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This is Your Life
The Last Poets
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Nothin' to say, just hear and obey
Just silently playing your roles
While others decide whether you live or die
And madmen man the controls, huh, huh
You have nothin' to say, just hear and obey
Just silently playing your roles
While others decide whether you live or die
And madmen man the controls
It's a quarter to the hour and the superpowers
Are standing toe to toe
They are talking slick and moving quick
And the whole thing's about to blow
They are acting tough and calling bluffs
While the human masses cringe in fear
Knowing one mistake could seal their fate
And they might not see another year
They are viewing the world like a giant pearl
To be split down the middle
But the ultimate goal is total control
And that presents a riddle
It's beneath the ground that the treasures are found
And humanity is in the way
And so all the rest are pawns at best
In this deadly game of chess they play
Nothin' to say, just hear and obey
Just silently playing your roles
While others decide whether you live or die
And madmen man the controls, huh, huh
They are in a race to conquer space
And build an artificial planet
But will the prize be our demise
For taking things for granted?
They ought to be alarmed at the nuclear arms
That they are putting into place
We got to save our behinds by using our minds
And staying on the case
There'll be no time to dash when you see the flash
It's gonna come all of a sudden
So just close your eyes and realize
Some fool done pushed the button
And that mushroom cloud hanging like a shroud
And the atmosphere all aflame
Not even time to pray on this awful day
And nobody left to blame
There'll be no property harm with the neutron bomb
Not very much devastation
But what worries me is if there'll be
Any future generation
So tell me why stand idly by
Lost in song and laughter
When the next thing you see in reality
It just might be the morning after
Nothin' to say, just hear and obey
Just silently playing your roles
While others decide whether you live or die
And madmen man the controls, huh, huh
Nothin' to say, just hear and obey
Just silently playing your roles
While others decide whether you live or die
And madmen man the controls, huh, huh
I say they could at least make a bid for peace
Before they get down to the wire
They could avoid a fight, reduce the military might
If peace is what they desire
But if they don't try, well, we all must die
Along with the Earth
And if that's the deal, let's be for real
What would it all be worth?
The trillions they waste on developing space
It could be better spent on the poor
We have a-plenty to give and we deserve to live
Like the generations gone before
So what's it gonna be for you and for me
When robots are ruling the land
And the latest craze will be to slave
For some computerized superman?
It's a part of a dream, a diabolical scheme
To develop a mechanical race
Hatching robot babes from mechanical eggs
And designing them to take our place
So we better not wait until it's too late
To try to stop this final war
'Cause if we don't succeed, there will be no need
Since we won't exist anymore
So don't be deceived and please don't believe
You can survive a nuclear blast
Because once it hits, well, then that's it
You are something of the past
And in some distant time, in some distant clime
From some other galaxy
There will survey the poles of the gaping hole
Of where this planet used to be
So that's the threat the stage is set
The countdown has begun
Maybe we'll see the benefits
In some future life to come
You have nothin' to say, just hear and obey
Just silently playing your roles
While others decide whether you live or die
And madmen man the controls, huh, huh
You have nothin' to say, just hear and obey
Just silently playing your roles
While others decide whether you live or die
And madmen man the controls, huh, huh
You have nothin' to say, just hear and obey
Just silently playing your roles
While others decide whether you live or die
And madmen man the controls, huh, huh
Nothin' to say, just hear and obey
Just silently playing your roles
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