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r​/​punk presents: Fuck Police Brutality

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1.
Can’t wait to be free now Break out of my cage As my brain gets bigger My heart begins to rage You say You’re so stupid But say that I’m so smart But as we get older We grow apart Theres violence Then silence Theres Violence Then silence Can’t wait to be free now Breaking free of these chains I just hear this music And my life will change You say that we’re so different But we’re so far apart You say that we’re doomed But we just got our start Theres silence Then Violence Theres silence Then Violence
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"[Verse] Skatings not a crime I ain't doing time Just for a fucking dime It makes me feel alive Get your foot off my neck Give me back my fucking deck Chase me all you want We're skating to the next spot [Chorus] Watch out it's the five-o (fuck the cops) Jump the fence we gotta fucking go (fuck the cops) Don't forget the beer Don't live your life in fear (fuck the cops) Watch out it's the five-o (fuck the cops) [Bridge] Fuck the cops Fuck it dont stop Let's get this trick Just do it quick"
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"Blood drunk lust So quick to quench that temporary feeling Your fear makes you sincere Now choke on my tears you fuck Towering hate Succumb to the weight Building up walls, we'll watch you drown in your own sense of strength You can hide behind your precious flag People as punching bags But we can see straight through you Blue pig Black kid You only feed off your hate You’ve created a voice that Cries out in pain Die racist fuck All alone in your hate You will never have your Supremacy Blue pig Black kid You only feed off your hate You’ve created this voice that Cries out in hate Die racist fuck All alone in your hate"
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“Stand Up, fight for your rights, I roll every day and every night”
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The gears of progress can only be oiled By the blood spilled by imperials and bourgeoisie The ninety-nine cannot be silenced by the one We raise our fists and bricks and fight inequality There’s strength in numbers And in anonymity Black bloc Because our parts are greater as a whole Black bloc Like the carbon pressed and formed as coal Black bloc And the fires that burn inside our souls Black bloc Will ignite and engulf the city whole Fuck the letter to your congressmen We gotta burn it down and start again Because their power structure’s written in their code Trash properties of global companies And reclaim the space for our communities Fell the walls of Jericho The gears of progress can only turn ‘round the shaft of crosses bearing leaders of fascist regimes The ninety-nine cannot be shackled by the one So we mobilize and form a strategy: “Eradicating class By any necessary means” Black bloc We act as one, in a true democracy Black bloc Each a piece of a magnificent machine Black bloc A living organism spreading in the streets Black bloc A stirring beast roused to feast on authority The bricks we hurl at police today Will build the radical free schools of tomorrow So share a drink with a friend and a neighbor Light an oily rag and wad it into the bottle Fuck the letter to your congressmen We gotta burn it down and start again Because the neo-nazis have politicized Women, transgender and queer Against their rubber bullets and riot gear Sound your horn and amplify
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Someone broke into my car today they threw a brick at the window It turns out I’m working all fucking day, it’s okay, I’m not freaking out, its cool, just breathe He says: don’t you worry, this shit makes you strong. Get back in the line and march along ‘cause that’s where you belong You say I don’t fit in, you say I can't wake up Someone broke into my car today they threw a brick at the window I’m working and sweating all fucking day, it’s okay, I’m not freaking out, its cool, just breathe... You say I don’t fit in, you say I can't wake up You say I don't want anything to do with this
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The sickest fucking joke I have ever seen Not even dealing with a human being Foaming at the mouth with nothing to say Closing your eyes won't make it go away Go Away! Joke's not a joke anymore It's looking to even the score I said the joke's not a joke anymore It's right there at your front door The sickest fucking joke I've ever heard Don't speak out or say a word It's sure to leave us all dumb and blind Picking off the scabs on our damaged minds Damaged Minds! Joke's not a joke anymore It's looking to even the score I said the joke's not a joke anymore It's right there at your front door The sickest fucking joke I have ever known No rest button to be shown So goddamn funny I forgot to laugh Will be engraved on our epitaphs Epitaphs! Joke's not a joke anymore It's looking to even the score I said the joke's not a joke anymore It's right there at your front door Joke's not a joke anymore It's looking to even the score I said the joke's not a joke anymore It's right there at your front door
