Lyrics:
Like a young cold the country
Was now growing fast
Passenger trains in the east were traveling
A hundred miles an hour
People in the country could buy
Clothes by mail order
And get them back within two weeks
After twenty years or more the South
Was still mending it's wounds
From the civil war
But with all the country's problems
The union was solid
Red American novelists and poets
Were coming into their own
People were expressing their love
For America in song and in poem
And in South Carolina
A high tone southern gentleman
Expressed his love and admiration
For his president James A Garfield
In such a way
Four score and seven years ago
So began the message
Of a war-weary President Abraham Lincoln
A message written on the back of
An envelope on a train
On the way to dedicate a battlefield
Where men from the north and south
Had died at Gettysburg Pennsylvania
Four score and seven years ago our
Forefathers brought forth on this continent
A new nation conceived in liberty
And dedicated in the proposition that
All men are created equal
Now we're engaged in a great Civil War
Testing whether that nation or
Any nation so conceived
And so dedicated can long endure
We are met on a great battlefield of that war
We have come to dedicate a
Portion of that field
As the final resting place for those
Who here gave their lives
That that nation might live
It is altogether fitting and proper
That we should do this
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate
We cannot consecrate
We cannot hallow this ground
For the brave men living and
Dead who struggled here
Have consecrated it far above our poor
Power to add or detract
The world will little notice or long
Remember what we say here
But it can never forget what they did here
It is for us the living rather to
Be dedicated here to the unfinished work
Which they who fought here have
Thus so nobly advanced
It is rather for us to be here dedicated
To the great task remaining before us
That from these honored dead
We take increased devotion
To that cause for which they gave
The last full measure of devotion
That we here highly resolve that these
Dead shall not have died
In vain and that this nation under God
Shall have a new birth of freedom
And the government of the people by
The people and for the people
Shall not perish from the earth
We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense,promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves the our Posterity,do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America, for the United States of America.
We, the people of the United States,
In order to form a more perfect Union
I have a dream, a dream that one day
We hold these truths to be self-evident,
That all men are created equal
And they are endowed by their Creator
With certain inalienable rights
That among these are life,
Liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
I testified
My mama cried
Black people died
When the other man lied
See the TV listen to me double trouble
I overhaul and I'm comin'
From the lower level
I'm takin' tabs
Sho nuff stuff to grab
Like shirts it hurts
With a neck to wreck
Took a poll 'cause our soul
Took a toll
From the education
Of a TV station
But look around
Hear go the sound of the wreckin' ball
Boom and Pound
When I
Shut 'em down
One two three four five
Six seven eight nine
What I use in the battle for the mind
I hit it hard
Like it supposed
Pullin' no blows to the nose
Like uncle L said I'm rippin' up shows
Then what it is
Only 5 percent of the biz
I'm addin' woes
That's how da way it goes
Then you think I rank never drank, point blank
I own loans
Suckers got me runnin' from the bank
Civil liberty I can't see to pay a fee
I never saw a way to pay a sap
To read the law
Then become a victim of a lawyer
Don't know ya, never saw ya
Tape cued
Gettin' me sued
Playin' games wit' my head
What the judge said put me in the red
Got me thinkin' 'bout a trigger to the lead
No no
My education mind say
Suckers gonna pay
Anyway
There gonna be a day
'Cause the troop they roll in
To posse up
Whole from the ground
Ready to go
Throw another round
Sick of the ride
It's suicide
For the other side of town
When I find a way to shut 'em down
Who count the money
In da neighborhood
But we spendin' money
To no end lookin' for a friend
In a war to the core
Rippin' up the poor in da stores
Till they get a brother
Kickin' down doors
Then I figure I kick it bigger
Look 'em dead in the eye
And they wince
Defense is pressurized
They don't want it to be
Another racial attack
In disguise so give some money back
I like Nike but wait a minute
The neighborhood supports so put some
Money in it
Corporations owe
Dey gotta give up the dough
To da town
Or else
We gotta shut 'em down
I testified
My mama cried
Black people died
When the other man lied
See the TV listen to me double trouble
I overhaul and I'm comin'
From the lower level
I'm takin' tabs
Sho nuff stuff to grab
Like shirts it hurts
With a neck to wreck
Took a poll 'cause our soul
Took a toll
From the education
Of a TV station
But look around
Hear go the sound of the wreckin' ball
Boom and Pound
When I
Shut 'em down
One two three four five
Six seven eight nine
What I use in the battle for the mind
I hit it hard
Like it supposed
Pullin' no blows to the nose
Like uncle L said I'm rippin' up shows
Then what it is
Only 5 percent of the biz
I'm addin' woes
That's how da way it goes
Then you think I rank never drank, point blank
I own loans
Suckers got me runnin' from the bank
Civil liberty I can't see to pay a fee
I never saw a way to pay a sap
To read the law
Then become a victim of a lawyer
Don't know ya, never saw ya
Tape cued
Gettin' me sued
Playin' games wit' my head
What the judge said put me in the red
Got me thinkin' 'bout a trigger to the lead
No no
My education mind say
Suckers gonna pay
Anyway
There gonna be a day
'Cause the troop they roll in
To posse up
Whole from the ground
Ready to go
Throw another round
Sick of the ride
