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Foresight is 2020
01:03
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2. |
Patsy Bastard
02:10
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It’s unstoppable
can’t sustain the pace of topical
when everyday the story’s getting more unbelievable
when the awful becomes lawful
unlawful have no obstacles
excuse me, office-sir, would it be possible
as politicians waffle to some day get an offer
of respect or recognition for the down trodden
or one moment of a minute’s peace
for the vulnerable suffering the intolerable
some un-diagnosed
might get away with the most
while we overload with tropes oxygenating the roast
all our sharpened pencils poking the reality host
ignored the backrooms lousy with the cloudiest smoke
wash some mouths out with soap
burn the soap box smash the ashes
re-appropriate fascism to take on the “fascist”
gnawing carnival bark
maybe you were the spark
that prematurely lit the flares then left us all in the dark
it’s inconceivable
that redemption’s irretrievable
maybe abhorrent but only really aberration
if you’re living in
the amnesia wing of hospitals
inhospitable when memories a little
bit uncomfortable reveal we are the parents
of this human crime a vile creature made of our slime
every capitalist take pride
in capitalist America personified
I refuse to aid this mission
I know his only aim is name recognition
mega low fucking maniac
I won’t advance this condition
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3. |
Team Sports
04:43
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When the reveal of inconvenient facts
are labeled and perceived as political attacks
documents unsealed need venom slick tongues to re-catalyze the glue
adhere to blocking view of dissenting views
entomb the dossiers in fortresses with bay windows of un-tinted glass
consume philosophies of purebred but pathetic helpless calfs
suckling at the corporate teat like fools starving for fuel to light the gas
double down on calling truth lies and pushing lies right passed
the gridlocked miles of redactions and retractions buried in more piles
of hasty but tasty illegitimate facts that distract from the last trash regurgitated by clumsy irresponsible hacks
are you proud of the boys you’ve created?
they were supposed to be men
according to your own moronic standards of masculinity
unwilling to abort you produced facetious smiles from upset infantile toys instead
it’s no wonder we’ve dipped under
the threshold of decency so suddenly
we fell off the ledge of the cliff of complacency
when the MAGA trolls obnoxiously embraced the role of heel so proudly
while we chased the bait
when we can’t help but laugh at the thud
of a MAGA chud thick skull hitting concrete or spilling out blood
violent thugs pots calling kettles black
living in fear that the reality of equality will expose their worst inadequacies and true inferiority
we live the same and we’ll die the same
brought down by the rules of rulers games
we rise the same and we’ll fall the same
we fall in the age of vicious games
little league team blue
your boomer parents must be so proud of of you
they built a luxury tree house for the privileged few
pulled up the ladder, and dropped down a couple pairs of ill-fitting strapless boots
all ages of the belligerent blue-check simpletons
got woke on the wrong side of the bed
then tried to drill it in our heads
that might makes right and mockery is necessity
if we decide that the other side brought dirty tactics to the fight
when neoliberals co-opted “support the troops”
they really meant support the wars
when they claimed to believe black lives matter
they really meant black votes
and we wonder why politics are accurately undermined by sketch comedy jokes
we live the same and we’ll die the same
brought down by the rules of rulers games
we rise the same and we’ll fall the same
we fall in the age of vicious games
when the fallacy of victory
buries all enemies deep in the dirt
if we humiliate and dominate
our cheerleaders might lift their skirts for us…
make America great? is was never great not even for you poor schlubs
you just liked it better when you could feel superior
to the human beings that test your insecurities
the others the sisters and brothers that you call thugs
return to "normalcy" is just the blue MAGA- nostalgia
for the days when fucking over the working class was
executed with civility and more eloquent words
with racism and misogyny better concealed by slicker pervs
coupled with the self inflicted frustration
of supplemental justification
scrutinize one flaw of the opposition
put on one dimensional 3D specs fill in the blanks for all the rest
choose your own adventure, invent the backstory of so-called enemies
but they’re not you and they’re not me
we live the same and we’ll die the same
brought down by the rules of rulers games
we rise the same and we’ll fall the same
we fall in the age of vicious games
can you still not see the real teams they’re not divided on party lines
these fucks making cucks out of every one of us
bloods and crips the red and blue
deep crows feet etched in their faces more permanent than face tattoos
think harder smash power shatter tradition and make shards of the old guard
they decide to divide we sign up for the ride with every dopamine click
rewarding our attraction to conflict we admonish to feel accomplished if it offers us pride
but the prize is a lie it only rewards one side
power is power it’s still the law of the land
the bastards in power will turn any neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, family against family, black against white, young against old, poor against poor
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4. |
Antagonists
02:30
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Reckless psychotic atom shift
thawing a cold war that was never at risk of being frozen stiff
creep up get close enough to learn that most jackasses stink
take a whiff, leave a footprint where the elephants sit
once believed this team was righteous
lacking instinct, trusted liars had the best interests
of this nation, education, health, prosperity, and happiness and maybe more than only the monetization of globalization and global domination
the intellectuals so well-read boasted the pen is mightier than the sword
high end quill soaked up the ink let it dry signing off on wars
signing off on wars numbing all to war? I’m still anti war
were we ever the same?