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It doesn’t matter its out of hate or out of fright when you living and breathing in stereotypes and whatever the hell you tell yourself late at night you’re a man with an armband and a clan! you’re a racist I’m sorry but I’m going to have to cut you off When any bodies sentence starts I’m not a racist but Its alright cus you’ve got a minority friend Hide the robe and hood peckerwood! you’re a racist when its up to you to decide what’s wrong and right to decide the face of a hate that’s black and white all the rules are made with malice or spite you are a fucking racist
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Granted the power to take our rights Granted the power to take our lives Corruption in the precinct and corruption of the state Once upon a nobody the badge has gave you strength There's only one true way to make this a better place There's only one true way to make this a better place Blue lives they murder they lie Hypocritical and the Justice protected by the line The uniform's the only thing keeping you from doing time Created by the States to control those out of line The only thing you control is whether we live or die Intimidated nation fuck your police state you won't be the ones to decide my fate Fuck your police nation fuck your police state you won't be the ones to decide my fate Make this world a better place Beat a cop until hes dead A cop's only worth is death Shoot a copper in the head
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No justice, no peace No justice, no peace No justice, no peace No justice, no peace I can’t breathe! No justice, no peace No justice, no peace No justice, no peace No justice, no peace No remorse for fellow men Guess they don’t understand No regrets for anything They choke us till we break down I can’t breathe!
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Like a little worker bee Spending the day to day Making honey for the masses Trying to make my way Little did I know This hive already has a Queen And I will never I will never Have Her Throne Center of the circus Watch him now, Ringleader Cracking the whip You better not slip Watch him now, Ringleader Keep In Time Stay In Line With my last breath I will, Unfollow The Leader They paint a picture With such sublime hue An image that I covet I must have it, What can I do? The monarchy is dying Time to orchestra a coup Go through the motions Of unlearning, Unlearning How To Be You Center of the circus Watch him now, Ringleader Cracking the whip You better not slip Watch him now, Ringleader Keep In Time Stay In Line With my last breath I will, Unfollow The Leader Something strange is in the air Like a botched game of truth or dare The T.V. movie of the week Not obtuse but completely oblique Center of the circus Watch him now, Ringleader Cracking the whip You better not slip Watch him now, Ringleader Keep In Time Stay In Line With my last breath I will, Unfollow The Leader
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Verse 1: I've been told cops will practice restrain But I've been on their hood in the pouring rain Seen guns drawn, followed around stores Strategic whispers, radios wars Threatened, detained, pulled over for no cause Just a safety check to satisfy their laws Chorus: Divide and conquer impartially The way to defeat an enemy Thats what they're doing to society Damn the lies fight for unity Damn the lies time for unity Damn the lies time for unity Verse 2: This isn't new we've seen it before Lust for power makes the thirst even more The individual's not to blame A corrupt system, another name defamed Violence breeds violence, a boot the the face Not the way to advance the human race Lets give each other a little grace Lets give each other a little grace Lets give each other a little grace A warm embrace Chorus: Divide and conquer impartially The way to defeat an enemy Thats what they're doing to society Damn the lies fight for unity Damn the lies time for unity Damn the lies time for unity Outro: Damn the lies time for unity Damn the lies time for unity
