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More Power
01:33
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The block is hot but it’s crumbling fast
Nothing’s sacred when nothing lasts
In all demolished homes
Guess who determines those
Unscathed?
Unscathed?
The unknown body tries to change its face
While all we love leaves us with no trace
For every midnight hour,
For every ivory tower:
Who pays?
Who pays?
Fall apart, get up again
Us vitriolic citizens
Dynamite and ritalin
What the fuck is happening?
Broken, beaten, left alone
But we’re not up to fire code?
If I hear that shit again
I think I’m gonna explode
More power
More power
More power
We need more power
More power
More power
If I hear that shit again
I think I’m gonna explode
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2. |
Berserker (The Siege)
02:38
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Power beyond power
Lies begetting lies
Fiction unfolding
Before our very eyes
Hiding in plain sight
Thieves among thieves
The king and his army
Expect you to believe
It’s not their fault
But who the fuck is buying that?
Power beyond power
Lies begetting lies
Fiction unfolding
Before our very eyes
Hiding in plain sight
Thieves among thieves
The king and his army
Expect you to believe in
The dollar almighty
Payment for freedom
The wealthy will hide
While we toil for what?
Corruption enforced means
Disaster for all
But if we push back
Their kingdom will fall
They think they’ll live it down?
Well, think again
Don’t hear that siren’s sound?
Listen again
Evil unabated
Pigs in control
This war on our minds
Taking its toll
Disgust for the masses
Worn on their sleeve
The man and his bastards
Desperate to believe in
The dollar almighty
Payment for freedom
The wealthy will hide
While we toil for nothing
Corruption enforced means
Disaster for all
But if we push back
Their kingdom will fall
They think they’ve got that crown?
Well, think again
Don’t think we’ve got that sound?
Listen again
Towers beyond towers
Stunned, defeated eyes
Standing and staring
Lets lies be reified
Corruption enforced means
Destruction for all
But if we push back I know
Their kingdom will fall
Once and for all
Kick it!
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Clear Path
01:23
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This toxic city’s got me feeling sick
I’m seeing windows, I’m throwing bricks
I’m past the limit, I’m over the edge
Nothing’s changing 'til we get revenge
I can’t think, I can’t deal
I’ve got scars even time won’t heal
But I have power and I have might
All I’ve gotta do is step into the light
Our time is now, it’s not too late
There’s strength in numbers, we’ll never break
We can’t be conquered, we can’t be tamed
I won’t be silent: no pain, no gain
They can’t destroy what they can’t create
This war on class is how we all relate
Can’t be afraid to claim what’s really ours
No time to waste, let’s break these iron bars
I can’t touch, I can’t feel
We’ve got scars that will never heal
But we have power and we have might
All we’ve gotta do is step into the light
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4. |
Re: Uselessness
01:41
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Still breathing under threat of hunger
It’s getting harder just to face the day
Building power out of hard-won insight
Feels impossible with nothing to say
Illuminating, how the rich get richer
While working people take on all the blame
Hopelessness comes way too easy
When you don’t got skin in the game
What’s the point in changing
If the world’s gonna stay the same?
No fucking reason
No fucking reason, but
Just like this city has no seasons
There’s always time to change our fate
And sow the seeds for a better future
It can happen if we start today
I know we suffer for no reason
Stuck in cycles that we can’t escape, but
Giving in never got us nowhere:
We can make it if we light the way
I’m not
Useless
I’m not
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5. |
Leech Life
01:08
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Forced to live
Forced to die
The sands of time
Don’t lie
I was led astray
By years in flames
But burning hammers
Break all chains
I’m not for your consumption
I’m not a tool of war
I’m sick of working
Just to buy what I cannot afford
Don’t need no ammunition
Don’t need an hour more
Just need a knife snug in the back
Of every leech and lord
Bite back
Bite back
Bite back
Fight back
Fight back
Fight back
We’re not disposable
A casualty of war
We’re sick of aching
Just to fuel your fucking superstore
Don’t need no blackened steel
Don’t need an ounce of luck
Just want these fists up in the face
Of every greedy fuck
Bite back
Bite back
Bite back
Fight back
Fight back
Fight back
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6. |
Pit Alone
02:38
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Violence against violence
Bodies in the street
They want you numb inside
Laid prostrate at their feet
Unending torment
At the hands of a devil’s crown
’Til you can’t find the difference
Between a tremor and a nervous breakdown
There’s a couple things I learned
Back when I was your girl
Like how the evil left inside of me
Reflected the world
I’ve watched this city leave us left for dead
Unsettled by what’s left unsaid
But I’m done with games, I’m out for blood
Heads in the mud, red flood
I’m just another youth in pain
Reeling from the sting of neglect
Another product of a careless system
Abuse of power left unchecked
Wielding fire
And poison thoughts
It’s pretty simple
If you connect the dots
Can’t stop this feeling
Revolution’s on the winter’s air
Gotta message for you, motherfucker:
Come test this if you dare
I’m not made of skin and bones
No, I’m composed of stone
Weathering through decimation
Sickened by this stolen nation’s
Litany of untold terrors
The human costs of our moral failures
I struggle with that emptiness
But I’m not on my own
Screaming out to god in fury
Hammer to the throne
“I’m not in this pit alone,
I’m not in this pit alone”
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