For Reasons of State
Ancelmo James
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Gunnin' down kids in the streets State violence against the threat of democracy ICE forcing hysterectomies Where all y'all pro life now Babies detained unlawfully Bombs, bullets, aid for iron fists Death, pain and suffering for peasant civilians Propaganda machine fine tuned Real news ain't news, the news fake news we all doomed Pull out the guillotine Cut em up Let's start clean For reasons of state Sow seeds of hate Make ya believe We each others enemy Death squads, support for terrorists Our legacy to the world no divine benevolence Murder King, X, Evers, Hampton Any effort to resist will be undone National interest what its called when we go to war despite majority appalled Amazon, banks and senators get filthy rich while we all fall in bread lines Makes me sick For reasons of state Sow seeds of hate Make ya believe We each others enemy The state is the organized authority, domination, and power of the possessing classes Over the masses The most flagrant, the most cynical, and the most complete negation of humanity It shatters the universal solidarity of all men on the earth And brings some of them into association only for the purpose of destroying, conquering And enslaving all the rest This flagrant negation of humanity which constitutes the very essence of the State Is from the standpoint the state, its supreme duty and greatest virtue Thus, to offend, to oppress, to despoil, to plunder, to assassinate or enslave ones Fellowman Is ordinarily regarded as a crime In public life on the other hand, from the standpoint of patriotism When these things are done for the greater glory of the state For the preservation or the extension of its power It is all transformed into duty and virtue There is no horror, no cruelty, sacrilege, or perjury, no imposture, no infamous Transaction No cynical robbery, no bold plunder or shabby betrayal That has not been or is not daily being perpetrated by the representatives of the states Under no other pretext than those elastic words So convenient and yet so terrible For reasons of state Dealing in straight power concepts Grand area here comes the empire NSC 68, domino theory, monolithic conspiracy Acheson, Dulles Kennan on fire Subjugate all countries to the national interest of private corporations Any attempt at self determination will result in severe punishment Including but not limited to invasion At home COINTELPRO, crisis of democracy, assassination and brutality Abroad death squads, state terrorism, support for dictators and fiscal austerity Indochina, Japan, Korea, Russia, Central and Latin America too Palestine, Iran, East Timor, Cuba Pretty much anywhere on the map that ain't blue For reasons of state Sow seeds of hate Make ya believe We each others enemy
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