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Tyranny (drums by Adam Deitch)

from Never Mind The Title by Rico Pabón & Headnodic

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Drums by Adam Deitch (from Lettuce)
Beat taken from "First Takes" album by Headnodic & Adam Deitch

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Tyranny
© Rico Pabón

Whether or not you believe in karma
prepare for the end of all dogma
half the atlas acting ass backwards spinnin in massive flames and we’re trapped in the blaze without a drop of agua
end of the human saga it’s not a drama or novela
MAGA tops and cops in armor
better hug moms and abuela
churches, synagogues and mosques are bombed
with krylon and molotovs
civilians full of fear and full of faith and fully armed
blast holes in holy places disgracing the names of God nothing sacred, blatant hatred in a nation that’s truly scarred down to the marrow
the wild west’s a broken arrow
crimson rivers since the colonies, innocent blood
mahogany people treated as property keep eyes on the sparrow
still swinging from gallows and still bowing to Pharaohs blow my tobacco mixed with the indo
reading my tarot by the window
hoping my smoke and prayers reach my murdered kinfolk
in limbo
Manhattan, Minneapolis, Oakland, the Caribbean
beyond the borders we’re living and tired of seeing all of this tyranny
My question is how we gonna move forward? if tyranny is law ain’t revolution in order?
My question is how we gonna move forward? if tyranny is law revolution’s in order.

There’s no promise of drinking water
there’s no order
now we turn people away from our borders,
snatch up their children, fuck what their age is
they gettorn from the loving arms of they moms and pops
and locked in cages
and in private prisons people are products
the profit’s outrageous
so play this Rico P. original Prophets of Rage
apocalyptic days upon us like piranhas
fear is a plague it’s contagious
some pray to their AK’s like Adonis
like it’s God and they a modern mortal martyr minutes ‘til final marching orders
their automatics for immaculate slaughter
dressed in black we mourn the horror show
depression overload
mausoleums overflowing from prescription overdose murderers in overcoats and psychopaths in tie knots
got the population comatosed and crumbling like dry rot
and why not
when crime pays
and the politicians play dumb
there’s so much to be worried about
we hurry up and stay numb
that’s true facts
the devil tucks his tail under his suit jacket
smiling while he guides us to hell in a fruit basket,
man it’s tyranny
My question is how we gonna move forward? if tyranny is law ain’t revolution in order?

My question is how we gonna move forward? if tyranny is law revolution’s in order.

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from Never Mind The Title, released October 20, 2020

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