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We the People: Weapons of Mass Dumbass

by Truth to Power

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Weapons of Mass Dumbass 05:02
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I pledge allegiance to my flag And to the Republic for which it stands: Shopping at Wal-Mart while talking on phones And driving my Hummer to a monster truck show Don't need to look to the Middle East Don't need to look farther than your street To find weapons of mass dumbass You'll find weapons of mass dumbass They found weapons of mass dumbass Right here in the United States of America I vote for freedom, God, and liberty I vote to live in a democracy And I get to choose to drink Pepsi or Coke Whenever I go to cast my vote Don't need to look to the Middle East Don't need to look farther than your feet To find weapons of mass dumbass You'll find weapons of mass dumbass They found weapons of mass dumbass Right here in the United States of America Attention all shoppers! Defeat the terrorists through consumption! Make America strong! Buy more plastic crap from China! Makes a wonderful Christmas gift! Here's how to order... But wait! There's more! Now how much would you pay? I pledge allegiance to my flag And to the Super PAC for which it stands I pay my taxes and I cast my vote For the American Idol who hits the highest note Whatcha gonna do with your democracy When we the people suffer from idiocy?
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We the People 04:15
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We got miles of trees Covered with fruits and seeds Fresh water falls flow streamin' From this Garden of Eden Everything we need Was provided for us free Just reach out and take a piece... But, we the people Like things that go boom We the people Live to consume We the people Never get enough We the people Can fuck some shit up We think reality Is HDTV We touch a tablet screen And get our shipping free Drawn like a moth to the light We swipe away our life Swipe...swipe...swipe... So with brains of mush We strike out in a rush Don't think too much... But, we the people Got a lot of gall We the people Love to shock and awe We the people Invest in war bonds We the people Are fucken morons We the people Find comfort in lies We the people Make alibis We the people Worship movie stars We the people Hate who you are We the people Bow to violent kings We the people Kill everything We the people Are racist and proud We the people Make mushroom clouds...
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Fat Man and Little Boy 09:40
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Part I: Fat Man and Little Boy Descend Upon the Village Fat Man descended on the village Bellowing moral dissent The Little Boy scrounged for the tidbits That shed everywhere he went Then Fat Man barked unto the peasants Gather everything you need The Maiden fingered her possessions Settling upon a seed No goodbye's for families They just disappeared Far away from Gaiety No one heard their shrieks of fear Fat Man secured a few maidens To satisfy his carnal needs And because Little Boy liked to burn them And liked to watch them bleed Fat Man's cigarette butts lay burning Near the Maiden as she wept And Little Boy puffed all he could Then put them out upon her flesh Part II: Dance of the Fucked Up Assholes Ahhhhhh!... Dum dum dum... La la la... Hoy! Awww... Ah hah hah! La la la... Part III: The Perpetual Appeal So... The Maiden's body lay decaying In a fetid sewer ditch Fat Man wheezed a scathing eulogy Coughed blood Then took a putrid piss The Little Boy, so young But also bore a dark spot on his lung A seed much like the one from which The Maiden's apron pocket sprung But relatively soon that seed Mystically revealed An imposing cherry tree From whence the Earth appealed Part IV: Shin Jin Rui And when the fires are done And touched everyone They will come Oh, they will come... Burning away Burning away Burn away everyday
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Cannibals 03:06
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Can't eat another bite We'll have leftovers again tonight You know that it's not nice To take more than your appetite Provided by God's will The full resources of the kill Be sure to clean your plate There's starving children in the States Then those cannibals Picked clean all those bones The metal bird took flight Surgical bombing through the night Remaining at great heights They never see their victim's eyes And now the town is still A crater where once stood a hill Then making their retreat They kill more than they could ever eat Then those animals Flew back to their homes And those cannibals Started digging through the stones
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Guns! 02:02
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Part I: Guns! Guns! Guns! They're shiny and they're fun Guns! Guns! Go out and getcha some Bang, bang, shoot, shoot, kill, kill everyone! Handguns weren't made for hunting They're a human killing tool You can use 'em at the office Use 'em at a movie But the most impressive thing to do is Use 'em at your school! Guns! Guns! So Goddamn easy to use Point! Shoot! Even if you didn't mean to They kill just as well if you're eight or eighty-two Semi-automatics weapons Ain't a right to bear arms It's justa right to be crazy A right to be racist A right to kill as many people And inflict the greatest harm Guns! Guns! Make a wimp feel like a stud Guns! Guns! Reconcile your grudge And get another one to keep in your monster truck Yee Haw! Part II: This Just In... This just in! People who own guns shoot more people than people who don't own guns! We'll bring you more as the story develops! Part III: Kill All the People Here's the church Here's the steeple Open the doors And kill all the people Here's the church Here's the steeple Open the doors And kill all the people Open the doors! Open the doors! Open the doors! Kill all the people! Part IV: In a Related Story... In a related story! White cops kill more unarmed black people than white people who are not cops! More from our roving African-American reporter out in the field!
