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Reynolds kill single pack McDonald's sues London Greenpeace for the public with the facts Disney expands its market with help from the CIA Coors consumer support to help finance the KKK Ending oil protests with executions Nigeria belongs to Pepsi dealt with the oppressive regimes in the to build another Taco Bell General Motos creates with their "whipsawing" tactics role alone is responsible for four percent of the ozone layer hole Public opinion bloodbath Smoke screen Civilized prioritized Civilized Third-world Civilized Texaco's diseased of the Amazon and Indonesia Vivisections performed by Gillette and Walmart moves in to monopolize and rape Nestle is responsible for third-world deaths from baby disease Johnson and Johnson's anti-diarrhea-drops killed in Pakistan Chinese slave labor make Levis Dockers in Saipan The FDA has approved food for Vindicator Forests are clearcut by Mirsubishi, Maxxam, and Container bloodbath Civilized Civilized Civilized We all like to point the finger at the company But the machine consists of people like you and me By existing in society we all share the guilt We're all responsible for the misery the multinationals have We all add to the list of the companies compile By believing any of us are innocent living in denial We are all a of the problem no matter how hard we try We help to these conditions with everything we buy Public opinion bloodbath Smoke security bloodbath Populations bloodbath Third-world bloodbath The of judgement is something that no human being has the luxury to pass. single one of us survive at the expense of other living things. Although our existence contradicts our effects our struggle is still relevant in the burdens that we create, but our involvment is based on beliefs and ambitions. Hope needs to be nurtured, and understanding will not grow out of scrutiny. and tolerance is the only way that activism evolve from indifference. (This was life) Conditioning is and you keep it that way Ignorance is bliss when you stay and stagnant Too old to care and too little to is now 9 to 5, wallet's a bit fatter Once full of and vinegar now full of shit and dope Freedom isn't I guess you couldn't cope You gave into the someone greased your hand Just remain passive it's the safest to stand So to your stay immune And the bullshit feed you, continue to consume We've got ways of you in line Keeping you numb, dumb, and Things to keep your off of us So intimidated you dare not speak You know that we police the street We know who to watch, we how to beat We know you do and where you go We'll dress like you and go to shows To sell you the shit that your brain That you snort up your nose or shoot in your start a riot at your police brutality benefit And keep it from spreading contain the Until you destroy yoursevles, yourselves, yourselves and kill yourselves We'll put a on every street That's where work, that's where you'll eat For minimum wage, for wage For and malnutrition And we'll stock your grocery shelves full of shit And keep it open for a couple of years before we it That's simply the way going to be so get used to it Get used to it if you're going to our shit So don't try to or organize Because we're too strong, don't you realize That we keep you fighting amongst yourselves, we you seperate And without unity be no threat We keep pointing the at you and you Never knowing who turns the screw And now you're trapped like a rat on a ship And sinking fast so get used to it Get to it you're going to take our shit All you'll get is what we'll let Your college with your liberal views An education or your head in a And after you graduate will you go You'll nowhere to live and nothing to show put on a suit and come work for us You'll become everything you and all you disgust You'll forget who you were, you did, and what you stood for You'll be in your office be trapped in traffic You'll be trapped in your You'll be in your church be trapped in your mind Trapped like rats on the same ship Trapped and getting used to it And when you old with your husband or with your wife be used to it, you'll be used to it And to think that whole fucking life You our shit Capitalism is for the lifestyle you've enjoyed Who cares the people slain be thankful you're employed It's not about comsumer choice, it's not convenience not about the billions made, it's all about indifference So lay your trust upon us it's your quality of we'll enhance Realize the and the fact that without us you don't stand a chance We've built dependence a structure that you have to trust So if you try to destory our we're going to take you with us The public relations studies our every move Constantly corporations how they can improve Their profits, monopolies, their uncompromising growth And how to beed the for everything they're worth Their wealth exists off of our and our willingness to consume Manipulated by every medium the public just That their innocent, forums exist solely to entertain the industries we work for are just out to reclaim The they've paid us to produce the markets demands Every cent we've ever earned makes it into their hands Enhancing their wealth, their claim, achieving their domination Maintaining their power, maintaining their reign, they're gaining from Sacrificing for the good of industry Is the fault the of them or our own stupidity Do they that much influence over everything we do Are the consequences of our actions ever really thought Do we truly how one person can make a difference By developing individual thought free from outside Our own struggle for survival comples us to it Should our compassion be in for profit When you are the victim of government's attack It should only be natural to want to back But when they've relentlessly you your entire existence We tried to make a difference but what have we actually Have we put up any obstacles or just helped them to we constructed any bridges or just built another wall Have our beliefs and our accomplished anything at all Have we ever our leaders to change a single thing Have we ever been a or just puppets on a string Have we all of our time painting pictures for the blind While we've created isolation have we a single mind Have we had enought sense to learn our mistakes Are we prepared for sacrifices no matter what it takes Are we willing to together putting differences aside Or is compormise too much to rish our pride Do we have enough hope to still find in someone else Do we have the compassion to fight the problems that don't affect ourselves Have we ever stood a chance or have our been naive Have we bought their lies of what they tell us to believe It still is option what path to choose Don't let the only change yo make be in views Like if you can't fight why bother to try You can learn from the hypocracies you used to Is it all a charade or do you mean it Do your ideals only surface it's politically convenient You're stuck in society's trap and although you're tryin to If you can't change yourself, you'll more than just hope So the next time you're down on knees just remember The plight of the oppressed ends the oppressor And if it's easier for you to live under oppression They they've already got you as their