| MOBILIZE
01 911
for Peace
It's in the paper every
day
You see it in the headlines and you feel so sick
As another life leaves this world - this world so full of hate - but
short!
Short on compassion, short on humanity
Asking myself in vain, shaken by the shock…
"Do we even have a chance?"
chorus
I don't want to die
I don't want to kill
We are all human
It's time to prove it
This is a plea for peace (world peace)
To the oppressors of the world (and to…)
To the leaders of nations,
Corporate profit takers,
To the every day citizen
Greed, envy, fear, hate- the competition has to stop!
When you see someone down - now is the time to pick `em up
Set our difference aside and never look back!
chorus
I don't want to die
I don't want to kill
We are all human
It's time to prove it
Isn't everybody tired of the fighting?
Killing?
Dying?
Hatred?
Violence?
02
Mumia's
Song
Arm in Arm - Fists held high "SET
THEM FREE" - Our battle cry Take back the streets And our right to
free speech Locked up and put away For fear of what they'll say Chorus:
Crooked cops plus crooked judges, don't equal justice Free all political
prisoners Racist cops plus racist judges, don't equal justice Free all
political prisoners Brick by brick - Wall by wall Won't sit back - Let
our brothers and sisters fall The unjust Justice System, our voice will
overthrow Chorus (repeat)Bridge:
Leonard Peltier Father Roy Bourgeois The Angola 3 The MOVE 9 Ken Sara
Wiwa Lori Berenson Like Nelson Mandela Keep hope alive... KEEP HOPE
ALIVE!!! Bridge:
Brick by brick, wall by wall... We're gonna free Mumia Abu-Jamal (x2)
Brick by brick, wall by wall... FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!!! No justice, No
peace! No racist police! (x4)
FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS (x3)
03
What's The Difference?
The Constitution crumbles beneath the
weight of fascists No right to assemble - no free speech for the masses
Seattle '99 the mayor's decree Anti-W.T.O. statements are grounds for
arresting! Chorus:
Our leaders decry Tianamen And dare to speak of freedom As they unleash
our cops on us! So... what's... the fuckin' difference?Bridge:
Behind locked doors in session World sponsored corporate politicians
Structure policy to build more corporate strength FIGHT STRENGTH - WITH
STRENGTH At news conferences they claim, "We listen!" While
they lock out their own constituents So we march on to raise our voice
Because we are left with no choice!!! Verse:
In China, Nike pays workers fifty cents a day In the U.S. lawmakers give
China "free trade" Human rights-based sanctions just washed
away When our lawmakers are owned by multinational's money Chorus
(repeat)
04
We Want To Be Free
All night out on the streets I got the
back of all my friends We never want to go back home Never want the
night to end Chorus:
Because we want to be... FREE! We want to be...FREE! Bridge:
The schools that they send us to are prisons The same can be said for
their churches too I don't want my mind or my arms tied in bondage I
don't want to be another cloned state tool When I'm with my friends,
when I'm at a show- That's when everything is ok That's why I follow my
heart each and every single day Single day... EVERY SINGLE DAY!
