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Shit's All Fucked Up

by Agents of Change

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1.
You probably hate me, and everything I stand for That's alright I'll sleep at night I know it's typical for people to be scared Of what they do not understand so I'll try not to get personal But y'all go ahead install the suicide net In case I decide to jump out the building When I hear about who the police brutalize next When shit pops off I wonder; Will I see you at the barricades? Shields, bullets, tear gas and mace Is that what you're prepared to face Cuz, "IT'S HAPPENING" As we continue this downward spiral Which by my estimation is guarenteed to proceed I go pyro! Look into the face, look into the face Look into the face of an athiest Don't need a savior so save your spit Don't need to believe in a myth to raise a fist But dude that's alright, don't expect me to get down When you use religion as a way To justify your hate, expect to get clowned Now, to everyone regardless of your genitals or melanin If you're down to struggle, let's rebel against this hellish situation Now, revolutions won't be on the headlines And they certainly will not be on the radio or television It will be on the streets, And the hearts and the minds The folks who wanted a A better world now Use your rage to spark a flame Don't let it go to waste Don't let it burn, don't let it burn out! [chorus x4] Rock this boat, keep it burning! Drop this knowledge, teaching/learning!
2.
All alone and depressed, can't cope with the stress Got a rope on my neck and a chair on lean Spoke with death, she said, "don't tease, Let go and just hope for the best!" What is wrong with me? Am I broken? What a wreck, what a wretch, what a catch, on a ledge Wanna come pretend I'm joking? Lonliness, escapism, Glowing boxes, depression No one gives a fuck, I don't blame them, I don't let them I'm so careless, arrogant To think you'd even wanna hear all this But thanks for listening, Makes me feel like less of a terrorist Shit's all fucked up! (x3) Started off feeling bad, Now I'm feeling bad about feeling bad On the real, I can deal if it's real But if it's not then how can I deal with that? What's more important, Being willing to die for what you love? Or being willing to live and survive And endure this hardship, heavy torment? I thought I was a sadist I guess I'm just a masochist All the world will hate this The other ones will laugh at this My dreams are fucked & jaded I can't remember happiness All the world's a slaveship But you don't know the half of it Shit's all fucked up (x3)
3.
Gorgeous 03:06
Solidarity! lean on me Ads everywhere pushing things we don't need Two reasons I don't kill myself: AOC & primo weed, I keep busting until we all free Upheaval iss the stylo-g Til I'm out I be like motherfuck the C-O-Ps God damnit on that you can please quote me nah I don't give a fuck, not remotely Listen up, listen up! here's my keynote speech: Humans are a cancer, climate change is the chemo treat Til I'm out stay gone, call it neon green Yeah a message like this can be lonely Homie got me, in the crossroads we gon meet For a better world we gon bleed, in the crossroads we gon meet For a better world we gon bleed, it would be gorgeous! *chorus* It'd be gorgeous, imagine It'd be gorgeous, imagine imagine! Storming the boardrooms & mansions & lashing the backs of the lords & the masters In the Chicago, you would think killing's a hobby The streets are littered with bodies The liberals & ritual Ghandis All wanna to blame guns while ignoring all the crippling poverty World Star wants to blame the Illuminati I believed that too, until I came to realize The people we need to fight they got names & faces & they're not an invisible cadre We'll go from a war of the gang to a war of the class We can all arise in an orgy of action, Storming the boardrooms and mansions Lashing the backs of the lords & the masters *chorus*
4.
To all the managers & the supervisors To every boss I've ever had Through all your power trips & your ego mania There's only one thing I wish I would have said ...fuck you and I wish you were dead! We are precarious and temporary They use this as a tool to keep us divided Utilize their authority to belittle and demean Cuz their lives are boring & uninspired When they call you 'sweetheart' & it's not your name When they play with your hours like a fucking game For the smallest mistake they put you on a cross There's no love to begin with & there's no love lost *chorus* Kidnap your boss! (Kidnap your boss!) Kidnap your boss! (Kidnap your boss!) Kidnap your boss! When they fuck with your hours recoup that cost! Kidnap your boss! (Kidnap your boss!) Kidnap your boss!(Kidnap your boss!) Kidnap your boss! There's no love to begin with & there's no love lost! It's so nefarious & unnecessary They treat us like fools & they're enlightened We comprise the majority & things could be improved If we could only get united When they call you 'illegal', anglicize your name Their idea of teaching you is public shame For the smallest mistake they put you on a cross There's no love to begin with & there's no love lost *chorus*
5.
There ain't no middle ground, everything is partisan The personal's political, gotta have the hardest skin Deface the billboards, sabotage the magazines Dispel the illusion, they're selling you a fantasy I'm telling you it's maddening, I'm about to pop off A clip at all these pop stars, probably I'll get locked up Yeah he's got a mouth on him, & every surface got a spot on it For an ad - oblivion is not far, not far! Brain death, brain matter, grey matter, scattered on the rocks, god What a waste, no matter, blame it on a hot dog Watch where you walk dog, We're standing on the lip of a volcano playing hop scotch Shit is perilous, America, the place where if you're arab, you're a terrorist Black, brown, & and even poor folks with the fairer skin, are food for the carrion Yes the scene is very grim, basically you're fucked unless you're very rich *Chorus (x2)* Robin Hood! John Brown! Fight back! Right now! Buzzkill he's on some John Brown shit Ski masks & heaters go pow pow click How about now it's simply time to get wicked This motherfucking system needs a roundhouse kick Slavery is alive if you look for it (look for it!) You ain't gon' find it for sure if you ignore it Y'all only see the twigs, it's a big forest Behind all your new gear, there's some kids warring There's some kids slaving, that shit cray But these corporations just wanna get paid See they don't really care if the land is trashed As long as rich people their gadgets fast Makes a cracka wanna go grab his ratchet blast Back and reload ampersand stand back & laugh Buzzkilla war path, can't hack my math Record labels scamming, push hazard to a fragile mass *Chorus (x2)* Steal from the rich, give to the poor Break your chains, kill your masters
6.
Threshold 03:02
we're living with a legacy of blood we're living with a legacy of hate I'm thinking we'll never see the end of it how the hell did we ever get so numb? when we're staring right in the face of total annihilation? *chorus* (x2) what's your limit? what's your threshold? what would it take to make you let go? what's your limit? what's your threshold? we're living with a memory of blood we're living with a memory of pain I'm thinking we'll never see the end of it how the hell did we ever get so cold? as everything falls apart to total desolation *chorus* (x2)

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released April 20, 2018

Tracks 1-3, 5 recorded at the Chicago Recording Company*
Track 4 recorded at the AOC HQ
Track 6 recorded at Columbia College*

Written/produced by Agents of Change
Mixed by Johnny Eichem
*Engineered by Chuck Kawal

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Formed in 2005, Agents of Change has charted a course of their own by blending hip-hop, politics, and a DIY punk ethos. The message behind the music has always been simple: educate yourself, challenge authority, demolish injustice and try to have some fun in the process. ... more

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