America's On Drugs

from Dissentriotism by J-Liddy

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It pains me to say America's on drugs
Pains me to say America's on drugs
No needles in they arms, but brains be fried up
No needles in they arms, but brains be fried up
TV stations and patients is wired up
Gettin' so consumed, their dreams is all cut
From the equation, face it, we is all punks
To the mainstream media, makin' us mindless

Whoever thought that truth wouldn't exist in land of the free
Try to educate yourself when this world's falling
Come across some news that doesn't vibe with what you told
And you dig a lil' deeper, see that you been sold
A bag of complete and utter bull
But when we question an official story it seems that everybody goes
Apeshit, how dare we question that?
Is the response comin' from the powers that be and it seems to mean
To me at least, that they lyin' to us
And they hopin' that we don't take initiative
And it's obviously workin' cuz the people are wacked out
Carin' more about what Britney did
That day, or "what did she say, look at them nipple pics"
Gossip TV and the tabloids is the death of it
It is us, ADD in all our people
Subliminal programming's what they feed you, we need you

Anna Nicole Smith on my TV
6 months of that shit is all I see
Real news is gettin' suppressed for pointless
Stories that make us dumber by the minute
Admit it, admit it, admit it...
You gotta admit that
Take a second and think, you gotta admit that, hmm
Problem is, we don't do that ever
We drawn in, checked out, need to get it together

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from Dissentriotism, released May 1, 2009
Beat by Uneak

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