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Malatesta
01:41
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justice in an unjust system is impossible
because power's only function is accruing more power
so creating real change means destroying systems of power
because impossibility never prevented anything from happening
because impossibility never prevented anything from happening
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2. |
Ode to Illinois
03:14
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downstate Illinois
miles and miles of farmland
as far as you can see
nothing but corn and soybeans
the beautiful prairie state
they got the gall to call it
when all of it is gone
paved over with govt subsidy
it's a swear jar that they're filling up
one fake gesture at a time
'fuck you, who cares if the earth dies
as long as it does it for the company dime'
big corporations
given tax cuts to plant
grass on the office roof
in the community that they abuse
profits through the roof
blooming like a flower
that they drove extinct
green is green, don't you think?
the earth is a trashcan
so why oh why wouldn't we
fill it to the brim
it'll take another one for the team
it's a swear jar that they're filling up
one fake gesture at a time
'fuck you, who cares if the earth dies
as long as it does it on company time
as long as we get that bottom line
as long as it dies for the company dime'
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3. |
Us v. Them
03:22
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if you thought America was great
wait til you see what we've planned
I see a path that we can take
to put it in the people's hands
Elon Musk would rather we forget
there's more of us than there are of them
educate!
agitate!
organize!
Andrew Jackson on twenty dollar bills
broadcasts their racist intent
capitalists worked hard for all these years
to make you feel worthless
Jeff Bezos would rather we forget
there's more of us than there are of them
educate!
agitate!
organize!
there's no reason to side with the thieves
who'd steal from humanity
they'd take your life from you if they were allowed
so say the quiet part loud
there's no limit to what we can achieve
in solidarity
there's no limit to what we can achieve
in solidarity
if you thought America was great
wait til you see what we've planned
I see a path that we can take
to put it in the people's hands
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4. |
A Casual Reminder
02:04
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wake up in the night with a pain you can't see
it's not just the news or the shit on your feed
the engine was built to burn people like us
and they'd have you believe we should thank them, what guts
they need workers and thinkers and artists alike
to run the machine that fills their pockets up nice
you get a tenth of a tenth of a tenth of a cent
for every dollar they make with your life up for rent
as long as they keep us mad at each other
we won't realize whose thumb we're under
they say if you don't like it then you can just quit
go take your shovel to someone else's shit
because of the cash they sleep on at night
if they quit they're fine, but if you quit you'd die
as long as they keep us mad at each other
we won't realize whose thumb we're under
so take this as your casual reminder
to channel your anger at those with power
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