It's suicide
For the other side of town
When I find a way to shut 'em down
Who count the money
In da neighborhood
But we spendin' money
To no end lookin' for a friend
In a war to the core
Rippin' up the poor in da stores
Till they get a brother
Kickin' down doors
Then I figure I kick it bigger
Look 'em dead in the eye
And they wince
Defense is pressurized
They don't want it to be
Another racial attack
In disguise so give some money back
I like Nike but wait a minute
The neighborhood supports so put some
Money in it
Corporations owe
Dey gotta give up the dough
To da town
Or else
We gotta shut 'em down
We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union
I have a dream, a dream that one day
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal
And they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights
That among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
You gotta move to Boston, Massachusetts
They legally recognize same-sex marriage
Civil union ain't really civil
Nope, you tryna keep it Karen Civil
But really I'm too dopeboy
It's the HotNewHipHop, Underground On Smash
California, we gotta do better than domestic
Partnerships, they don't got the same benefits
It's 2016, the Constitution
The laws, the tones of the people, what are we doin'?
Sing the song till we all get along
Feed the poor
Damn the law
When they trained em, taught em
Killed em when they caught em
Set up wet up
When they no longer could afford em
Put disease across the seas
Got the third world on their knees
Get it
As long as the people got something to say
As long as the people got something to say
[Griff verse 2]
At this critical junction the administration can't function
Taking our civil liberties over high price luncheons it's nothin when your considered a sheepole
As long as the people got something to say
"We the people"
They need a war to justify the taking of lives, they manage the lie behind the lie behind the lie.
Sing the song till we all get along
Feed the poor
Damn the law
When they trained em, taught 'em
Killed em when they caught 'em
Set up wet up
When they no longer could afford 'em
Put disease across the seas
Got the third world on their knees
Get it
As long as the people got something to say
As long as the people got something to say
At this critical junction the administration can't function
Taking our civil liberties over high price luncheons
It's nothin' when your considered a sheepole
As long as the people got something to say
"We the people"
They need a war to justify the taking of lives,
They manage the lie behind the lie behind the lie.
I do have a cause, though, it is obscenity
I'm for it! (laughter) Thank you
Unfortunately, the civil liberties types who are fighting this issue have to fight it
Owing to the nature of the laws
As a matter of freedom of speech and stifling of free expression and so on
But we know what's really involved: dirty books are fun!
I was born and raised in Boston
A place you all know well
Brought up by honest parents
The truth to you I'll tell
Brought up by honest parents
And raised most tenderly
Till I became a sporting blade at
The age of twenty three
My character was taken and I was sent to jail
My friends and parents tried in vain for
To get me out on bail
But the jury found me guilty and the judge
He wrote it down
For the breaking of the Union Bank
You are sent to Charlestown
I set my foot on an eastbound train
One cold December day
And every station we passed through
I could hear the people say:
"There goes the Boston burglar
In cold chains he is bound
For the breaking of the Union Bank
He is sent to Charlestown"
Now, who have your liberty
Pray keep it if you can
And don't go midnight rambling
Breaking laws of God or man for if you do
You'll surely rue and end up just like me
Serving out twenty years in a penitentiary
I was born and raised in Boston
A place you all know well
Brought up by honest parents
The truth to you I'll tell
Brought up by honest parents
And raised most tenderly
Till I became a sporting blade at
The age of twenty three
United we stand, divided we fall
For every dime they give us a battle must be fought
So working people use your power the key to liberty
Don't support the rich man's style of luxury
There ain't no way they can ever keep us down
There ain't no way they can ever keep us down
We won't be bought, we won't be sold
To be treated right, well that's our goal
There ain't no way they can ever keep us down
We've been shot, we've been jailed, lord its a sin
Women and children stood right by the men
We've got a union contract that keeps the worker free
They'll never shoot that union out of me
They'll never shoot that union out of me, oh no
They'll never shoot that union out of me
Got a contract in our hand signed by the blood of honest
men
They'll never shoot that union out of me
The power wheel is rolling, rolling right along
The government is keep it going going strong
so working people get your help from your own kind
Your welfare on the rich man's mind
Your welfare on the rich man's mind
Your welfare on the rich man's mind
They want the power in their hands just to keep out of the workers hands
Your welfare on the rich man's mind
They'll never, never, never keep us down
They'll never, never, never keep us down
The cheat, rob and kill but we'll stop that big wheel
They'll never, never, never keep us down
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I cried when they shot medgar evers
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Tears ran down my spine
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I cried when they shot mr. kennedy
F#7 b7
As though i'd lost a father of mine
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But malcolm x got what was coming
G#m a
He got what he asked for this time
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So love me, love me, love me, i'm a liberal
I go to civil rights rallies
And i put down the old d.a.r.
