The Revolution/The Establishment

Lyrics

[Intro] Revolution Revolution, yeah Revolution [Verse 1] They make wars, create wars They have lots and they take more From the have-nots, they'll take yours They make borders, they hate foreigners They hate life, they take life They take rights and they ain't right But they don't play and don't play fight Then they play dumb, I can't play nice When they eat cake and we stay poor See they snakes, we hate war We hate war, they hate peace So we make war that'll make peace That's the great war we were made for We were not made to just lay dormant They stay on top, they pay the cops They take office, they make laws And then say stop They say war just makes war but then take forces With state forces, on our own force And they say that they're brave warriors and saviors But they're fake prophets They make war 'cause they profit They make rockets on all sides Then are online as they pop Watch 'em masters of war These fat cats cash in tax free on the backs of the poor masses Different mats with a mask of decorum We warned 'em now we're stormin' the castle It's warranted for the horrors they enact They'll pay for it We paid more than our fair share and it ain't fair And we take theirs 'cause they took yours They made the war, they wage war, create war We hate war, we hate war They hate peace So we make war that'll make peace That's the great war we were made for We were not made to just lay dormant They invade shores They raid homes They rain bombs Then the rain pours They make war [Verse 2] Look We don't make war We make sure that there's order We just follow orders We just fill orders for more Ballistics, munitions, equipment for missions, provisions We just design defense systems and ship them on time Listen My job is complying with city bylaws And minimizing innocent lives lost From my bosses both at home and abroad For instance drones with a bomb Can resolve conflicts all while Limiting high cost so why not? (Why not?) All businesses strive to expand Wars just provide us a chance to supply a demand Our stance is we make instruments We don't create incidents or instigate We're innocent You're insolent Listen We don't make war We all make our decisions We all gotta make a livin' and you make yours And our position is we don't make war We may create conditions conducive Create divisions, but prove it We make rules but we don't make war We don't endorse or advocate using force In fact our lawyers make sure technically We don't make war They place orders we fill 'em They break borders we kill 'em We're not villains They're not civilians We don't make war It existed before And why would I or anybody try to make more For shame We're not to blame For the slain, the flames The poor, the games The gains, we all have to deal We make deals but we don't make war We're real, we're realistic No feels, we talk statistics Specifics we're not mystics You should pray more We're religious We're not malicious or vicious We're not sadistic Yo listen, don't get it twisted Of course we don't make war We don't make war