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Artist: Linkin Park
Canonical path: /linkin-park/wastelands
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Wastelands
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Wastelands
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This is war with no weapons
Marchin with no steppin'
Murder with no killin'
Illin' every direction
First, no sequel
Do the math, no equal
John with no Yoko
More power, less people
And, no, I'm not afraid of that
Print it in your paperback
Every rap made in fact to act as a delayed attack
Every phrase a razorblade
That's saved till they play it back
To slay'em and leave'em on the pavement
Bang
Fade to black
In the wastelands of today
Where there's nothing left to lose
And and there's nothing more to take
But you force yourself to choose
In the wastelands of today
Where tomorrow disappears
While the future slips away
And your hope turns into fear
In the wastelands of today
Roll credits, you get it
The show's done
They're talking for just talkin'
But meaning they got none
None of you come proper
They talk like a shotgun
But how many of you got bred with integrity
Not one
So, no
I'm not afraid to see you suckas hold a blade to me
Ain't no way to shake the ground I built before you came to be
Take it how you take it
I'm the opposite of vacancy
And this is not negotiation
Y'all can hate and wait and see
In the wastelands of today
Where there's nothing left to lose
And and there's nothing more to take
But you force yourself to choose
In the wastelands of today
Where tomorrow disappears
While the future slips away
And your hope turns into fear
And your hope turns into fear
In the wastelands of today
In the wastelands of today
Where there's nothing left to lose
And and there's nothing more to take
But you force yourself to choose
In the wastelands of today
Where tomorrow disappears
While the future slips away
And your hope turns into fear
And your hope turns into fear
In the wastelands of today
In the wastelands of today
In the wastelands of today
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