On the other hand, it can also lead to the suppression of civil liberties and human rights, and can be used as a tool for governments to maintain their hold on power.
We the people form a perfect union
Establish justice, secure liberty
Where's our Justice?
Land of the Free
A perfect union?
Will you forgive us for where we've been?
We Americans
Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar
Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar
Blood on the table with the coffee and the sugar, mm
I've been to every state and seen shore to shore
The still open wounds of the Civil War
Watched blind hatred bounce back and forth
Seen vile prejudice both in the south and the north
And accountability is hard to impose
On ghosts of ancestors haunting the halls of our conscience
But the path of grace and good will is still here
For those of us who may be considered among the living
I am a son of God and man
And I may never understand
The good and evil
But I dearly love this land
Because of and in spite
Of we the people
We are more than the sum of our parts
All these broken bones and broken hearts
God, will you keep us wherever we go?
A tyrant is a man who allows his people no freedom
Who is puffed-up by pride
Driven by the lust of power
Impelled by greed
Provoked by thirst for fame
Divided and conquered
Gripped by fear
Wishful thinking that it can't happen here
It's well underway but nobody knows
A repeat of history
That's how it goes
Tell the people that they're under attack
By man-eating foes from mars or iraq
Mobilize outrage
Muzzle dissent
Send in the troops
Strike the pre-empt
Stars & stripes
Learn how to fight
We come together by the dawn of the light
Oh so proudly we hail as the rockets red glare
Stars & stripes
Control the airwaves
Fuel the reaction
Use every weapon of mass-distraction
Turn active people into passive consumers
Feed 'em bogus polls and harebrained rumours
Cut back civil rights
Make no mistake
Tell 'em homeland security is now at stake
Whip up a frenzy keep 'em suspended
Don't let 'em know that their liberty's ended
Everything goes in the desperate states
The veneer of democracy rapidly fades
Wreak total havoc on all opposition
In any event fulfill your mission
Totalitarian media sensation
You will give 'em domination
Never mind they call you a liar and thief
By now you're undisputed commander-in-chief
Rain fell because it didn't have to be this way Falling down Don't see the end I'm falling down Don't see the end All we have is time It's time to let go We the people of the United States In Order to form a more perfect Union Establish Justice insure domestic Tranquility provide for the common defense Promote the general Welfare And secure the Blessing of Liberty To ourselves and our Posterity Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.""
