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Raise a Fist
sprockets
gears
pistons
wheels
whirring
spinning
pumping
grinding
buttons
levers
TV screens
slaves to the control machines
pittance paid
profits made
1% dance upon our graves
scotch
cigars
slicked back hair
sitting in their easy chairs
backs are bent
workers spent
blood is sold
to make the rent
enough's enough
rise up
rebel
RAISE A FIST!
we're done
we're through
time has come
to say
FUCK YOU!
Resist...
gears
pistons
wheels
whirring
spinning
pumping
grinding
buttons
levers
TV screens
slaves to the control machines
pittance paid
profits made
1% dance upon our graves
scotch
cigars
slicked back hair
sitting in their easy chairs
backs are bent
workers spent
blood is sold
to make the rent
enough's enough
rise up
rebel
RAISE A FIST!
we're done
we're through
time has come
to say
FUCK YOU!
Resist...
Published 21st Nov 2012
| Edited 9th Apr 2023
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21st Nov 2012 6:41pm
21st Nov 2012 7:55pm
"punk" rock or sung by Pink? Either way would be cool. It is actually modeled after one of my favorite singer/poets Otep Shamaya and her songs "Smash the Control Machine", "Rise, Rebel, Resist", and "Confrontation". Glad it came across as song-like.
21st Nov 2012 7:17pm
21st Nov 2012 8:49pm
22nd Nov 2012 12:54pm
We need more "voices with passion" as the herd is content to live the maze of craze. Life is for living...
22nd Nov 2012 1:14pm
Couldn't agree more. thank you for reading and the comment. TO THE "MAN" (middle finger raised)!!!
