Lyrics

I don't have to tell you things are bad Everybody knows things are bad The dollar buys a nickel's worth; Banks are going bust; Shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter; Punks are running wild in the street But there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do And there's no end to it We know The air is unfit to breathe And our food is unfit to eat We sit watching our TVs While some local newscaster tells us That today we had fifteen homicides And sixty-three violent crimes As if that's the way it's supposed to be! We all know things are bad ' Worse than bad ' They're crazy It's like everything everywhere is going crazy So we don't go out any more We sit in the house And slowly the world we're living in is getting smaller And all we say is, 'Please At least leave us alone in our living rooms Let me have my toaster and my TV And my steel-belted radials And I won't say anything Just leave us alone.... Well, I'm not going to leave you alone I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest I don't want you to riot I don't want you to write to your Congressman Because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write All I know is that first You've got to get mad You've gotta say 'I'm a human being God dammit! My life has value!... This is your new world order The intent evil Stack bodies stack bills Steal power from the people This is the orchestra of war Apocalyptic prequel Halliburton stay murkin' Skull & Bones keep it legal We be underground Fire fucking rounds back evil Put the vinyl to the needle Let them hear them desert eagles 'cause these suckers have been hypnotize Don't see the news like we do Stop the others making mockeries of God Their mind's evil If the government wanna go and act a fool Then let them know that my hand's gonna pack a tool From the slums to the dirt, they get ya all the way To the two one fit for the afternoon Replubican nor democrat Neither one will pay 'Cause the bank owns the government We're all their fuckin' slaves This shit is wild and urgent You smell that fire burning Nothing to be concerned with The Era of Diversion Fox News and "W" Are fuckin' Halliburton Nothing to be concerned with The Era of Diversion FEMA, fuck, Katrina Yeah, that's for certain Nothing to be concerned with The Era of Diversion These ol' merchants They are working with the man behind the curtain You should be concerned with The Era of Diversion