05
NBC
(No Blood-thirsty Corporations)
I heard a man on the radio saying,
"We're facing an economic hell!" It creates a vision in my
head of ten thousand kids sent off to kill Theres always a voice that
says, "YOU'VE GOT A CHOICE!" But a choice between shit is
still shit!!! Chorus:
Resistance, Resistance - I won't be used... By a fascist corporation, a
rightwing politician, I'm not a slave, not a tool - FUCK YOU! Verse:
I've got an idea in my head and I know it is nothing new But it seems to
me a better plan than being used, and being screwed Think your safe to
spread your hate from behind your iron gates? Your walls will never be
strong enough to keep us down Chorus (repeat) Bridge:
Sometimes there is not a choice, like when your back's against the wall
So it's better to make a move, before they've set you up to fall SO
YOU... So you better organize! SO YOU... So you better open eyes! SO
YOU... So you better sound out loud the call Before you find your back
is up against the wall THEIR fucking wall! Chorus (repeat)
06
Right
To Choose
Thrown out by her family In the midst of
anger Mom and dad can't make sense Of her sexual preference It seems rhe
cars Just drive by on this night No one has any idea What this feels
likeChorus:
A tight to choose Gender is not the issueVerse:
Judged by parents and the public The Fingers pointed at them Well I'll
point mine right back They Must Realize You can't change whom you love
And gender is not the issueBridge:
That night she said, "I willbe true"- Meant every word she
said to youChorus (repeat)Bridge:
It seems today, to be yourself Takes so much courage and strength If you
were half the human, as people who "come out" This world would
be a better place You wave your flag Tell me I'm free Then use the word
fag To fuck with me Go and wave your flag (x3) I'm freeChorus (repeat)
07
We
Don't Need It
Lost on the street because you don't know what to do There's something
in your heart that's coming over you SOMETHING IN YOU- SOMETHING IN YOUR
HEART! It takes you back to a better time and place The leaders of this
world have shortchanged the human race SOMETHING IN YOU- SOMETHING IN
YOUR HEART!Chorus:
We've spent our lives living in their past Now we're building- building
a new future (x2) We've spent our lives living in their past One look at
their world and it prompts these words, "WE DON'T NEED
IT!"Verse:
The state of The State, it makes you feel sick Back stabbing, dollar
driven, status quo shit! SOMETHING IN YOU- SOMETHING IN YOUR
HEART!Chorus (repeat)I been thinking about the sad state of the world
Don't you know it starts with you and that it starts with me?!?! This is
the new fucking millennium... We're going to turn the world upside down!
It's time to show some true humanity And time to show we truly care...
For the world, for each other, for those we've known... Through all our
years...
08
Anatomy Of Your Enemy
10 easy steps to create an enemy and
start a war: Listen closely because we will all see this weapon used in
our lives. It can be used on a society of the most ignorant to the most
highly educated. We need to see their tactics as a weapon against
humanity and not as truth.First step: create the enemy. Sometimes this
will be done for you.Second step: be sure the enemy you have chosen is
nothing like you. Find obvious differences like race, language,
religion, dietary habits fashion. Emphasize that their soldiers are not
doing a job, they are heatless murderers who enjoy killing!Third step:
Once these differences are established continue to reinforce them with
all disseminated information. This can be done through state run media.
Remember, in times of conflict all for-profit media repeats the ruling
party’s information. Therefore all for-profit media becomes
state-run.Fifth step: show this enemy in actions that seem strange,
militant, or different. Always portray the enemy as non-human, evil, a
killing machine.Chorus:
THIS IS HOW TO CREATE AN ENEMY. THIS IS HOW TO START A WAR. THIS IS HOW
TO CREATE AN ENEMY. Sixth step: Eliminate opposition to the ruling
party. Create an "Us versus Them" mentality. Leave no room for
opinions in between. One that does not support all actions of the ruling
party should be considered a traitor.Seventh step: Use nationalistic
and/or religious symbols and rhetoric to define all actions. This can be
achieved by slogans such as "freedom loving people versus those who
hate freedom." This can also be achieved by the use of flags.Eighth
step: Align all actions with the dominant deity. It is very effective to
use terms like, "It is god’s will" or "god bless
our nation."Ninth step: Design propaganda to show that your
soldiers have feelings, hopes, families, and loved ones. Make it cleat
that your soldiers are doing a duty; they do not want or like to
kill.Tenth step: Create and atmosphere of fear, and instability and then
offer the ruling party as the only solutions to comfort the public’s
fears. Remembering the fear of the unknown is always the strongest
fear.Chorus (repeat)We are not countries. We are not nations. We are not
religions. We are not gods. We are not weapons. We are not ammunition.
We are not killers. We will NOT be tools.
09 Underground
Network
The national media cover
Clinton/Lewinsky. While the world's government sell out millions on the
issue of free trade. But somewhere in the night - a force is not asleep.
And a massive organization plans to rise up to its feet... It does it
like this...
A pirate radio voice
transmits into the night. And from D.C. to Peking email warns of lost
global rights. And the hoax the world's leaders, wanted no one to see.