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never trust a man in a suit That's what I was taught to do You'll get sucked into their lies You'll be compromised And that'll be the end of you They'll take away your hard earned pension Tell you that they know all the facts Tell you that they've read all the books Tell you that they know all the stats They'll tell you they'll solve your problems And that they'll. Right your wrongs They'll do all that knowing the fact that u never know what went wrong Chorus ( first para) You're sold a different policy Sold a different product If we can't sell it to you on your doorstep Well sell it to u on a call up We'll talk down on you Insult your intelligence Don't care about the consequence As long as we get every single last pence Chorus
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i dont have a clue i dont know what to do i dont have a choice straight through to the void nose diving into straight into you car crashing excess car crashing excess nose diving into straight into you blood on the pavement blood on the pavement i can see the truth i can see the proof im nose diving into straight into you car crashing excess car crashing excess nose diving into straight into you blood on the pavement blood on the pavement
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First of the month is coming up My mind is racing thinking of Drowning in debt and fear And if the rent check cleared Forty a week still ain’t enough The government don’t give a fuck We’re drowning in debt and fear Three day jobs funding careers They say that we’re entitled, impatient The laziest generation We know the truth We were born to lose They took it all for themselves What the hell Broke as a joke Ain’t it so funny Watch it go up in smoke There goes the money acquired Thrown into the fire Of someone else’s flames All that’s left is pocket change I’m left with nothing but change We’re sick of working nine to five Struggling to just get by Wondering why I’m here I know the reason’s clear Because I got these bills to pay Half of them due yesterday (SHIT) Drowning in debt and fear All that I earn disappears Take the whole cake I just need a small bite They say one day, I might even get a slice So comforting While you smother me Guess I’ll just take what I can Bite the hand Broke as a joke Ain’t it so funny Watch it go up in smoke There goes the money acquired Thrown into the fire Of someone else’s flames All that’s left is pocket change Change And I’m left with nothing but change CHANGE We know the truth We were born to lose You took it all for yourselves what the hell Broke as a joke Ain’t it so funny Watch it go up in smoke There goes the money acquired Thrown into the fire Of someone else’s flame All that’s left is pocket change I’m left with nothing but change All that’s left is pocket change I’m left with nothing but change All that’s left is pocket change There goes the money acquired Still fueling the fire Of someone else’s flame All that’s left is pocket change
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All the right people in All the wrong places Fighting for survival To get locked up in cages Stop them at the boarder Doors close in their faces Not a fight for safety It’s a war of races Stop the fighting, set them free This land’s not for you and me Stop the fighting, set them free This land’s not for you and me Let em out, Let em out No more of this ignorance Let em out, let em out One last call for common sense Time is now, draw your line in the sand Matter is too urgent not to take a stand You’ll reap what you sew when your last day comes Then nothing can defend you not even your guns Stop the fighting, set them free This land’s not for you and me Let em out, Let em out No more of this ignorance Let em out, let em out One last call for common sense Let em out, Let em out No more of this ignorance Let em out, let em out One last call for common sense Let em out let em out let em out let em out let em out let them out!
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I wanna go to a land that time forgot Only TV can give the innocence that I’ve sought I wanna live on Leave It to Beaver I wanna be just like they were Men were strong women looked good Children all better than you Wanna live on TV in 1950 I can pretend that it was honest and pure In black and white our morals were so sure No pain or poverty is shown Don’t know real history, oh no Sins scrubbed by syndication ignore complicity Wanna live on TV in 1950
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Murderous creepers in late-night double features they keep the bodies in freezers And orange-skinned leaders With fake news speeches backed by rich white seniors I don’t want to believe Sunday school teachers, molestuous preachers They meet the kids in the bleachers And I don't want to believe.
