Ring the Alarm
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Ring the alarm, the poor and black them dying, whoa, hey
Ring the alarm, the flood waters them rising, whoa, hey
Ring the alarm, the government them lying, always lying
Ring the alarm, ring the alarm, ring the alarm and
Wake up, wake up, wake the fuck up
Wake the fuck up, shake the corrupt, shake 'em
Shake the corrupt, shake 'em
Until the corrupt become the shook ones
Scared to death and scared to look just shook
Scared to death of the repercussive wave human outrage creates
Wash 'em away, wash 'em away, wash 'em away
Not in absolution waters
But in a muddy mess of river snakes
Sacrificial blood of the quadroon, octoroon, voodoo
Making them scared to look into the crystal ball
And see the havoc evil has wrought
I wish they were shook, I wish they were shook
I wish they were shook
Yeah, it's me again
Your friendly neighborhood poet
Making an artistic appeal for y'all to
Wake up, wake up, wake the fuck up
Wake the fuck up
Cause tings have run amok y'all
You know they have
It's every man, woman, and child for themselves
Everybody's adopted this smash and grab attitude
Eyes and ears glued to the fear network
Which one? Choose one
They've all got the same objective which is
Tell 'em how to live, breathe
What information they can receive
What evil Alfred E. Neuman-looking ineloquent
Asshole they should trust and believe
Is anybody paying attention?
Is anybody paying attention?
Or has the government slipped everyone
In this country a super-sized Ambien
Or what? Or what?
I mean, does every American have a copy of one
Of the nation's bestsellers on the bed stand
"How to Turn a Natural Disaster into
Profit and Genocidal Ethnic Cleansing
And the Demonization of Black People and Propaganda
And the Decimation of a Major US City in One Easy Fucking Lesson"
It's a long-ass title
And it's a long-ass way home from where we are now
We at the last outpost
This is it, y'all, this is it
Please, tell me this is it
Cause shit is hectic
Shit is real hectic, folks
It's dying on TV
But don't worry, help is on the way
Day one, help is on the way, for real though
Day two, help is on the way
Day three, I promise help is on the way
Day four, help is still on the way
Day five, as my homegirl say
"Stop bumping your gums
You better get up, get out, and do something
Before they change your name
From uzo to illegal alien
From first world city to developing nation
From human to refugee
From taxpayer to biatch
From citizen to bend over, you know
Bend over
Bend over and let me, you know me
G.W. and all my cohorts, co-conspirators, and cronies gang bang y'all
Texas style
In your collective American ass
Yeah, it's me again, your friendly neighborhood poet
And I'm ashamed
And I'm broken hearted
And I'm pissed
And if you don't like it you can go tell
Your mama cause I don't give a shit, so
Wake up, wake the fuck up and
Ring the alarm, ring the alarm
Ring the alarm, the poor and black them dying, whoa, hey
Ring the alarm, the government them lying, always lying
Ring the alarm, ring the alarm, whoa, hey