| lyric section |
| Music is an inderect force for change, because it provides an anchor against human tragedy. In this sense, it works towards a reconciled world. It can also be the direct experience of change... ~ Operation Ivy |
Against All Authority- "Policeman" -you want authority? You want a war with me? What motivated you to reinforce all policy? You want authority? You want a war with me? And any opposition you supress for a salary. When i see you I should feel safe, but I don't because I know how you operate Policeman. When I see you, I should feel safe, but I don't because I know just how you take advantage- of your position, the answer- is sedition. Don't understand, so why don't you clue me in? Because there must be something that you're missing somewhere deep within. You say it keeps me free. I have to disagree. We've seen it before and we'll see it again. You infringe upon the rights of those you should defend. "Above The Law"- Couldn't get in the show, hangin' out on the street. We had no where to go in the Miami heat. We were just kicking the shit, we were just having fun. We didn't bother no one. Four punks in the park, a big stick in your hand. It was late, it wsa dark. You had to prove your a man, you wear your badge with pride. A gun close by your side. You're just a pig motherfucker. Just a pig, above the law. You motherfucker, you think you're big, you're fucking nothing but a pig. You like to push us around, that's how you have your fun. You're the law in this town, you answer to no one. You swore to serve and protect, but who protects is from you? From me, you'll get no respect. It's time you pay your dues. I think back to that night out in the cold dark street. I should have put up a fight, but my revenge will be sweet. You pushed too far this time, and & I've commited no crime. You're gonna die pig, you're gonna die. In the shadows I hide, with a blade close to my side. Under a blanket of night, I keep myself out of sight. Feel my blade at your throat. Now on your own blood you'll choke. Your wound pours out in a flood. I slip &slide on your blood. Your body drops with a thud, i push your face in the mud. Anti-Flag- "A new kind of Army"- Look back on history, nothing much has changed. Thousands of soldiers of all countries all marching the same. Every nation's leader says that our side is right. Every nation's leader says the time has come to fight. But they use the common people, to settle thier sores. It's time that we refuse to fight in any of their wars! We're looking to start a new Army, one that's too smart to fight, and too smart to die. We're looking to start a new Army, one that's too smart to fight, and too smart to kill for you. "Join now!" - the ranks of all nations who refuse to go to war. Refuse to pull the trigger of a gun for leaders around the world. I'd rather fight to spread some tolerance and unity, than buy into their nationalistic brainwashing. Killing: Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, Brothers, common human beings. Not savages, but people like you and me! We're looking for a few good men. We're looking for a few good womyn, who are not afrais to fight against tyranny, but who refuse to fight with tyranny. "Police Story"- A black man driving down the street one day, pulled over by rascist boys in blue in Brentwood, PA. There's no real reason, they don't have any right. It's just that in their eyes, he's not the correct shade of white. Driving in a neighborhood that's reigned by whites, ain't healthy for a black man trying to live a lengthy life. All those cops walked off free, but him, he's in a grave. His name is Johnny Gammage, one of the thousands they have slain. We've got no rights when cops can kill. It's not right, we live in fear. Patrol man cruising in his car at night, just looking for some homeys he can rough up in a fight. Pulled over three kids in a total rage, next thing you know, there's bodies all over the place. His back up came & their all acting tough. Three kids vs. six or seven cops all armed with billy clubs. The cops they did it just 'cause those kids' color and their age. They say that's not the truth, but this happens evey fucking day!!! We live in fear. Fear of what you're gonna do, when the cops talking shit to you. Fear of what you're gonna say when the cops come gunning your way. Fear of what you shouldn't do, when the cops try to provoke you. Fear that on any given day, the cops could take your life away. They say they're here to keep the peace, what a bunch of fuckin' shit!!! We've got no rights when cops can kill, it's not right, we live in fear. Take back your rights!!! "Fuck Police brutality"- A bunch of punks hangin' on the streets before a show. Paddy wagon pulls up-instict- "run man, let's go!". Cop chases them through the streets and they go inside. They run into a show where maybe they can hide. FUCK POLICE BRUTALITY! He hides just standing in the crowd, there's no where he can run. The cop comes up behind him and cracks him with a gun. Drags his bloody ass outside and outside and throws him to the ground. "There's no where left to take you boy, you're already