Comes crashing on their heads from grass roots - striking it down. The
blows coming from the world's...
Chorus: Underground
network - Alternative communication. Corporate media can't keep us beat
down, brainwashed, enslaved. Cause of our... Underground network -
Alternative communication.
They try to blind us but
we... Stand up and fight! Stand up and fight! They try to keep us
ignorant but we... Stand up and fight! Stand up and fight! They want to
take our rights away so... Stand up and fight! Fight...!
Just take a look around
the world and you're going to find that nearly all mass media are owned
and controlled by a handful of conservative capitalists. We must devise
and implement alternative methods of distributing our news, our
information, our ideas - people worlwide working together to take a
stand, to tell the truth!
10 Tearing
Everyone Down
I thought I'd begun to see a change
But the more things change, the more they stay the same
Back stabbing and name calling, the trade marks of your act
You talk and talk of unity, but divide with your attacks
(You say), "I'd like to see a
change,
I'd
like to see a change,
I'd
like to see a change, but I'm too busy...
Tearing everyone down..."
All us kids, we try to make a change
Some kids start a band, others start a zine
YOU, no matter what your path
You throw a curve in what could be achieved,
Then give up and move onto some other thing
(You say), "I'd like to see a
change,
I'd
like to see a change,
I'd
like to see a change, but I'm too busy...
Tearing everyone down..."
Take a break
from your fights,
try to open up your mind tonight
When you feel
that's complete
then we can tackle this society!
You may not like
everything in life I do...
But that doesn't mean,
I'm not trying to change
the same problems as you
(You say), "I'd like to see a
change,
I'd
like to see a change,
I'd
like to see a change, but I'm too busy...
Tearing everyone down..."
11 Bring
Out Your Dead
Spend a lifetime working
for these people. To make what they earn in one day. There are options
to choose, I call it Social Progress. Progress to not be abused.
Chorus: They were
arrested for their views. It was the protesters they screwed. And still
have the nerve to ask. Who I was voting for. Cause when you silence our
youth, then you silence the truth. Our right not to remain... Silent...
Start funding lives that
move for changes. Not
funding leaders that oppress and use. When politicians become nothing
but major corporation. Posing as humans, real humans lose...
Chorus (repeat)
I won't remain silent...
Bring out your dead...
Oppression, Intimidation, Suppression.
12 A
New Kind of Army
LOOK BACK...on history, nothing much has
changed
THOUSANDS...of soldiers of all countries, all marching the same
Every nation's leader says that our side is right
Every nation's leader says the time has come to fight
But they use the common people, to settle their scores
It's time that we refuse to fight in any of their wars!
We're looking to start a new kind of army,
(that's) too smart to fight, too
smart to die
We're looking to start a new kind of army, (that's) too smart to fight,
too
smart to kill...
for you!
JOIN NOW...the ranks of all nations who
refuse to go to war
REFUSE...to pull the trigger of a gun for leaders 'round the world
I'd rather fight to spread some tolerance and unity
Than buy into their nationalistic brainwashing
Killing mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, common human beings
Not savages but people, like you, like me!
We're looking to start a new kind of army,
(that's) too smart to fight, too
smart to die
We're looking to start a new kind of army, (that's) too smart to fight,
too
smart to kill...
for you!
We're looking for a few good men
We're looking for a few good women
Who are not afraid to fight against tyranny
But refuse to fight...with tyranny
REFUSE!!!
We're looking to start a new kind of army,
(that's) too smart to fight, too
smart to die
We're looking to start a new kind of army, (that's) too smart to fight,
too
smart to kill...
for you!
13
Their System Doesn't Work For You
One day while sitting in
my room
You came in preaching
Your words predicting doom
You've never once been
Happy with me,
Because I'm not
What you want me to be..No!!!
