Mine

Lyrics

[Intro: Audio Samples] [Charles Lewis, CPI:] "[...] at least 71 companies That we were able to identify Are starting to get contracts To go in in Afghanistan and Iraq" [Male Pundit #1:] "Halliburton rose to profit On the backs of American workers" [Martin Smith, PBS:] "An audit [...] alleges KBR charged $88 million For meals they never served" [Ron Paul:] "Loss of civil liberties Corporations running the show Big government in bed with big business" (Hey!) [Male Pundit #2:] "[...] who was made rich By contracts flowing from The Iraq invasion and occupation" (Hey! Hey!) [Lewis:] "All of the top-10 companies Had former U.S. officials Who had worked in the Pentagon Or other parts of the U.S. government" (Hey! Hey!) [Al Gore:] "[...] and what certainly appears to be An ongoing effort to hide the facts" (Hey!) [Lewis:] "[...] and people cash in all the time..." [Verse 1] Been watching for a long time Seeing the world join forces To the edge of calamity How many of the wars have started over Mankind's opiate we call religion? Too many of our children have died In the never-ending fight for territory [Pre-Chorus] Are we born to violence? Can we stop in time? [Chorus] They say you will want to remain on your side You'll be starting a war now if you cross that line Turn around or face my reprisal For I have determined that this is mine [Interlude: Audio Samples] [Male Pundit #3:] "If a person were going to manipulate The marketplace and to create, in essence A collapse and a calamity This could have as great an impact As any type of bomb that would ever be set off" (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!) "Economic terrorism" (Hey!) "Economic terrorism" (Hey!) "Could affect the entire world..." (Hey!) [Verse 2] Been hurting for a long time Feeling my heart torn open From the lack of humanity Insanity on both sides Reaping the path that guarantees Our own extinction Hate added to the stockpile Filling the world with enemies, a constant battle [Pre-Chorus] In the face of violence They omit their pride [Chorus] They say you will want to remain on your side You'll be starting a war now if you cross that line Turn around or face my reprisal For I have determined that this is mine [Bridge] Oh... Oh... [Interlude: Audio Samples] [Male Narrator:] "For millennia, Jerusalem's Temple Mount Has been at the forefront Of the battle of the great monotheistic religions [Male Pundit #4:] "You're hearing some heated emotions On both sides of the argument here, but I mean How do you make peace If you don't want to talk to your enemy?" [Male Pundit #5:] "There is no question that war Is a profit-making business" [Female Pundit:] "Staking a claim to the land" "Claim to the land" [Male Narrator:] "And once again today Passions are threatening to spill over Into bloodshed" [Chorus] You will want to remain on your side You'll be starting a war now if you cross that line Turn around or face my reprisal For I have determined that this is mine [Outro] We will not be broken this time We will force the whole world to testify Stand your ground or face our reprisal For we have determined that this is...