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disunited
how many people do the police have to kill
for it to be a police state?
how many foreign civilians do you have to kill
to be a war criminal?
how many bombs have to fall
to become genocide?
how many protesters do you have to arrest
to be a totalitarian regime?
one.
one union.
one kingdom.
welcome to the united kingdom.
we lock up the young,
we neglect the old,
we dispossess the people that don't own shit
and wonder why everyone's on the dole.
we create the wealth race where
the hardest part is getting to the start,
we disillusion the energetic youth
so the newborn don't even stand a chance
but i can't care, i'm not depressed,
i'm going my own way,
you can't oppress me,
i've shed these capital manacles
to live in a world apart,
i'm going to move where they know what freedom means,
i'm going to...
for it to be a police state?
how many foreign civilians do you have to kill
to be a war criminal?
how many bombs have to fall
to become genocide?
how many protesters do you have to arrest
to be a totalitarian regime?
one.
one union.
one kingdom.
welcome to the united kingdom.
we lock up the young,
we neglect the old,
we dispossess the people that don't own shit
and wonder why everyone's on the dole.
we create the wealth race where
the hardest part is getting to the start,
we disillusion the energetic youth
so the newborn don't even stand a chance
but i can't care, i'm not depressed,
i'm going my own way,
you can't oppress me,
i've shed these capital manacles
to live in a world apart,
i'm going to move where they know what freedom means,
i'm going to...
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