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Sandy Speaks 07:11
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Part I: Sandy Speaks White people: Black people know that all lives matter But what I need you guys to understand If all lives mattered Would there need to be a hash tag for #BlackLivesMatter? Show me in American history Where all lives have mattered Black racists have no power Whereas white racists do They have power because they are in positions of control Or they are in positions where they can influence The control over black people All lives might matter When black lives matter You can stand there Surrender to the cops And still be killed Part II: Sync Speaks Officer Brian murdered Sandra Bland The moment he asked her to put her cigarette out This is the moment that he chose to abuse his position of control This is the moment that it became a white person Trying to put a black person in her place Now it was personal Racial Master and slave You see, it's irrelevant if it was suicide or murder Either way, Sandra Bland died because of the choice that Brian made that day Officer Brian has blood on his hands And I'm sure he knows it I'm sure he feels it every day that he wakes up Every night he goes to sleep He tries to wash it off each morning And pretend that he's not a murderer while in line at Starbucks Justice is not determined by judge nor jury Prison doesn't reform Only a change of heart can free Brian now A life of honesty, integrity, and unwavering commitment to truth Throwing himself upon the mercy of his own soul And asking forgiveness of the universe It's clear the black life didn't matter Part III: Black Lives Matter Black lives matter!
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God Awful 05:41
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Part I: God Awful I've read the scriptures And they seem like myth to me But I don't profess to know or say Just what they mean But you presume their meanings Then you chew and spit 'em out And then expect me to accept Your fairytale account God awful Yeah, you You're so God awful That's true You like to ambush Lonely, unsuspecting souls Who've got oatmeal for brains And IQ's of dinner rolls They're helpless and they're homeless They've got nowhere else to dwell But if that's what it takes to get to heaven I'd rather go to hell You're so God awful Yeah, you You're so God awful That's true We think your views Are so absurd, naïve, and lame They're so destructive to religion You give God a bad name So if y'all wanna worship silly shit Up in your church, that's cool Just keep it outta government And out of our public schools Part II: Exorcism (Back Off Devil!) Back Off Devil! Ooh! Ooh! Ugga bugga! Ooh! Ooh!
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Keep Out the Riff Raff 04:58
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Yeah, well it's all mine And you can't occupy We put up a fence All around the one percent Yeah, it's a fight But you're alright We gave you a safety net That's how we're keeping out the riff raff Keep out the riff raff Act fast, don't want a back lash Riff raff, keep out the riff raff If they talk back, give 'em some more crack Keep our fair city clean Keep out the riff raff Feed them to the machine Keep out the riff raff And so now it's time For you to get in line Go shop for our supplies Cause that's why you're alive Yeah, it's not fair But we don't care Just give us your last dime They use it to keep out the riff raff Keep out the riff raff The fat cats are living on your tab Riff raff, keep out the riff raff It's odd that they're paying less tax Keep our fair city clean Keep out the riff raff Feed them to the machine You think the time is near To level the playing field You want your piece of pie The world is on your side But, how can a mob Without a job Stand up to industry? Because they're keeping out the riff raff Keep out the riff raff The fat cats are living on your tab Riff raff, keep out the riff raff Don't laugh, you can do the math Riff raff, keep out the riff raff It's a fact, Jack they're taking your stash Riff raff, keep out the riff raff Fight back, don't give 'em your cash Your money is their means To keep out the riff raff Spend it thoughtfully...
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Apple Head 00:37
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When you’re free and easy And the weather’s cold and breezy Would your Mother let you do it For a while? When you come and tell me Apple Head you really sell me Even when you eat me With your smile Oh, Apple Head I thought you were dead My mother just made Cinnamon apple pie
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It's Not Pot It's Hemp Mutherfucker! 04:23
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Whatever you do Whatever you say It's always a big fucken lie Hemp can't get you high It'll just give you a headache I know you knew all the time It's been falsely maligned But you're motivated by greed Logic cast aside Lobbyists and industry Pay you to deny Open up your eyes... It's not pot, it's hemp mutherfucker! It's not pot, it's hemp! Whatever you say Whatever you do It's always a big fucken mess Hemp's the perfect fix You say you wanna create jobs You say you want invest You're a hypocrite Hemp don't need your pesticides Soils will improve Of all the things that it provides There's one thing it won't do Hemp won't get you high Hemp won't get you high Hemp won't get you high Hemp won't get you high It won't give you the munchies You won't giggle and drool It won't diminish ambition You won't drop out of school H.E.M.P. H.E.M.P. for victory! H.E.M.P. H.E.M.P. for you and me! It's always the same It's some fucken game Look what you've done to the Earth Bill your progeny What have you left for your children There's nothing left in the dirt No biodiversity And as your war on hemp turns green And sanity resumes The irony's not lost on me That now pot's legal too Open up your eyes... It's not pot, it's hemp mutherfucker! It's not pot, it's hemp!

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released January 20, 2017

Produced by Sync

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