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Labour Pains

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Labour Pains

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[Spoken]

And what will you say when the great faceless mass comes crawling, on it's own

initiative? What will you say to that?

Well, a crowd is easier to control than individual. A crowd has a common

purpose; the purpose of an individual is always in question.

[Conscience aka Treefrog]

We can place the blame, but it stays the same

Remain in chains as we pray for change

Make us all forget about the basic things

Like this place I been where the lakes and streams

Connect as one body of an ancient being

And let the suns hot beams wake your dreaming

Embrace the feeling, taste the freedom

Replace the seedlings that we take from Eden

Cuz they grow to become what we're make-believing

And our souls will be numb if we take this beating

Harass your brain with aspertain, MacDonald's beef, and acid rain

Don't follow sheep, unlash the gates, and we'll all fall asleep

And pass away

My policy's to relax and play, cuz we'll all be free in the last of days

[Mos Eisley]

Scenes in the withering rain

Seem like a sad movie's refrain

But tame moments in a life obscure

Despite the blur I reply "affirmative sir!"

My head to the pleasure of clouds

In an effort to move the crowds

Wipe sweat from my weathered brow

Better reload the tank and crank it to loud

Smell the daffodils lying in the grasses

Under shrapnel of a cold-blooded fascist

Pay your taxes, release from laxatives

Stuck in class living life like a masochist

Travel the caverns within a psycho babble

Just words from the herds 'a grazing cattle

Fuck it

Change the channel shift the tides

Shake the lives of those who don't abide

[chorus]

We work, we breathe we eat we sleep the earth

The trees we need to keep observe then breathe in deep

To speak these words

We work we breathe we eat we sleep the earth

The trees we need to keep observe then breathe in deep

To speak these words

These words

[Dusty Melodica]

I was born, a child of his own, sworn to exile and a broken home

Dysfunctional prone, I come on like so?

All alone and own the throne through the unknown

Now if only the sun, shined on my sill

I might of cherished love and follow my free will

The evil within, cause people live in sin

Yo we're like "mine a' kin's don't manage a grin"

I cannot defend, or even pretend

I like the trend of this life again

So I fight with my pen to enlighten a friend

Niggaz by my right to spy to my defend

And even light can bend I'm type to condemn

And every cent we spend can prevent the end

Extend my hand and defend the plan

We can mend the dam if we understand

[Metty the DertMerchant]

Don't you want more from a lifetime of toil

Than a pension plan, an pipelines 'a oil?

The right kinda soil, love the earth and grass

Learn the different between old birch and ash

Most working class folks are getting raw

Every Fred and Bob's got dead-end job

Go to school for degrees, pay your dues and fees

Diploma on your wall but still short on rent

See you choose to believe all the news that you read

Think you know it all but feel sort of empty

Mortal men bleed and live a cruel joke

While resorts for MC's get ridiculed most

These lyrics show quote ain't false alarms

It's a call to arms, from the mall to farms

Small or large, we're all part of the rhythm

We're all in charge of this garden we're given

We work, we breathe we eat we sleep the earth

The trees we need tp keep observe then breathe in deep

To speak these words

We work we breathe we eat we sleep the earth

The trees we need to keep observe then breathe in deep

To speak these words

These words

We work

We breathe

We eat

We sleep

The earth

The trees

We need

To keep

Observe

Then breathe

In deep

To speak

These words

These words

These words

These words

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