CHORUS: So beat your swords into Plowshears
Beat your plowshears into Swords
For when you�re finally prepared for peace
Is when it�s time for war
Complacency is suicide
You�ve got to understand
We�ve got to Destroy And Be Free
That�s the only way to save this land
They�re burning the Constitution as they try to save the Flag
They�ll guard your rights until they�re gone and it�s only a rag
By waving banners stained with blood the flames of Hate are fanned
We�ve got to destroy them and be free, that�s the only way to save this land
Now everybody knows someone who�s going to die from AIDS
But as they�re all rotting away the government still gets paid
Officially sanctioned genocide, their downfall it was planned
We�ve got to destroy and be free, that�s the only way to save this land
CHORUS
For fifty weeks out of every year you�re digging your own grave
From nine to five you�re not alive, you�re no more than a slave
You try hard not to realize cause all your thoughts are scanned
But we�ve got to destroy and be free, that�s the only way to save this land
As Yippies, punks and squatters are pushed out by yuppie scum
They tear down a thriving community to build a high class slum
A high tech hell that�s built on greed, it�s supply and demand
But we�ve got to destroy and be free, it�s the only way to save this land
CHORUS
CIA or KKK, you know it�s all the same
They steal our blood and rape the land and think it�s just a game
It�s Multinational Cancer, Inc., across the globe it�s spanned
We�ve got to destroy them and be free, that�s the only way to save this land
From Tien An Men to Tompkins Square you watch the bottles fly
They say our efforts are doomed but we know we have to try
The disaffected masses know it�s time to take a stand
It�s time to destroy and be free, that�s the only way to save this land
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