You tried to teach me
To pray and go to school
You tried to teach me
To be the system's tool
But you missed
What I was smart enough to see
That their system doesn't work
For you or me
Oh..Don't believe what
they say is true
Oh..Their system doesn't work for you
Oh..You can be what you want to be
Oh..Don't have to choose
To join the corporate
army
For god and country give up your life,
Don't try to figure out what's wrong or right
You never tried to stop, to look, to see
That you're exactly what you're told to be
You did everything fucking right
You followed the system's guiding light
And now you fucking bitch to me
To fucking get a job,
When you don't like
That life you've got
You fucking corporate whore
For you or me
Oh..Don't believe what
they say is true
Oh..Their system doesn't work for you
Oh..You can be what you want to be
Oh..Don't have to choose
To join their corporate
army
Don't have to choose
To join their corporate army
Dont have to choose, don't have to choose
To join their corporate army
Your choice... (x8)
14 Free
Nation?
State officials talk of freedom
THEY-TALK
In this country that we live in THEY-TALK
Free to be harassed and be beaten by the pigs YOUR RIGHTS-NO
RIGHTS
Till your fucking broken, crippled, or until you're fucking dead
They pass laws unfair to gays
THEIR-WORK
And separatist laws to keep the non-whites in their place
THEIR-WORK
Family values as a smoke screen blowing in your face THEIR
TRUTH-NO TRUTH
Family values isn't something that shouldn't be based on hate
Justice presides over them, late into the
night
A blind fold covering their eyes but something isn't right...
Under their arms there are shackles on her legs
And the hands that once held up her scales are bound, are bound in
chains
And behind their closed doors they
conspire through the night MORE WORK-SICK
WORK
And they won't stop until this nation is all straight and all white
They call it a free nation, but all it is,
is a nazi nation
15
Spaz's House Destruction Party
I want to tell you a
little story about a party that went all right, but went all wrong. I
want to tell you a little story about a party in this song...
It happened back in '93,
in the pittsburgh punk rock scene. An event that will go down in infamy.
It was all the master plan, of one legendary punk rock kid. His name was
"Spaz", S-P-A-Z...
An eviction notice sent
to his house sparked off an idea, "I should have one last party at
my place..." So off he set with his master plan, the invitation in
his hand read, "You're invited to my House Destruction Party!"
Chorus: Spaz's House
Destruction Party, it was chaos with no end. If you were crazy enough to
make the House Destruction Party, then you know You're lucky that you
lived.
We played there St.
Patrick's day with Submachines and THE BAD GENES. In a basement full of
debris. From kicked in doors, broken glass, kicked in walls THE PLACE
WAS TRASHED. The house was now missingits support beams.
The bathrooms had no
toilets or sinks left in them. There was nothing left to break. Aus
Rotten spray painted on walls, drunk punks passed out in the halls. And
this was just the second night, of a three-day long party.
Chorus (repeat)
The cops showed up and
all the kids went pilling out the back. I remember running away and
hidding out in the lot behind the Squirrel Hill Mellon Bank. The cop
said, "I want to speak to someone who lives here!" and this
punk kid said she did. He asked, "Is this the condition this house
has always been in?". She answered, "Ah... yeah, it is."
16 You
Got To Die For The Government
You've gotta die, gotta die, gotta die
for your government?
Die for your country? That's shit! (x2)
There's a gulf war vet, dying a slow cold
death
And the government says, "We don't know the source of his sickness."
But don't believe what they say, because your government is lying
They've done it before and don't you know they'll do it again
A secret test, government built virus
"Subject Test Group: Gulf Battle Field Troups"
You gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for
your government?
Die for your country? That's shit! (x2)
First World War Veterans slaughtered by
General Eisnehower
You give them your life, they give you a stab in the back
Radiation, agent orange, tested on U.S. souls
Guinea pigs for Western corporations
I never have, I never will
Pledge allegiance to their flag
You're getting used, you'll end up dead
You gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for
your government?
Die for your country? That's shit! (x2)
I don't need you to tell me what to do
And I don't need you to tell me what to be...FUCK YOU!!!!
I don't need you to tell me what to say
And I don't need you to tell me what to think! What to think!
What to think, what to think, what to think, think, think, think!
You gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for
your government?
Die for your country? That's shit! (x9) |