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With knees on necks and tear gas flowing, citizens of color watch their rights continue narrowing to an infinitesimal point. While the boys in blue we anoint with qualified immunity in the hope that they'll act ethically. But in the face of corruption, who watches the watchmen? Who do they answer to? Another good old boy in blue. This is no pretty collapse There's riots in the street This is no pretty collapse They haven't learned a thing This is no pretty collapse It's a full-blown nation-wide catastrophe With folks of color killed by those who've sworn to protect and serve our streets With statements soaked in hate against our fellow countrymen, what about the plan he raved could make us great again? In three long years I've seen no proof he's made great a single soul. Can he even see the country burn from the eighteenth hole? Threatening violence from behind his baby gate against brave men and women who just won't stand for hate. This is no pretty collapse It's a depressed economy This is no pretty collapse It's a Twitter cacophony This is no pretty collapse Military mobilized domestically Just to quell those who'd stand and shout for what they believe Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill He's spouting a ration of swill Invoking the name of the dead In an effort to get ahead And without so much as a pause His sycophants give a round of applause There is no scrutiny Just plain old demagogy This is no pretty collapse We're sick of the tragedy This is no pretty collapse Put this statement on repeat This is no pretty collapse We'll rally together to see your defeat And render every last one of your ideals obsolete
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I see you’re angry We’re all angry What are you waiting for I can see you’re Getting bored of Waiting for the law An institution For your protection That’s why they killed your son A number of 593 Because they give these people guns Land of the Free Here’s a message to you Can’t you see What you’ve come to x2 You know a badge is not a license To murder everyone There are no more of your excuses Everyone is done 12 bullets, was it called for? The kid was so young He was unarmed and then forced to Bow before your gun Land of the Free Here’s a message to you Can’t you see What you’ve come to x2
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I can never wait to see how something plays. When all I want to do is see some change, through hell again so things don’t stay this way. Everything I’ve ever wanted, if you can go it alone you bet I’ve got it. But it’s no way to live a life. Desperately trying just to make this right. I can’t sing another sad song, hang tight ‘cause it never lasts long. The darkest travels that you’ve ever witnessed. But then you see some light, ‘cause time is distance. You don’t have to go it alone, take a step out of your comfort zone. Because it’s not to live a life. Desperately trying just to make things right.
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You are now in a state of martial law Don't be complacent in the day to day Come on, stand up and be a part of the fray Can't you see them take your rights away? From the Patriot Act to the NSA In 12/18/44, they argued on the courtroom floor They ruled they could lock you away Like the nameless victims of Guantanamo Bay Are we letting this happen again? Silent suburbans find comfort and pretend Like those orders are for our protection Like problems can be solved with aggression! Cover up cameras, turn off the lights They are around us ready to fight If it is illegal to stand up for our rights Soon we'll be living just to survive What do you prefer liberty or security? Dangerous freedom versus restricted safety? Why can't our liberty be secure? Martial law is here Fuck you, don't want no martial law! (4x)
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Lyrics, freely translated from Hebrew: I saw my civics teacher in the line to the dispensary. on one hand, I was happy. On the other hand, she has cancer. "Al Sam" (Israeli anti-drug propaganda arm) showed us a movie, an spicy and interesting one indeed with psychedelic music and images I ran to get my fix whoaaa... 100 million spent every a year - just to lie to you about drugs Your age is wiped away so fast, propaganda and honestly, today you won't find a teacher that doesn't get high 100 million spent every year just to lie to you about drugs I wonder how much it costs to lie to everybody about guns? Peter Tosh said That weed is good for Asthma I realized that doctors also lie - except for the bush doctor.