Alone stands a Patriot
He doesn't know what to do about his Country
People tellin' him what to think and believe
But last time I checked on the Liberty Bell scripture is there and its reading well
Don't tell him what to say
Don't tell him what to pray
Don't tell him where to stay
Johnny Cash used to sing about Paul Revere
And what he did for this country here
Come along and ride this country train
And you'll meet people who bleed just the same
Don't tell them what to say
Don't tell them what to pray
Don't tell them where to stay
News wants to divide us on color lines
But we've already seen through those lies
MLK's dreams alive and well come along and ring that Liberty Bell
Don't tell me what to say
Don't tell me what to pray
Don't tell me where to stay
Ah Liberty now Liberty now
I say Union now Union now
I say Liberty now Liberty now Liberty now
Alone stands a Patriot
He doesn't know what to do about his Country
People tellin' him what to think and believe
But last time I checked on the Liberty Bell scripture is there and its reading well
[Verse 1]
We the People of the United States,
In order to form a more perfect union,
Establish justice, and insure domestic tranquility,
Provide for the common defense,
Promote the general welfare,
And secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves
And our posterity,
Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
[Chorus]
America (Is this our prayer)
Oh, Oh America
The Blessings of Tranquility
Oh The blessings of liberty
Let there be calm, my Lord, We need your peace
This America, Our America We give it to you
[Verse 2]
One Nation Under God,
We the People of the United States,
In order to form a more perfect Union,
Establish Justice, and insure domestic tranquility,
Provide for the common defense,
Promote the general welfare,
And secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves
And our posterity (our children my Lord)
Do ordain ourselves and establish this Constitution for these United States
[Chorus]
America (Your America)
Oh, Oh America
The blessings of tranquility
Oh The blessings of liberty
Let there be calm my Lord, we need your peace
This America, Our America We give it to you
[Bridge]
This is our prayer,
Oh, America
Liberty, Peace, and Justice for All
Liberty, Peace, and Justice for All
All of Us
Yes, All of Us,
Liberty Peace, and Justice for All
This is Our Prayer,
This is Our Prayer
My Prayer
Liberty, Peace, and Justice for All
[Chorus]
America (Your America)
Oh, Oh America
The blessings of tranquility
Oh The blessings of Liberty
Let it there be peace my Lord, we need your peace
This America, Our America We give it to you
They're the bosses of tomorrow
They're called the fcs
Fascist conservative sheep
Who claim to know what's best
Tied to dad's finances
And only just out of school
They want progressive capitalism
And imperialist rule
And it just goes to show
That higher education
Is just the thing for blinding kids
With lies and information
These students think that with their vast experience
of life, they know and understand the answers to the
world's problems. and all the people around the world
without food and civil liberties,
the people of nicaragua, and ireland,
and chile, and el salvador,
and grenada, and south africa.
.. well they're all ignorant peasants without university educations...
I feel the blood boiling in my veins
Not in the mood for playing childish games
Just want the right to speak what's on my mind
Be counted be heard not get left behind
They sit in their corners making up rules
To be obeyed by the masses of fools
Dictating their orders to their demoncracy
The greatest threat to our liberty
Freedom of speech and the right to be free
Don't make a mistake and underestimate me
Freedom of speech civil liberty
Erosion of a civilised society
Freedom of speech where has it gone
PC demons where do they come from
We all have feelings and all know right from wrong
Tyranny and censorship just don't belong
Freedom of expression there's no such thing
Some people see evil in everything
No matter how innocent or genuine in fact
The thought police are always ready to act
Freedom of speech and the right to be free
Don't make a mistake and underestimate me
Freedom of speech civil liberty
Erosion of a civilised society
I cry in despair for every woman child and man
Who gave their lives for freedom in this green and pleasant land
Soldiers fighting wars in the air on land and on the waves
What was it all for they must be spinning in their graves
The worst crime of all is freedom of fact
Once this is lost it's hard to get back
Hard to distinguish the lies from the truth
Just imagine the effect this has on our youth
Freedom of thought that will be next
Your brain patterns you'll need to protect
Lead lined helmets will need to be worn
And you'll be classified before you are born
Freedom of speech and the right to be free
Don't make a mistake and underestimate me
Freedom of speech civil liberty
Erosion of a civilised society
Freedom of speech and the right to be free
Don't make a mistake and underestimate me
Freedom of speech civil liberty
Erosion of a civilised society
Oh now yo oh oh na na na nanana hum yo
Stop investigate in people privacy
Or you gonna take away their dignity
Stop investigate people privacy
Or you take away their liberty
Their camera in the street cell phones and their computer
Five thousand years of history
Slaving the people with their mysteries
Brainwashing and killing is your histories
Try to monopolise with your technology
It's a sign of your bad time oh oh history control technology hey hey
The camera in the street cell phones and their computer
Oh God oh oh na na na nanana oh Lord oh tada tadada dada gosh
Stop investigate people privacy
For you take away their dignity
Stop investigate people privacy
For you take away their liberty
Stop investigate people privacy
You take away their dignity
Stop investigate people privacy
For you take away their liberty
The camera in the street cell phones and computer
The sattelites the mean rights get the people hypnotised
So it's time to realise it's a civil right
For human right
La lala lala lala la ah oh
Stop investigate people privacy
For you take away their dignity
Stop investigate people privacy
For you gonna take away their liberty
Stop investigate people privacy
For you take away their dignity
Stop investigate people privacy
You take away their liberty
Oh!
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