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Silent Bob
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When Rhetoric Dies
by Boy Sets Fire
We raise our flags and statues t our mission
we've spoken out in slogans and campaigns
talked and talked on almost every issue
where oppression of the masses is the constant theme
but what does this mean to a little town in iowa?
where the jobs have all gone downstream down south down and out
where their fingers used to work to the bone all day
profits rise and fall and starvation is a game
where is the food that used to cover their table?
where is the sense of pride at the end of the day?
to the face of a thriving corporation what could a dying family possibly say?
On the face of every american worker
is the constant fear that their job won't remain
as the C.E.O is planning his vacation
to kill or be killed is the nature of the beast
stand in line take a number you sell yoru soul then watch it crumble into a pile that used to be your job, your life, your family's daily bread, dry and stale, malnourished kids, the house is sold for a degrading bid
Do we continue to talk or do we take a hammer to their chains??
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