antagonists without a risk who never once thought to enlist
would never ever pull a trigger and they'd never take a bullet
blood of the poor is a renewable resource
war for profit lining pockets
death merchants fueling rockets
prestidigitation of policy selling out civic duty
compassion had no place in the market
when every sense of urgency for clarity or charity
is winnowed out with limited awareness of disparity
these festive celebrations of unity
mask the vanity of hollow insincerity
here’s hoping these keepers of the oligarchy
get a reminder by hard slap with the fact
every bloody revolution, is nothing new son
final solution, more or less an institution
shrouded in glory legitimized history
make history, our history, your history, you’re history
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5. |
Cares and Heroes
01:40
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A two party crime syndicate
ensuring every election is illegitimate
swallow that medicine I bet you're sick
and they know we're sick from it but we'll never get sick of it
so when they serve up another overflowing platter of shit
take your silverware to their gold and stab them right in the eye with it
Silence our voices
with illusion of choices
pass the buck with no bucks to us
keep us in the dark 'til we're forced to read by gaslight
it's not the time to
hold that noise in
it's time to sharpen incisors and bite the hands that feed us poison
can't sleep when your head hits the pillow
see insomnia induced by a heist that wasn't low key
and I scream to the rich, please don't eat me
falling for this Con- we all die
falling for this Con- but I di-
falling for this Con- but I di-gress
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6. |
Bastard Patsy
02:47
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What kind of man shoots a man in the back?
blue little boys with spines aligned by guns, badges, and bullets stacked
tactical gear used to menace and control us with fear
unqualified to be ashamed of the guts they lack
Do you comply with the ridiculous lie
that the cop is a friend or a brave defender of life
grow up! I’ve never seen a
viewless child with eyes so wide
foreign armies occupying communities
unwelcome uninvited maiming citizens with immunity
Not a militia man just a lost kid
less than a skid staining shat underpants of the boots he licks
pointing guns as the unarmed run
bowing to empowered cowards on the altar of blue line worship
you wanna bullet spray and cosplay
as an army man go serve overseas
when the bullets return
you might just be the one who bleeds
with no audience anywhere near to hear your pleas
invading armies self deployed to communities
unwelcome uninvited taking lives in defense of property
cue defective detectives
brace for the wave of retroactive journalists
motivated by racist objectives
instigators dressed in layers of the wrinkled skin of pragmatists
hurdling research skipping straight to revisionist
selective with the narrative until it fits
how can so much humility be lacking in apologists?
victorious ignorance a license for belligerence
now the bastard cop in fear their time has come
hide behind the guns of clueless bastard sons
with boots licked so clean their hands feel freshly scrubbed
while their bastard sons are flattened by the bus
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7. |
Squat The U.S.A.
02:17
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Squat, squat, squat the U.S.A.
who dares to say that you refuse to pay
when they bled you dry and dried up every resource
rotten rot morality decays
greed remains keeping empty homes maintained
new homeless reminisce the bliss- that it once was to be poor
when vacant buildings
outnumber the human beings
living on the street
it’s time to leech
fair game to reclaim every lease
when government plays impotent
to helping starving families
while vampire bankers cap their teeth
with diamonds
to help the ogres bite through stone
bleeding the desperate and the weak
real estate moguls hoarding homes
as recent tenants get acquainted with the streets
So make this this so called land of the free
go take this this land back for everybody
remake this the land that we can finally
un-ironically call free….
squat the U.S. U.S.
squat the U.S.A.
