Somewhere between prayer and revolution
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Between Jesus and Huey P. Newton
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That's where you find Jonny 5 shoot shootin'
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Water guns at the audience while ya scootin'
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Your gluteous max due to the fact that he's tootin'
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On the horn gonna warn you that I'm rootin'
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For the other team in the culture wars
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So I stab the beast belly as the vulture snores
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YO JOE!
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Let it blow with convulsive force
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Til walls fall off their false supports
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Til Jericho's aircraft carriers alter course
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And all brave young Americans are called ashore
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Cause we've already lost the war they keep wagin
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Splattering the streets in battles that keep ragin
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Bloodyin each page in the story that we're studying
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Each day the same just the names keep changin
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Saying the same things over again
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Repeatin the same slogans we don't know where we've been
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We've been all over the globe on our government funds
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Leavin man woman and child dead bloody and numb
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Saying the same things over again
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Repeatin the same slogans we don't know where we've been
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We've been overthrowing leaders with legitimate views
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Democratically elected but we didn't approve....
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How many times can the line divide
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How many wars to uphold your pride
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These fears uncontrolled just swoll the tide
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Of blood in the streets while the people die
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Ima keep on tryin
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Longs as suffering is multiplyin
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And why not
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These souls getting tossed and left out to rot
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My backs broad enough to help left your cross
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As long as you help with mine
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The process of healing will take some time
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To see the pain in your face is the same as mine
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It's not a game or a race but the stakes is high
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We maintain our mistakes for the sake of sides
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As long as it takes I"ll say it one more time
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As long as it takes I'll say it one more time
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As long as it takes I'll say it one more time
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Saying the same things over again
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Repeatin the same slogans we don't know where we've been
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We've been all over the globe on our government funds
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Leavin man woman and child dead bloody and numb
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Saying the same things over again
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Repeatin the same slogans we don't know where we've been
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We've been overthrowing leaders with legitimate views
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Democratically elected but we didn't approve....
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Same thing
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(U.S. is not us)
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Same thing
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(And us is not we)
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Same thing
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(And we are not satisfied)
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Same thing
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(And we're tired of the same thing)
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Same thing
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(And we're ready to make change)
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Same thing
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(Are we ready to make change?)
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We want money for healthcare and public welfare
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Free Mumia and Leonard Peltier
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Human needs not corporate greed
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Drop the debt and legalize weed
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We say yes to grassroots organization
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No to neoliberal globalization
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Bring the troops back to the USA
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And shut down Guantanamo Bay
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Who let'em overthrow Jacobo Arbenz
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Who let'em overthrow Mohammad Mosaddeq
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Who let'em assassinate Salvador Allende
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I didn't let 'em but they did it anyway
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Who let'em overthrow Kwame Nkrumah
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Who let'em overthrow Aristide
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Who let'em assassinate Oscar Romero
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I didn't let'em but they did indeed!
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But don't let them assassinate Hugo Chavez
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Don't let them assassinate Evo Morales
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And bring back Martin, Malcolm, Medgar,
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Hampton, Schwerner, Goodman, Chaney
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Same Thing
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