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Who needs a warrant when you got a badge or a gun You look at them the wrong way and they’ll fuckin light you up Someone called in a suspicious looking man Of your ethnicity they’re sure you understand Trigger fingers itching They’re ready to go Incase you’re unaware There’s something you should know They’ve got that qualified immunity To kill you with impunity You never see a copper doing time Amendments don’t apply tonight They violate your human rights Even if you don’t commit a crime They roam the streets looking for a potential threat They see a pensioner “let’s go and bust his head” Shoot first ask questions later seems to be the plan So if they pull you up you need to understand They’ve got that qualified immunity To kill you with impunity You never see a copper doing time Amendments don’t apply tonight They violate your human rights Even if you don’t commit a crime They’ve got that qualified immunity To kill you with impunity You never see a copper doing time Amendments don’t apply tonight They violate your human rights Even if you don’t commit a crime It doesn’t matter if you complain they’ll just investigate themselves The union wouldn’t have it any other way It doesn’t matter ‘cos they’ll never spend a minute in a cell They’re free to shoot minorities another day Because… They’ve got that qualified immunity To kill you with impunity You never see a copper doing time Amendments don’t apply tonight They violate your human rights Even if you don’t commit a crime They’ve got that qualified immunity To kill you with impunity You never see a copper doing time Amendments don’t apply tonight They violate your human rights Even if you don’t commit a crime They’ve got that qualified immunity To kill you with impunity You never see a copper doing time Amendments don’t apply tonight They violate your human rights Even if you don’t commit a crime
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While you’re staying off the streets, hiding under the sheets. They’re digging up ideas that were buried for years Saying it’ll be different this time around, Threatening with violence they’re expecting your silence. Ci risiamo! (here we go again) The marching begins Ci risiamo! Another regime Dividing all the masses, into better and worse classes Muting the voices of more than two choices Same circle of strife, whether you go left or go right It’s always the weak longing for the might Anti-Totalitari Just a regime Forget “live and let live”, no one will forgive Aligned torches illuminating the night You no longer have a say, remembering the days. When you cowered too afraid to fight.
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There's so much pain in this world. There's so much pain, but I can't complain, though I complain. I got nothing to say. No words to say. Nothing to say because I partake. Problems in, problems out. I'm trying to tell you what it's all about, but here we go again.
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They wanna conserve the nation But it's not conservation It's just mutilation Feels like suffocation Wake the fuck up, what's that burning smell? For most of us it's a living hell They have reserved their wealth Selling us our poor health Where did we go wrong? We are too far gone It's time to move along We are too far gone Time for change, for revolution Or we won't escape persecution It's time to move along Quit singing the same old song
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jrotc coming after me say they know my game say they know my plans i dont wanna play your games i dont wanna be the same war dog thats lost his home boot on my back headed to the unknown if i wouldve known it wouldnt be the same war is all too old and its lame war is giving me anxiety i dont know whats inside of me could it be the rotting stench of the gov’t no its not like im that confident maybe its a couple beers maybe im sick!!!
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When progress is enemy number one When fascist police do whatever they want When civil rights are coming undone When you’re leaders are funded by a gun Bridge When there’s very fine people on both sidesx4 CHORUSX4 Shithole! Shithole! You live in a Shithole! When mass shootings are happening nationwide When people of color try to find a place to hide When the president stands up for white pride When David Duke is on your side Bridge When there’s very fine people on both sidesx4 CHORUSX4 When you wall off the rest of the world When you lock up little boys and girls When minorities fill your prison cells When incels are breaking out of their shells Bridge When there’s very fine people on both sidesx4 CHORUSX4 SOLO CHORUSX4 CHORUSX4 Bottom Drops out CHORUSX4
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Ante un mundo de tirania No caigas en su mentira Todos unidos Sin naciones, sin fronteras Si ellos temen, no he de temer Todos unidos Sin naciones, sin fronteras Si ellos no paran, no pararé Que el infierno se congele antes de que su victoria llegue. English: Stand against Tyrany Don't Fall into their Lies All together Without nations, without borders. If they don't fear, why I have too? All together Without nations, without Races If they don't Stop, I didn't stop Hell will Froze before they win come.
