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Humanz are Bastardz
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Humans are bastardZ
Humans are bastards
we lie and we cheat
we want to move forward
but we’re robots of meat
the problem isn’t science
or the knowledge of what’s true
the problem is within us
it’s in the things that we do
humans are bastards
every turn of the page
good within evil
pleasure in pain
we’re fictional entities
Descartes in Space
we’re Hamlet in Harrods
we’re John Wayne in Lace
Humans are bastards
we’re the picture of virtue
in a cesspool of vice
please take my photo
and make me look nice
love versus fate
it’s the same damn thing man
in the battles with reason
it’s the passion that slaves
Humans are Bastards
we want to be free
we want to be equal
but we choose our beliefs
like the tiles on the steeple
for those who burn crosses
are the same who build cathedrals
even the Leopard must drink
from the same fountain as his people
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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
03:32
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Crime and Punishment
Time and Money will Make You
State and Taxes Break You
Civilisation, Falling Down.
What does it take to make it?
What does it take to fake it?
I know you! I know you...
It's Crime and Punishment
And After Everything
We Go Down....
We Go Down....
They're taking over
It's like the movies
But the Terminators win,...
The Terminators win
Ask Chat GPT
To write a song for me
Maybe I'm human after all?
Too Human
It's Crime and Punishment
And after everything
We Go Down
We Go Down
Maybe I'm guilty as charged?
So take me down to the river
wash me in the water
set me free....
It's Crime and Punishment
And after everything
We Go Down
We Go Down
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GUNZ GERMZ AND STEAL
03:27
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Gunz Germz and Steal
I’m a lion I’m a lion I’m a lion!
Antelope Antelope let’s elope!
Survival of the fittest!
Whatever gets you richest!
It always comes as a wonderful fucking surprise!
Gunz Germz and Steal!
Makes me feel real!
BBC you’re an NPC
Gimme gimme gimme whatever comes free!
Collateral damage is there any other?
I wish I was back under my covers!
Look at our European Dream
I wish I could believe everything I see
I wish I was just like you
Then baby I’d always speak the truth!
Gunz Germz and Steal!
Makes me feel real!
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SPIDERZ
02:36
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You're a GANGSTER you got the Blacked out Windows!
You're a LEADER you got the Blacked out Windows!
But there's a whole lotta money in hole somewhere
and someone's gonna find it in your Spider's Lair
Well you know we're living through a WAR
but we're not SWITZERLAND
There's no more stolen gold
just a pile full of bodies
a whole lotta money in hole somewhere
and someone's gonna find it in your Spider's Lair
a whole lotta money in hole somewhere
and someone's gonna find it in your Spider's Lair
A whole lotta money, honey!
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To Every Purpose Under Heaven
They say we’re in some kind of coma
they say that we don’t understand
they say they’re the representatives of the people
they say that we should wave their flag
they say man is mighty
they say life is long
but heaven knows I’ve tried
heaven knows I wake up trying
heaven knows I’ve tried to fit in
to every purpose under heaven
well the flood came down
many people died
there was a new world and a new dawn
though almost no-one was surprised
but heaven knows I’ve tried
heaven knows I wake up trying
heaven knows I’ve tried to fit in
to every purpose under heaven
they say we seek only materials
and we should joy in other things
but the truth is I am alive in all materials
and the lie is in the in the other things
but i know i know the secret
of the seagulls that pierce the sky
so unwelcome is the truth of man
that no-one here seems surprised
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John E Vistic Bristol, UK
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'Under the Volcano' OUT NOW!
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