you get what you want
You don't care about saving face
(We're bleeding red, wearing white, crying)
Blue! We're the tried and true
They can never stop us
We've got nothing to lose!
(We take one step forward
And two steps)
Back! We won't last much longer
On this same old beaten path!
How does it feel to be hated and slandered against
With no means of defending yourself?
How does it feel to know everything is taken from you
And shown off as if thievery sells
How does it feel to send your children to die in the fights
While you believed in a sheep herder's lie?
How does it feel to be shackled down and living in chains
Wasting away until nothing remains?
Wake up! They're distracting you with chaos and fear!
We fail to see that There's no shelter here!
The blind lead the blind in a world gone mad!
Hate leads to hate and we follow that track!
They say that we're weak, now we're calling their bluff
Raise a fist up
Say enough is enough!
How does it feel to know you hold the power?
It's time to Lead the wicked to their final hour!
(We're bleeding red, wearing white, crying)
Blue! We're the tried and true
They can never stop us
We've got nothing to lose!
(We take one step forward
And two steps)
Back! We won't last much longer
On this same old beaten path!
(x2)
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Failure System
03:26
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Failure System Lyrics
When push comes shove
You shove us in the dirt
We work to preserve what is yours
Well I'm sick of it all
We kneel while you stand tall!
You're never there to catch us when we fall
We're betting on a future we cannot afford
So I ask these questions only to be ignored
Why are there so many houses that have been foreclosed
When there's people in the streets looking for a home
Everyone wants to rule the world
But nobody wants to save it!
We'd rather sit and argue over what created it!
Now there is a division between all of us
And we fail to realize what is yet to come
We're fighting ourselves, a generation of victims
While we grow stagnant in this broken system
They've got our backs to the wall but we're not giving up
We are the dominoes
They're setting us up for failure
These gallows hang over our heads
Like vultures in the sky
When will this madness end?
When will it die?
[x2]
Freedom is a right
But it comes with a fee
Will you live on your feet?
Or die on your knees?
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[R]evolution
03:45
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[R]evolution Lyrics
We are the states of urgency!
The divided land of hypocrisy!
The media grabs our attention!
A government with wicked intentions!
Every day is a struggle in the USA
Wondering if we'll ever see another day
Plague the world with your constitution!
Peace for the weary is just an illusion!
We need to stand for the weak and the hopeless
Teach future generations to refuse this!
Evolution will bring change
[R]evolution will become our name!
We need to reform ourselves before we crash and burn
When will we learn?! When will we learn?
This world is burning down!
You need to see that you're just like me
The only difference is that I can see!
Freedom isn't free, so don't take it from me you thief!
Through the fire and the flames
They wage this war against our names
But this one fact still remains
You cannot kill what you did not create!
We need to stand for the weak and the hopeless
Teach future generations to refuse this!
Evolution will bring change
[R]evolution will become our name!
These days everyone wants to change
But all they do is sit around and complain about how nothing is getting better
If you want something to change
You're going to have to do it yourself
No one is going to do it for you
If you want something to change
You're going to have to stand up
Stand up and make the world a better place!
We serve, we obey
We give, you take
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Be the Change
03:15
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Be The Change Lyrics
I see buildings taking the place of trees
Big companies spread their disease
Don't you think it's a little bit strange
All this talk of progress but we see no change
They claim you have to be the change you want to see
So if I want things to change
There has to be a change in me
I see more clearly than I ever have before
Existence isn't living
There has to be more
Who ever died and made you king is rolling in their grave
I don't owe you anything
I won't live as your slave
We're going through the motions
Something has to give
Or maybe we should realize
This life is ours to live
They take it all for themselves
Are you going to let them?
And spend your life on a shelf
We are not products
We can't be bought or sold
The cycle ends with you
Make a difference in this world
The time is now
We will not fade to black
Raise your voices loud
This world is ours to take back
They take it all for themselves
Are you going to let them?
And spend your life on a shelf
We are not products
We can't be bought or sold
The cycle ends with you
Make a difference in this world
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Interlude
01:55
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Medicate U.S.
04:33
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Medicate U.S. Lyrics
Medicate us
Because we are sick
And destroy our family
In ways that we can't fix
We are so unhappy
In this place that we dwell
'Cause Home sweet home
Has become a bitter hell
We sit down for dinner
But we don't touch our plates
And we smile at each other
But these smiles are fake!
What hurts me the most is knowing I can't be there
Deep down it kills me to see you in despair
You want to leave this world, but I beg you to stay
Brother if you need me
I'm just a call away
I don't claim to be perfect
And I try not to judge
But I will put in my two cents
When it comes to those I love
And if there is a God
Testing all of us
Tell him that we failed
And we crushed the world to dust
What hurts me the most is knowing I can't be there
Deep down it kills me to see you in despair
You want to leave this world, but I beg you to stay
Brother if you need me
I'm just a call away
I can't relax
I can't relax
I might relapse
I might relapse
These pills, they help me get passed that
But now I'm sitting in a dark room thinking of my past that
Shaped me into this thing that I've become
I used to want to love and just be loved but now I just feel numb
I broke the bonds
I loved the drugs
I feel so wrong
I feel so dumb
And it broke my heart to write this song
But deep inside I know that it must be done
What hurts me the most is knowing I can't be there
Deep down it kills me to see you in despair
You want to leave this world, but I beg you to stay
Brother if you need me
I'm just a call away
What hurts you the most is knowing you can't be here
Deep Down it kills you to see us in despair
When I wanted to leave, you begged me to stay
Brother when I needed you
You were just a call away
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Unchecked Ambition
02:59
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Unchecked Ambitions Lyrics
Does the end justify the means
If it means we are losing everything?
Do our goals out weigh compassion?
In a world of hollow words
We need action
But all I see is pain and suffering
All in the name
Of a false claim of progressing
But we can't progress if we don't move
Since when did they ever care about you?
You're just a number to them
A nameless face
And they lead you to your death bed
At breakneck pace
Can't we just set aside our differences and help each other?
No, we're too busy killing one another
Fuck! This is just ridiculous
Everywhere I go, I see no one left to trust
Dethrone the king!
Drag him through the mud
Take him from his home
Fill the streets with blood
It didn't have to be this way
We didn't want to do it
But you gave us no choice
Now everything is ruined
You sit up on high
While we toil in the streets
And you call it anarchy
When we demand peace
Our backs are broken from carrying the weight
You sit there and tell us to blame it all on fate
I don't believe this
We won't learn from our mistakes
History repeats
Images flood my mind of blood soaked sheets
No amount of water can cleanse these deeds
Eye for an eye
And tooth for a tooth
Now we are blind
And cannot chew
Can't we just set aside our differences and help each other?
No, we're too busy killing one another
Fuck! This is just ridiculous
Everywhere I go, I see no one left to trust
You'll burn for what you've done
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Rise and Revolt Mooreland, Oklahoma
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