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There is something closing in pressing down on me there is nothing I can do and I just can't breathe I can't Breathe, I can't breathe, and I, I can't breathe There is something happening something you can see how much longer will it take until you believe How much will it take for you to understand what else will it take for you to take a stand I can't Breathe, I can't breathe , and I, I can't breathe there is something in the air killing you and me I don't think that I can live in this society How much will it take for you to understand how much will it take for you to take a stand I can't Breathe, I can't breathe, and I, I can't breathe
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911 it's an emergency call Where the cops at? Is it their job to stall? It's hot & muggy on these Chicago streets Been an hour since I called the police Chorus: We've got blood on our front stoop What are we to do? We've got blood on our front stoop The violence is terribly true We've got blood on our front stoop Where are the boys in blue? We've got blood on our front stoop Blood on our front stoop Gangbangers shooting up the neighborhood Outside of my house is all this blood Called the police and don't even know why They turn an eye to the actual crime! Chorus CPD, keep it violent free Bad cop! Crooked cop! CPD, corruption is what I see When will it stop? 2x
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Wij komen terug (x10) Wij komen altijd terug Protestmars gelopen, gewandeld, gestapt Na paspoortcontrole ben ik 't afgetrapt De camera's draaien, de flikken van wacht keer terug door de straten, neem wraak in de nacht Neem wraak in de nacht, want Wij komen terug Fuck! Zet je masker op En trek die bivak over je kop De camera's draaien dus let goed op Fuck repressie en geef ze op hun kop De pers, de politie, te druk en te veel Vannacht in het donker, krijgt ieder zijn deel wat verf op de gevel, een steen door een ruit Een kut-NSV'er een stamp op zijn snuit Juich niet te vlug, want wij komen terug (x2) Terug! Terug! Terug!!! Wij komen altijd terug!
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Cuz It's always a few bad apples that they claim never bothering to finish that quote but then again, maybe that's their point, cuz they're a corrupt and racist tool and that's what racist and fascist tend to do, standing there with a shit eating grin dangling the silent part in front of you professing to not be doing anything and shouting that you are over-reacting when called out on the shit they are perpetrating shoot you in the chest for complying or in the back whatever is convenient to them throwing a smoke screen of false equivalencies and arguments conducted in the worst of bad faith Using language designed to dehumanize, tryin to make you forget that was a person with their own hopes, dreams, fears, thoughts and feelings by referring to them as a thug or criminal using these terms as racist dog whistles and it's indicative of societies failure overall we're supposed to have due process and be equal under the law, but for the police that means obstruction and their fucked notion that some are more equal after all insane levels of brutality with no consequences regularly, fuck the police, rightfully said for the litany of well documented reasons with overwhelming evidence Being no guarantee of a conviction That being scared and alleged regret are a valid excuse to kill an innocent human being now factor in, the constant organized effort of white supremacist terrorists to become cops and judges, and fuck, that keeps explaining a lot the sheer overlap in tactics alone between the police, hate groups, and fascists should clue you into something and the fucked up fact that we just fucking let them do this shit conditioned to think that protests don't accomplish a fucking thing, that we have no options and we can't do anything about it when this is simply not true, answers are abundant and just lack action from you nothing said here is remotely new information, and that's entirely the point. we've all been shown this told this through the news history, activists, art of every medium, and even the FBI ok ya know that thing about evil triumphing cuz good people did nothing? This is entirely and exactly because of that.