down town." But the cops can do no wrong. They can kill they can rape, they can do what they want, but the cops can do no wrong. We've got to fight, take back the night, the cops are just like Hitler's Third Reich. Do what they want. Who do we fear? Who do we trust ? How do we know? Bigwig - "Falling down"- They teach us to be "ourselves" in a structured society. Facsist, racist police states, sometimes I don't feel very free. And I am falling down. They exploit your freedom when they take away your rights. The ones they use, they try to abuse, no matter how hard we fight. And I am falling down. And the system is falling down. So stop the hate, don't segregate. Stop the fighting, we're all dying. Stop the preaching, start the teaching. Pull together, make the system better. And I am falling down. "Numbers"- How can I fight for your country when your country won't fight for me? How can I pray to your God when you force me to beleive? Fuck your schools, Fuck youir rules, Fuck you, and your boundaries! How can you try to control me, when you don't even know me? Numbers in the computer, the numbers are getting stronger. How can you glorify blood shed? Don't tell me about sacrifice. Your God died for his sins, and now I'll die for mine. Fuck your schools, Fuck your rules, Fuck you and your boundaries! The Casualties - "Police Brutality"- NYC or P.D. You can see them on the streets all over New York City, kick all the punks around. Police brutality-for you and me, Police brutality-they are on the streets, Police brutality-they are all around, Police brutality-for the punks. NYC or P.D. You can see them on the streets. All around St. Marks, kick the punkss, they knock us down. NYC or P.D. I call them fucking pigs. You can see them on St. Marks kicking all the punks around. Dead Kennedys- "Nazi punks fuck off"- Punk ain't no religous cult. Punk means thinking for yourself. You ain't hardcore 'cause you spike your hair, when a jock still lives inside your head. Nazi punks FUCK OFF! If you've come to fight get outta here. You ain't no better than the bouncers. We ain't trying to be the police. When you ape the cops it ain't anarchy. Ten guys jump one, what a man. You fight each other, the police state wins. Stab our backs when you trash our halls. Trash a bank if you got real balls. You still think swatikas look cool. The real nazis run your schools. They're coaches, businessmen, and cops. In the real Fourth Reich you'll be the first to go, you'll be the first to go, you'll be the first to go... unless you think Operation Ivy- "Officer"- Why do you have to force yourself with power and control? Why do you have to live your life playing up a role? Intimidating people with your wall of sight and sound. You and your kind destroy our underground. All the happiness you destroy, all the brutal tactics that you will employ, all the fucking bullshit when will it ever stop? The comparison is obvious: you're just a fucking cop. Officer- you act like an animal, you're out of control. Officer- what the hell is wrong with you? Wear a tie if you want to wear a uniform. Join the army if you want to conform. Tough guy asshole do what you can, What ever you destroy, we'll create again. The Unseen - "Live in fear"- Dead end generation you should live in fear. Mass destruction, corruption, and no one cares. White is the color of those in power. Red is the blood of the millions slaughtered. Blue is the color of the flesh that rots. Murderers go free while some are never caught. It's been said before, it's said to listen. Tune into the news, you don't know what your missing! Lies decite injustice. This is how our culture lives. Six year olds with fucking guns, run away youth on the fucking run. Parents who abuse their kids. Yet we're told to be proud where we live. Proud for crime, proud for death, proud for the fucking poor who tried their best. Told to vote, cast your ballot. But the vote only counts if your the few in power. "So this is Freedom?"- When a black man can't walk certain streets without being hassled by the pigs. When the youth are forced into a school system designed to break the will of the kids. When you don't feel safe walking the streets of your own fucking hometown just 'cause you look different. People always try to push you around. So this is freedom? Live in a capitalist system that says you gotta work just to survive. But when your stuck in a dead end job, are you really alive? Then they tax us on what we earn to pay for their fucking wars. The cold war, war on drugs, the secret war out on the poor. "Go to school learn a trade. Do as I say, you better behave." If this is freedom, how come I feel like a fucking slave? "Police brutality"- No authority! I've spoke my mind a thousand times. You can't resist peacefully 'till the end of time. There's a point where you reach an end of thought, and the thought turns to action, emotion takes control! Authority! No authority! Fuck authority! POLICE BRUTALITY! Politicians are pigs in business suits. Triangle of power, the good are few. If terrors what you represent, TERRORS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET! |