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Intro/Negative Peace
01:32
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INTRO
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THEY BAPTIZED OUR TONGUES
WITH HOLY WATER
BURNED INTO OUR MINDS
THEIR GOD COULD SAVE US
REVISED THE HISTORY
OF WHO WE ONCE WERE
CALLED THEMSELVES SAVIOURS
SO WE’D KNOW WHO TO SERVE
AND NOW WE TRADE OUR COLONIZED TONGUE
FOR ANOTHER COLONIZED TONGUE
TRYING TO BREAK FREE FROM THE MARGINS
OF IMPOSED IDENTITY
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NEGATIVE PEACE
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IF ALLIANCE IS COMPLIANCE
THAN YOU CAN FUCKING KEEP IT
YOUR STANCE OF SOLIDARITY
ON TOP OF YOUR OWN PEDESTAL
WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU
AS LONG AS WE DON’T CALL YOU OUT
MORE CONCERNED WITH NEGATIVE PEACE
AS IF IT EQUALS JUSTICE
PATTED YOURSELF ON THE BACK
CONVINCED YOU CAN’T FUCK UP
WE CONTINUE TO BE DEHUMANIZED
INTO BODY BAGS AND STATISTICS
YET YOU CAN’T EVEN HANDLE THE TRUTH
BEHIND YOUR OWN ACTIONS
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2. |
I Am Not
00:40
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LOSS MEASURED IN MILES
PAIN DRAWN OUT IN TIME
TIED TO A PLACE AND NONE
ALL AT ONCE
A DECADE IN THE DARK
A DECADE IN SHOCK
CYCLE’S NEVER ENDING
NEW TARGETS TO MARK
I AM NOT
YOUR MODEL MINORITY
I AM NOT
YOUR MORAL COMPASS
I AM NOT
YOUR MODEL MINORITY
I AM NOT
YOUR MORAL COMPASS
I AM NOT
FRAMED AS A CRIMINAL
TO JUSTIFY YOUR ABUSE
CONVINCED ME TO LOSE
ANY SENSE OF SELF
FORCED TO WALK THE PLANK
TRIED TO MAKE ME DROWN
PERO EN EL RIO BRAVO
I FOUND MY WAY OUT
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3. |
Tides
01:41
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TIDE’S ROLLED OUT
THERE IS NOTHING LEFT
WAVES OF INJUSTICE
JUST KEEP COMING BACK
TO..
DESTROY
KEEP CHANGING THE RULES
KEEP US PLAYING THEIR GAMES
AND IF WE GET IT WRONG
THEY THROW US THE BLAME
BURNING FROM BOTH ENDS
JUST TO SURVIVE
BUT WE WANT MUCH MORE
WE WANT TO THRIVE
AND EVEN BETWEEN US
INTERSECTIONS EXIST
DIRECTIONS TO GUIDE
NOT TO DIVIDE
TEARING DOWN ONE WALL
ISN’T ENOUGH
BRICK BY BRICK
THEY ALL GOTTA FALL
LADRILLO POR LADRILLO
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