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8. |
Empty Gestures
03:31
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They learned to weaponize identity and finally
society had nominated upgrades to the value of minorities
upgraded from subhuman beings to human shields used to bulletproof the bullet riddled polity of “normalcy”
where we dance with glee accepting the best we can be
is a cut above the failure of the lowest common denominator
what a victory
what a fraud of a participation trophy
for anyone keeping score
all of the equality they have in store
is token faces that promise to resemble yours
spite-fully too familiar
the overlords they serve for whom they’ll shove you to the floor
and under every bus bound for respect, you’d ever dare to board
denied the birthright of a culture or identity
self relegated designated as a caricature parody
of what maybe we’re supposed to be as demonstrated by the tv and the movies
immigration
by the third generation
produced another alienated alien nation
a speck from the finest mist of heritage disintegration
if I’m only halfway in this fight
hope it only takes one drop to contaminate pure white
couldn’t deliver the might, but I could lose it in slo-mo
some colored me wrong it didn’t hurt
but every time I went bananas I would learn
how easily it could be me becoming uncle Tomo
culture harnessed by relics
obliviously sheltered sophisticates
disingenuously micromanaging the feelings
of their marginalized exploited assets
rackets tactlessly protecting corruption
reaping the bonus of white savior satisfaction
as if they’re chasing fate in a race to validate
the detractors of affirmative action
some day we’re gonna ask who asked for this
symbolic representation from the sellout class
bought to snuff out the faces suffocate the voices if un-vetted natives start getting restless
when inclusive A-bombs hit the ground
join hands around the rainbow mushroom cloud
in shredded ribbons of colorful confetti and equalizing ashes we all fall down
thank goodness we’ve all been invited to all fall down
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9. |
Shall We Anarchy?
04:41
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what are the odds
we could be better
while still being flawed
or maybe we settle
for waiting on leaders
and promises peddled
but what if we tried
and strived to do better
lived by our own law
beyond so called fathers who founded this treasure
that was taken by force, broken treaties and trust
built on murder, betrayal, and slaughter
did we try or comply
had our mouths gone too dry
when we spit in the eye of storm
lusting for petty squabbles
stirred up empty rabble
led war into battles
and battles to wars
at behest of our best
the cameras lost interest
of peace at the protest
lenses fogged up with teargas admired the mess
bright flash bulbs lighting up images suburbs detest
breeding out any fears of the shame of arrest
handfuls looted from shops while evading the cops
who’s batons clash with pens but not swords
then our darkest desires
set buildings on fire
brought nukes to the school yard
and fists to the war
what if they lied
what if they were secretly on the same side
playing allies playing all sides eyes fixed on the prize
outreach shoving rose tinted glass in our eyes
submit, compromise for the liars who won’t even lie
when it comes to pretending they might even try
they said make your voice heard we said there’s no choice sir
“I insist’ became, “don’t resist”
reduced to our stances on culture so those media vultures
could squawk, we’re uncivil and hawk civil war
but what if we tried
and strived to do better
lived by our own law
and severed this tether
what if we tried
and lived to do better
lived by our own laws
and lived to be better
lived by our own laws
and lived to be better
lived by our own laws
and lived to be better
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Always The System (Summary by False Moron Boogie)
(Patsy Bastard)
a class loyalist… humanity betrayer
would-be traitor too incompetent to be a full dictator
this piece of shit president promised to drain the swamp
are the critics or constituents convinced it was a failure?