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P. I. G. P. I. G. Get down on your knees and suck my dick and maybe I’ll let you out of this traffic ticket If you refuse then I’m afraid I’ll have to beat and arrest you I’ll shove my nightstick up your ass as my buddies watch and laugh and when we’re through we’ll let you go because no one will believe you P.I.G. – that spells pig P.I.G. – that means cop P.I.G. – fuck the boys in blue P.I.G. – we’re fucking sick of you So you say that you got raped well in this state that’s not a crime hey, but if you fuck us all maybe we’ll talk to the offender for you So you say your innocent then why do we have you hostage with our guns I’ll beat you down to the ground and piss on you just for fun P.I.G. – that spells pig P.I.G. – that means cop P.I.G. – fuck the boys in blue P.I.G. – we’re fucking sick of you You say I’m suppose to protect you that makes me laugh right in your face I’ll beat you until your blue because I do not like your race you say I violated you civil rights so I’ll just shoot you in the head I claim that you had a gun and hide behind my golden badge P.I.G. – that spells pig P.I.G. – that means cop P.I.G. – fuck the boys in blue P.I.G. – we’re fucking sick of you
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I can’t breathe An American theme It’s an old disease We always told you It was coming I can’t breathe When prefer to serve the Police To enacting justice And enforcing the peace I can’t breathe Someone’s gonna get killed Like it already hasn’t happened Like it wasn’t even real That everyday violence You ignore everyday That everyday violence Is coming your way. And when we are sick He makes us sicker And when we are poor He makes us poorer That everyday violence You ignore everyday That everyday violence Is coming your way. That everyday violence Is coming your way No lives matter until Black Lives Matter
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We’re all just vultures and Vegabonds Scum and filth at the hands of god Try and smile. Your stomache's been sinking Wish your mind was wishfully thinking Leave your friends in the dirt Maybe tuck in your shirt Furthermore you assert The first appearance was not enough Please Please You keep getting back up Millions of people want people want me dead not alive In this land of felonious lies Blood and sweat are darkening hides A badge of honor. Wear it with pride. Leave your friends in the dirt Maybe tuck in your shirt The first appearance was not enough Oh boy, you just shut the fuck up We divide all across the nation Suicide or revelation Time has come. We’re out of patience. You're just a prized pig.
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I must be fucked in the head because I didn’t catch how you had called me a “polite young man and not some hoodlum in a hoodie expected of colored skin.” Well you can stop staring at my toes. There are no snakes in my eyes. You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know othered skin slammed face first on the hood of a Honda. You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know 12 gunshots that deafen nights. Just skittles as weapons. So tell me once again how it’s no one’s fault when children die, when hollow points take fathers and eat mother’s hearts alive. I want to see your face at the end of the world circled by crows where there’s a gun in your hand, a gun in your hand. Seared off your fingerprints, but the gun’s in your fucking hand. You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know bullet holes that sear seatbelts of a man surrendered. You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know cigarette ash that tighten nooses around black necks. You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know othered skin slammed face first on the hood of a Honda. You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know suffering You wouldn’t know 12 gunshots that deafen nights. Just skittles as weapons. Stop! Please! Don’t! Shoot! STOP! PLEASE! DON’T! SHOOT! “Black boy, brown boy, act like you’re white (and) hide that target on your back and maybe we’ll call you a citizen. Dance boy! Dance boy to this gaslight bebop. (To) the weight of nonexistence that was made just for your tapping shoes. Please surrender for your own good. Black boy. Brown boy. Act like you are white. Black boy. Brown boy. Act like you are a citizen.” Your breath down my neck holds me like a cop’s hand— the one not busied with a pistol, (and) I can’t breathe. I cannot breathe. "I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background."
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I don't wanna live in this society! I don't wanna live in this society Can't stand the way you look at me I wanna burn down everything, Reject your rationality! Society, Society! Society, Society! Ya think I wanna live this way? Careless attitudes every day? Breathless in the void I won't be destroyed! Society, Society! Society, Society! Get outta my face You'll be erased from everything! (Everything!) (x4) (Instrumental) I will never be contained Already lived my life restrained I'm never gonna be like you, And there's nothing you can do! Society, Society! Society, Society! Get outta my face You'll be erased from everything! (Everything!) (x3) Get outta my face You'll be erased from Society!

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There was not much for an online community like ours to do for the current struggle against the Police and to protect Black lives. But we have come together with one thing we have always had, music. 42 different bands from 9 different countries submitted songs to us and we are bringing all of them to you, to hopefully raise some money for the ACLU who are doing a lot of great work in the current fight. Thanks so much to all of the bands, everyone who helped with this, and to everyone who purchases this, it means the world!

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released July 4, 2020

42 fantastic bands who donated their songs for this
Photo: Parker Kitchin
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