400Years
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Fri Feb-10-06 02:35 PM
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Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Television, The Drug Of The Nation |
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Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Television, The Drug Of The Nation Lyrics
One nation under God has turned into one nation under the influence of one drug
Television, the drug of the Nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation (2x) T.V., it satellite links our United States of Unconsciousness Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive The methadone metronome pumping out 150 channels 24 hours a day you can flip through all of them and still there's nothing worth watching T.V. is the reason why less than 10 per cent of our Nation reads books daily Why most people think Central Amerika means Kansas Socialism means unamerican and Apartheid is a new headache remedy absorbed in it's world it's so hard to find us It shapes our mind the most maybe the mother of our Nation should remind us that we're sitting too close to...
Television, the drug of the Nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation (2x) T.V. is the stomping ground for political candidates Where bears in the woods are chased by Grecian Formula'd bald eagles T.V. is mechanized politic's remote control over the masses co-sponsored by environmentally safe gases watch for the PBS special It's the perpetuation of the two party system where image takes precedence over wisdom Where sound bite politics are served to the fastfood culture Where straight teeth in your mouth are more important than the words that come out of it Race baiting is the way to get selected Willie Horton or Will he not get elected on...
Television, the drug of the Nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation (2x) T.V., is it the reflector or the director ? Does it imitate us or do we imitate it because a child watches 1500 murders before he's twelve years old and we wonder why we've created a Jason generation that learns to laugh rather than to abhor the horror T.V. is the place where armchair generals and quarterbacks can experience first hand the excitement of warfare as the theme song is sung in the background Sugar sweet sitcoms that leave us with a bad actor taste while pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars You saw the video You heard the soundtrack Well now go buy the soft drink Well, the onla cola that I support would be a union C.O.L.A.(Cost Of Living Allowance) On television
Television, the drug of the Nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation (2x) Back again, 'New and improved' We return to our irregularly programmed schedule hidden cleverly between heavy breasted beer and car commercials CNNESPNABCTNT but mostly B.S. Where oxymoronic language like 'virtually spotless', 'fresh frozen' 'light yet filling' and 'military intelligence' have become standard T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined like 'recession' to 'necessary downturn' 'Crude oil' on a beach to 'mousse' 'Civilian death' to 'collateral damages' and being killed by your own Army is now called 'friendly fire' T.V. is the place where the pursuit of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia Where toothpaste and cars have become sex objects Where imagination is sucked out of children by a cathode ray nipple T.V. is the only wet nurse that would create a cripple
Television, the drug of the Nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation (4x)
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Fri Feb-10-06 02:36 PM
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They play it during station breaks on Democracy Now from time to time.
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Fri Feb-10-06 02:41 PM
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Michael Franti is a fuckin' musical and literary GENIUS. Didja know his parents are white? ;-)
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Fri Feb-10-06 02:50 PM
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4. I love his voice, and his mind. He is incredible. Thanks for posting. nt |
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Fri Feb-10-06 02:50 PM
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5. I still can't figure out which version of 'Bomb the World' I like best |
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The acoustic version is great, but the big Armageddon Mix version is very cool! (and I love it that he got Sly and Robbie to play on that one).
I think my favorite song of his is still 'Listener Supported' (about pirate radio), though. :)
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Fri Feb-10-06 02:45 PM
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3. as a teevee hater....thank yooooo! |
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never seen these lyrics before. They are so copied for onward transmission to fellow haters of the Idiot's Lantern.
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Fri Feb-10-06 02:50 PM
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6. the actual audio of the song is really good too |
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Edited on Fri Feb-10-06 02:51 PM by 400Years
I used to listen to them back in the early to mid 90's and had forgot all about them until recently and I relistened to this song and thought just how right on it is.
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