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"our grief is not a cry for revenge."
death and damage uncounted for as their continued wars wage on ignored / hegemonic conquest / the messiah-complex / an identifiable war cause merely based upon one worthy complete fallacy: revenge // free information for those pursuing imperial agendas and economic interests // buy what you're sold / do what you're told / rally behind our flag / fear what you misunderstand // if attachable flags, yellow ribbons, and "support our troops" catch phrases are all they need to sell their wars, then we're fucked // it's hard to envision turmoil when all that is seen is bright, blue, skies
"our grief is not a cry for revenge" was a message displayed on a sign at a protest against the war in afghanistan following the attacks of september 11th.
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unrepressed.
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unrepressed.
my true feelings cannot be contained / within solitary lines of thought / and in this unrest i refrain / from debates of semantics and aught // i would rather focus my attention on mutual benefit / i would rather focus my attention on cooperative practices // but until we exist outside / of the labels we rely on / i will align with the titles applied / to establish connections indrawn // and though i don't foresee a better tomorrow… / i won't cease in building / around me // and though the perils of humanity / will receive absolutely no amnesty / it won't daunt me / i'll remain unrepressed // may no law break our backs / may no ideal benumb or drawback / may no slogan be suitable symposiac // take the reigns, capsize / reclaim control of our lives
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downbeat.
01:35
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downbeat.
i can't stand this incessant struggle against elements that never fold / conviction will not beget once disinspiration besets / doubt often sprouts in minds of even the most devout / no phoenix will rise for the beaten down and worn out // so we'll set our marks high and we'll aim for the white in their eyes / remember your alibi, falsify what underlies / we must not be petrified or be placed on standby / nor must we turn a blind eye to any desperate outcry // the water freezes where it doesn't flow / stationed objects don't reach new plateaus / frustration can deal a mortal blow / when exhaustion sways to-and-fro // breathe new life into what has died / remain firmly planted against the tide / only truly trust what you feel inside / do not be fooled by the lies of those who only abide // we're in an incessant struggle against elements that never fold / our convictions cannot beget once disinspiration besets / doubt often sprouts in minds of even the most devout / no phoenix will rise once we're beaten down and worn out // and no matter how down… / no matter how down / no, no matter how down… / please keep pushing
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white flight.
01:27
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white flight.
white devils perpetuating endless attrition / always the first to fixate unjust conditions / inquisition & the coercion into submission / the origin of the drive for manumission // ethnocentrism is the intrinsic value of the oppressor / social constructs built to instill and maintain transparent privilege and practiced hatred // violence grows parallel to class differences everywhere / virulence of the past still looms in the air / streets named after doctor king left in disrepair / there is no progression in hands of doctrinaires // ethnocentrism is the intrinsic value or the dominant culture / social constructs built to instill and maintain transparent privilege and conferred dominance // i recognize the role that my race has played through history / i recognize the wrongs committed by people just like me / i witness the effects of erected hierarchies in effect / i feel the burden of my privilege weighing me down // i was never taught that racism could be more than the obvious / but, i realize that silence does nothing but strengthen it / i feel the guilt of my existence: white, straight, well-off, and male / "white privilege is the anchor around my neck" (downcast)
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no prospect.
01:26
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no prospect.
"theology is the science of the divine lie" (bakunin) // to those of us who do not subscribe / to any dogmatic religion that prevails prescribed / we have no prospect of an afterlife / or any eternal salvation bestowed thereby // we have only this life and we cannot just simply watch it pass by // to those of us who do not subscribe / to any dogmatic religion that prevails prescribed / we take no pleasure in being stigmatized / under the notion that we cannot live ethical lives // we have only this life and we cannot just simply watch it pass by // treading through the valley of the shadow of death: the perils of life / i need not the guidance of any celestial being(s) or institutionalized religion / as i find my own way and accept that there is no afterlife
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equilibrium.
01:32
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equilibrium.
we march to the beat of a different drum / we carry our lives ad libitum / our codes of conduct, to us, are burdensome / yet have no effect on the equilibrium // "and to every single action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" (newton's law of motion) // are we truly happy with what we've become? / heretics and fools seen in heathendom / under the impression that we're more than our sum / yet, when given the podium we merely haw and hum // "and to every single action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" (newton's law of motion) // …as the night begins to draw to a close, what do we feel? // …when our lives don't seem so grandiose, where is our zeal? lost in midst of everything // lost // we are lost in midst of everything // lost in midst of all but our own emptiness // and the cycle persists with or without us
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