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Money Talks

by Cryptic Slaughter

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1.
Money Talks 03:41
Somebody hassles you try giving them a ten They'll probably never bother you again Because money talks and people listen To get rich is the American ambition Money talks and people listen To get ahead and get some more That's what this country was built upon And all it seems to stand for So capitalism makes you free? This is no democracy We have no humanity Not in this society The disease of greed affects us, I think it always has Because nothing talks louder Than cold, hard cash We only care about how we can get more This country has no use for anyone who's poor The American dream completes the scheme Exploit the poor without remorse Social barriers, we lie to hide Dog eat dog with our false pride
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What's your ambition? Do you wanna go somewhere? You wanna be somebody? Do you think the others care? They'll give you false ideas And tell you what to do They'll say it's alright But you've been played a fool (You have to) make your own decisions And do things your own way No matter what they tell you You have to set your own pace You think you're something special? You'd better think again You're old enough to kill You just can't win Even if you're young You've just begun to fight Just no way to win But, you are in the right No doubt in your mind To do what you believe right Let them try and stop you You've just begun to fight Believe in your own thought There is no other way Fight there unfairness Set your own pace
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You say how life is treating you bad But some would kill for what you have With a place to sleep And a roof over your head You haven't seen how tough life can get Why should you complain With all of your advantages? When people out there can barely manage With a free education and no bills to pay But you'll have to face reality someday You say your life isn't worth living But you're always taking, never giving There's always pressures in life But why not deal with them one at a time? You think life is tough for you But everyone has to pay there dues Why must you always complain? When you have so much to gain You're always telling your parents But you should realize how much you've got You're always asking for something to borrow When an innocent kid could die tomorrow Now you're on the streets and on your own Don't you wish that you were home? So you think you've done all that you can And now you're life seems at an end If that's the way it's gonna be Then put a bullet through your head So now that all your problems are solved Tell me what it's like to be dead
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Wake Up 02:06
When you're on drugs you're unaware Can't face reality because you're scared Do you do it because you like the taste? Can't you see you're better off straight? You say it makes you feel great But you're just using it for an escape Can't you see enough is enough? So why don't you just wake up Can't you see what you're doing is wrong? You know if you keep it up you're gone Smoke and drink just to be cool Can't you see you're just another fool? Why do you say I preach to you? Can't you see I'm trying to help you? I watch you throw you're life away But in the end, you will pay You say you don't need it to get by But you know it's another lie I give up trying to help you Now it's all up to you
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Here's a group of right wing wives Looking to get there faces on the news Gonna tell us how to live our lives Because of there ideals and there views So our music deals with political violence They say that it's corrupting the young So what about the US defense I suppose that it's made for fun Who are you to tell us How to express ourselves? All you want for us to do Is sound like someone else So you think you're in control Of the land of the free Your censorship is bullshit Hail the P.M.R.C Bible-thumpers in every respect Corporate pressures change the way we live To burn the labels and kill the bands So now real music is for the conservative If we upset you're way of life You'll throw us in jail and make us pay Worse comes to worse and now we've learned We're effected by every word you say
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I'm a threat to your way of life A menace to all mankind Is that what you think of me? When all I want is to be free Ronnie says he wants to help us Bullshit, he'd rather kill us To fulfill his insane cause And burden us with two-faced laws Speak for peace, as you spend for violence Lives will cease, our voices silenced War is death, and you will murder Unheard screams, I'll just scream louder Nuclear bombs are indispensable My life to you is just disposable You preach freedom, you make me ill All you teach is how to kill So while you all sit back and relax A million die with one swing of an axe Try and control the lives we lead That type of life we don't need
7.
You're advancements in technology Aren't all they're cracked up to be Life becomes more complicated Human knowledge becomes outdated Is that what you meant to do? Use the world as your tool No room for my own beliefs This nightmare becomes reality Too much technology Too little control Machines replace people Wires replace their souls World with little to lose And even less to gain Time stands still As the worms eat into my brain The worms eat into my brain I won't be made machine I'd rather stay myself, human being Another number in the book of life Another robot seeing through your eyes Time slips by as my mind decays It seems to get worse every fucking day You see a country on the rise What I see is a country's decline I've begun to see new light My future dreams are in my sight You can't take my strong resistance I see beyond your shallow existence With time you'll control it all The world awaits on your call You'll have the power that you need For your mechanic society
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You tell me I can't have my say Why do you give me a price to pay? You tell me I can't make my stand Do I have to prove myself a man? I can't compare with your state of being I can't compare with your state of mind Do I dare ask what you're seeing? Do I dare ask what to find? You tell me I'm all alone But at least I'm not another clone You tell me the right way to act But is your whole life so intact? What is life like Through the eyes of someone else? Why be like the others When you can be just yourself? You tell me the place not to be Obviously not in your society You tell me what life is all about In your mind there could be no doubt
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Well Ron you blew it this time You've had your turn, now it's mine All your lying caught up with you It's your mistake, what will you do? You knew about it all along You deny it, same old song You try and blame it on someone else No one's to blame except yourself Did you think you'd get away? I hoped this would happen someday To see your lies blow up in your face Another crooked president, just another disgrace Well Ron, you've had your fun Ignorant to the damage you've done Got America where it doesn't belong You still deny it, same old song In my lifetime, I hope to see People living with real peace Without fear of death unreal Without pain they already feel
10.
Positively 01:41
You can push me down, but I'll still stand You can put me down, you're such a man I could care less what you think of me All you prove is insecurity I was never meant to be But I stay positively If progression is the least I see I will stay positively You insist you're right, but I prove you wrong I don't think you'll be here for long Why must you make others feel your sorrow? Today you'll fight, but what about tomorrow? Life around is turning black But I stay positively There is no turning back And I will stay positively
11.
All Wrong 02:14
How far do you think you can go? On ignorance and what you think you know And how far can you push me? To get you to face reality I try hard to deal with myself You depend on drugs and anything else Frustration controls your every thought Loneliness is all that you've got It's all wrong It's all wrong It's all wrong You're all wrong Close-minded ignorance You thrive on innocence Close-minded stupidity That's all you'll ever be What is it you're trying to do? Someday it'll catch up to you You lie and cheat all your friends You will meet a bitter end
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Today's heroes are a dime a dozen Too many to even name Americans killed by human error Made that way in political games The shuttle pilots, mistaken death They're made heroes, I ask why? What about the ones before them? Do they also have to die? Are those your heroes? Well, they're not mine We are the future heroes Must we also die? How about the everyday people? Working hard, the unrecognized Are they not the true heroes? Or just boring ordinary lives? You proclaimed these so-called heroes To cover your own mistake Mislead the people to believe They died for their country's sake
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Overcome 03:08
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Deteriorate 02:13
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Here's a group of right wing wives Looking to get there faces on the news Gonna tell us how to live our lives Because of there ideals and there views So our music deals with political violence They say that it's corrupting the young So what about the US defense I suppose that it's made for fun Who are you to tell us How to express ourselves? All you want for us to do Is sound like someone else So you think you're in control Of the land of the free Your censorship is bullshit Hail the P.M.R.C Bible-thumpers in every respect Corporate pressures change the way we live To burn the labels and kill the bands So now real music is for the conservative If we upset you're way of life You'll throw us in jail and make us pay Worse comes to worse and now we've learned We're effected by every word you say

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Breath of dissent pulses forward alongside blasting drums in a cadence of desperate angst borne on a spit-tinged vocal barrage. Deluxe, remastered reissue includes the Stream of Consciousness rehearsal from '88, a live track from their final show with their original line-up and more live tracks from '88 in Houston.

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released July 8, 2003

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