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Depths.

by Higher Learning

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1.
Walking Backwards 01:39
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Rotting at the core and rife with decay The self defined “Utopia” we call the modern day A functionalist system, oppressive morbid state That feeds us death and lies and teaches us to hate The Machine has grown strong and now excels at deceiving Says “Wealth fame and power are the only joys worth achieving Exaltation for the mighty but no blessing for the meek If they’ve no instrumental value, they’re worthless and they’re weak.” Striving for excess pleasure and experience void of pain The people shirk the ancient virtue that to suffer is to gain So they consume the system’s poisons, drug themselves until their numb And the alert, the awake, the aware are now the deaf, the blind, the dumb They now sleep as dormant children tucked inside disaster’s womb Their lifeless human spirit laid in a cubicle shaped tomb The false self is exalted, the mind is sold to pride That blinds us all from the innate truths that each person holds inside.
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No Good Reason 01:21
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No good reason, no good way No explanation for what you say Lies and hate and filth you spew Nothing that you say is true Leave me alone. Leave me alone. No good reason, no good way No explanation for what you say Judge me with your finger pointed Stand as if you were anointed Leave me alone. Leave me alone. No good reason, no good way No explanation for what you say Spare me your self-righteousness Shut your mouth I could care less Leave me alone. Leave me alone. No thought to how you act No thought in what you say You don’t think at all Get away.
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Get Me Out 01:26
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An eight hour shift it blows my mind My feet hurt so bad it ought to be a crime Work my hardest but getting nowhere Gotta find a way out. Working harder, harder for their own gain Need to find a way, get me out of here Working harder, harder for their own gain Need to find a way out of here. Working day by day makes my anger grow So much pressure I’m about to explode But there’s no other choice for an employee like me So I raise my fist and I’m gunna scream Get me out! I need some relief From a boring life that only brings me grief.
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Iron Tigers 01:26
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Trampled, stepped on, unloved and unwanted Tormented by demons, by addictions haunted Belittled and spat on, unwanted and misused Insulted and taunted, laughed at and abused Turn away quickly, turn your head up and shudder Afraid of our brothers who sleep in the gutter Iron Tigers growl as their prodded and shoved What would the Iron Tiger do if it was valued and loved?
5.
Minute Man 01:28
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Minuteman, Minuteman Proud true blooded American Protect the greatest country on the globe Rear your child to be a xenophobe Minuteman, Minuteman Neo-Con Republican Praise Glen Beck and Hannity Spout Nativist insanity Proud soldier for your nativist institution Remove what you define as foreign pollution In your self righteousness and the deeds that you do You forget your ancestors were immigrants too. “American” is now defined by the origin of kin, The language you speak and the color of your skin “Spanish is the language for drug dealers and queers” Though it predates English in the west by a good 200 years Minuteman, Minuteman Closet member of the Klu Klux Klan Preserve your culture and your race Put those wetbacks in their place Politicize your racial scorn No Nothing Party’s now reborn Odian a los Chicanos y Centro Americanos Como odiaban a los Polacos, Irlandezes, Italianos Encontrando nuevas maneras oprimir los imigrantes Que no son blancos, no son ricos y no son Protestantes Aqui Estamos Y No Nos Vamos.
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Wither 01:22
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Thinking back to when I was a child The spirit was truest and the soul ran wild Time was not of value we could do whatever Then it all changed and it wasn’t for the better They cried “The epoch of life is dead and it’s done” And they jumped into their coffins at the age of 21 Spirit died. Was the whole thing untrue? Did the bright, bubbling baby turn cold, dead and blue? The shinning silver now corroded to rust And a love for all things true now replaced by a lust For power and glory and wants we will never obtain That nag at the soul and birth suffering and pain No joy waits for us in the path that we’ve chosen Our light has extinguished, our spirit is now frozen. We now wither in the shadow void of reason and of rhyme Unknowing time was made for man, and man not made for time.
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Machine 03:11
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“I will grant you a future void of struggle and of shame Dispose upon you glory, success, fortune and fame Your life is but a moment, that shortly will expire So pursue all wants you crave and take what you desire Desensitize your guilt and from conscience secede Pursue all forms of excess and surrender to your greed Your power shall pour forth, and all will praise your name Your legacy shall be, void of tarnish and of blame You will rise above the stars a self made god is what you'll be And I can give you all these things if you give yourself to me.” System of Hate that makes the soul spoil Diagnoses false sickness then prescribes us snake oil Machine. Machine. Machine. Machine. “Now that I’ve seduced you, through your vanity and pride I’ve stripped you of your worth and left you desolate inside I've raped you, and abused you, in you implanted my seed That has blossomed to destruction, hate and oppressive deed You cannot use my tools against me, don’t you know I self sustain Efforts to infiltrate my system only help my rule maintain I’ve drugged you through deceit, you've no idea what takes place And now you judge all merit on economic wealth and race I’ve extinguished your inner flame, destroyed what you were meant to be And all this I’ve accomplished because you gave yourself to me.”
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Higher Learning Crew (Bonus) 01:11

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released June 29, 2011

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