intentional or not, the promise was fulfilled
“drain” never meant dredge as if he ever meant it to reveal
a new world record low tide in the bog
ignore the creeps behind the dissipating curtain of fog
a species of creature not endangered but protected
every scum covered dweller remains unaffected
with a gone swamp and some camouflage washed off
hoping thick vintage sludge won’t leave a permanent stain
(Team Sports)
when the dirt could…
finally be seen cleanly when the lights came up on every flaw
on every un-thwarted rewarded wart, blemish, or scar
scarred directionless panicked spectators split off…
and drifted or sprinted to the flaw with no draw
but a minimal offering of tepid applause
and the stench most superior, and most familiar, or least repellent to their cause
kids pissing in the pool too wet to feel the difference
or wonder if anyone content living chin deep
in the darkest dankest subterranean canals
of the sewers of metropolis apocalypse
should notice while leaders copping sniffs with morals on extended paid vacation in penthouses
high on their own odorless delusional bullshit densely packed as the foundation of peak civilization
twisting their brains to naively believe in trickle down philanthropy clown fantasies
so who of us with hands tied- could still be bothered by- one more expected bludgeoning of mud across our faces
in defeat we settled for whichever pre approved dirt
better compliments our stations…
but make sure
they’re battle stations arm yourselves defend your chosen corners of this sewer
for a fighting chance so powers at the bases…
of towers might allow you to reach up and touch the gutter in the hopes that your superiors might grant a slightly better
life as long as the tippy toe of your boot
is firmly planted on an underling’s head to please the debtors
or at least at the very least denying one another
of potential for some happiness or pathway to success
(Antagonists)
divided we stand
but pennants still rallying for enemy penance grease the hands penning the checks
trust blood lust, rivals, institutional villains
there’s always room for unity as long as an enemy
combatant is delivered by consensus convince us that these victims are against us threats to our nation
boogie men and boys imagined out of thin air
the oldest deflection of the dehumanization
from the inhuman inhumane imperialist
doling out deadly sanctions as a slap on the wrist
worshipping weapons as necessity employing the insanity
of indiscriminate corporatist murdering sprees
(Cares and Heroes)
there was no hope or promise to provide a better package
just a pantsing exposing the typically inadequate
too often overpowering, aggressive and oppressive, brutalizing, violent, impervious, always imposing,
rapist shaft of the system- ALWAYS THE SYSTEM- to tell you it’s your fault when you resist them
please sir, can I have another?
you barely had one.
okay, can I have one?
Yes of course here’s some broken teeth from a gift horse
they were bought with your money, your labor was the source
no decent citizen should believe their owed a living
holster hands while the task force is studying remorse
recidivism to this prison never in doubt
there’s no returning to a cage if no one ever gets out
(Bastard Patsy)
coward pig men retreating from the anger
shake a child’s hand and send that baby face head long into the danger
with no training or experience self-deputized
junior ranger still a stranger to the consequence
or any understanding of the blood let when hot lead
penetrating flesh results in injury or death
nazi killer cop’s reputation never addressed
a patsy silly pup volunteer absorbing the mess
royalty hides behind two factions of aggressors
while we target the pawns protecting mutual oppressors
too distracted by the fracturing of necks under tread
to wonder who’s next to be protected to death
or served teargas, rubber bullets, truncheons, or arrest
rebranding so the direction of the anger corrects
and steers away from the system- ALWAYS THE SYSTEM
to laugh behind our backs each time we miss them
(Squat The U.S.A.)
shut it down world health is the priority
but health care’s out of reach please be grateful for your poverty
your struggle doesn’t matter your livelihood’s collateral
withhold the life preservers here’s a shackle and an anvil
fuck that! take it back every house and every flat
each apartment every loft and every building
pack a surfboard for every couch takeover every dwelling
land was stolen to begin with it’s yours for the taking
take it back from the system- ALWAYS THE SYSTEM
ALWAYS THE SYSTEM
(Empty Gestures)
people of color crowded out of their own table
stop stealing all the oxygen they’re not your pets to label
Yes you're guilty of being white
but I suppose I’m guilty of letting you be without a fight
and black faces can win races
but time never erases bad time and place disgraces
of identity inspired stasis
stuck in a new past get an eyewash if so lost
to torch the policies that squash the burning cross
(Shall We Anarchy)
they said it couldn’t happen but we got the revolution
televised and television turned out to be the solution
to crushing all dissent promoting fear over the truth
to radicalizing shameful boys who back the blue
the revolution WILL be televised and it’ll be condemned
by casual suburban fans of peaceful protest
they’ll assert that you’ve made your point and that you were heard
we can’t even say they didn’t listen isn’t that worse?
they listened and ignored us on purpose appeased us with an offering of shallow painted letters on the surface
with leaders like these who needs enemies?
does a government this cruel legitimize anarchy?
wine track six pack
trailer park or cul-de-sac
forty in a paper sack
hood rat taking corners back
They drafted middle class and poor into the culture war
minimized the common struggles stomped the Earth into the core
stomped our heads into the core and danced around a little more
on the ashes of all hope the final flashes of the lore
vote for a life of more and more consorting with the enemy
the one who snuck into your bed and said you’ll never leave me
2020 was a preview of the terror we’re in for
brace for 2021 and what the system has in store
ALWAYS THE SYSTEM
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11. |
Cosmetic Plague
01:14
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