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1914
01:36
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2. |
Human Wave Tactics
02:13
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1 july 1916
the somme river valley
the battle of verdun
watch it all burn
20,000 dead
in one day alone
conservative estimates
38,000 wounded or killed
worst day in history
for the brits
and you and me
the great war takes its toll
death in human waves
send the men to their graves
machine gun fire rakes
men shake, break
blood spills
guts
lumps of flesh all around
the ground shakes
artillery falls
none make it out alive
whole divisions live and die
death in human waves
send the men to their graves
attack in human waves
send the men to their graves
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3. |
Among the Insane
02:03
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in 1492, when christopher columbus first made landfall in the west indies,
he found the land he was surveying to be filled with people, arawak specifically
even though he described their manners as “decorous and praiseworthy”
for god, glory, and gold
they were beaten, they were sold,
raped and murdered and forced to parade
around for the king and queen
and a 500-year attempt at genocide
is something people are trying to hide
behind a wall of white lies
in 1619, the first slaves came from west africa to the american colonies
it took 200 years and a bloody civil war to finally claim that they were free
yet, in 1965, the civil rights act had to be written and signed into law
and if you think things are better, brother, look no further than the murder of ahmaud arbery
there’s no heaven above
there’s no hell below
it’s just you and me
and the love we show
our fellow huimans
and if you think this perspective makes me mentally ill,
then go ahead and bury me
among the insane
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4. |
Bayonet Ballet
02:52
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I’m a minister of death
and I’m praying for war
staring at the night sky
watch it light up like the daytime
standing at the bottom of a trench
waiting for the call to charge
someone blows the whistle
and
over the top
into hell we go
I deal death all around
all around me
I bear another hun to the ground
with a pirouette of killing
I deal death all around
all around me
a bayonet ballet
sanctioned murder
blood is spilling
I cross no-man’s land
and I jump over the wire
land in a hun’s trench
and I open fire
got my m-17
locked and ready to go
shove it in the mouth of a hun
pull my trigger
and watch his head explode
I deal death all around
all around me
I bear another hun to the ground
with a pirouette of killing
I deal death all around
all around me
a bayonet ballet
sanctioned murder
blood is spilling
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5. |
Trapped in the Wire
02:45
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I’m trapped in the wire in no-man’s land
concertina wire barbs digging in my skin
I can’t break out, I’m sinking down
mud and blood and bone abound
I’m trapped in the wire
trapped in the wire
cannot see what’s in front of me
darkness has set in, cannot see
I cannot stop my own screaming
I am bleeding and sinking down…
I’m trapped in the wire
trapped wire
good god, what have I done to deserve this?
I miss my children, they’re waiting for me
my wife expects me home alive
mud is filling my mouth lungs
as I face my demise
I’m trapped in the mire
trapped in the wire
trapped in the mire
beneath the wire
trapped in the wire
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6. |
Hatred
02:25
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inhale
exhale
the poisonous fumes
that make
hatred
spread its
gloom
the fallacy of our hatred
the banality of our hatred
don’t hold
yourself back
when facing
doom
reject
hatred
wherever
it blooms
the erasure of all hatred
deliver us from hatred
deliver us from hatred
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7. |
BLM
02:47
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(clip, john boyega, london 3 june 2020)
What, exactly, did you think would happen
when you started snatching people off the street?
We stood and fought
for ourselves and
our neighbors and
our way of life
what, exactly, did you think would happen
when your hard-line stance
ran into our brick wall?
(clip, malcolm x, los angeles, 5 may 1962)
We stood and fought
what, exactly, did you want to happen?
Did you think we’d roll over and play dead?
Did you think that we would give in
did you think that we would give in
to your fascist regime?
(clip 1, state of minnesota v. derek michael chauvin, 20 april 2021)
we’ll stand and fight
(we’ll stand and fight)
you fascist pigs
(you fascist pigs)
(clip 2, state of minnesota v. derek michael chauvin, 20 april 2021)
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8. |
My Brother's Keeper
01:13
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“A terrible double meaning is thus imparted on the original question of human ethics: am I my brother’s keeper?” (Jessica Mitford)
Culled from the herd
Spoon-fed every word
Sensibilities subjugated
To the vile, greedy shepherd
One must ask...
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Blood pounding in my ears
Murder drowning out my fears
Semtex vest strapped on
Dead-man's switch by my thumb
One more martyr to the cause
Explosive exploitation of my flaws
Too late, they finally see
I am the keeper of their terror
Am I my brother’s keeper?
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9. |
Wish I Could Forget
03:58
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Early '53 and the Chinese came charging down the hill, hard
I fired every round I had and melted 3 barrels before I had to run
Got lost in the woods and ran into a Chinese regular
He stared and
I yelled and
We both realized we had no ammo
I didn't know what he'd do, so I
I threw down
I threw down
We fixed bayonets, we fixed bayonets
and each of us got ready to go to town
He went low
I went high
He'd thrust
And I'd dodge
And every time he came at me
I put another cut in his body
and
When I came down upon his neck
Bright red arterial spray
Hit me
In the face
And now I wish that I could forget
I wish I could forget
And I wish I could forget...
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10. |
Duck and Cover
00:44
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"flash of light
searing pain
you're nothing more
than a pile of ash"
----Bofur, "The Hobbit"
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11. |
Pr@y
03:40
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when i wake up next to you
i want you to feel better
when i wake up next to you
i want you to know you matter
when i wake up next to you
i like to lay here and watch you sleep
when i wake up next to you
i want to keep you here, close by me
when i wake up next to you I
wonder if i matter
when i wake up next to you
i fear that you can do better
when i wake up next to you
i stare at the ceiling and i weep
when i wake up next to you
i wonder what keeps you here by me
i pray/prey...
would it be
would it be all right
if i pray for you
would it be
would it be all right
if i prey on you...
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12. |
Refugee
03:33
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no compromise
no victory
no sense of purpose
no levity
closed doors
broken windows
find a way
destitute
impoverished
don’t know what to do
cry for help
look out!
they’ll kill you!
Leave you to starve
and die of thirst!
I fear that I’ve
worn out
my
welcome
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13. |
Trench Gun
03:36
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april 1917
the united states declares war
october that same year
us troops enter combat
and they brought the trench gun
lessons learned
in the phillipine insurrection
taught the united states
the shotgun was effective
in the trenches
at those ranges
so, they brought the
trench gun
soldiers using
the trench gun
came to call it
the trench broom
and the
trench sweeper
a weapon so effective
the german filed a formal
complaint
yes
the people who invented mustard gas
and chemical warfare
complained
about the shotgun
about the
trench gun
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