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6 ContributorsNihilism LyricsCome into the union district

Drive down on Sharmon Palms

White ghettos paint a picture

Broken homes and broken bones

I was so full of scotch I could not stand up

I was hittin the shots and I moved to a cup

Release me from moral assumption

Total rejection, total destruction

Nihilistic feelings start moving

If you try really hard, you'll see right through them

Nihilism!

Nihilism!

Nihilism!

Nihilism!

Come into the union district

Drive down on Sharmon Palms

White ghettos paint a picture

Broken homes and broken bones

Walkin' a path of self destruction

Not affected by the repercussions

Lady on the billboard offer me a drink

Said not right now I need time to think

Nihilistic feelings are moving

If I try really hard, I'll see right through them

Nihilism!

Nihilism!

Nihilism!

Nihilism!

Nihilism!

Nihilism!

I was so full of scotch I could not stand up (Nihilism!)

I was hittin' the shots and I moved to a cup (Nihilism!)

We'll I've come into union district, an you drive down Sharmon Palms (Nihilism!)

White ghettos paint a picture, broken homes and broken bones (Nihilism!)

Yeah, broken bones!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

[Verse 1]

Never fell in love until I fell in love with you

Never know what a good time was until I had a good time with you

If you wanna get the feeling and you wanna get it right

Then the music gotta be loud

For when the music hits I feel no pain at all

[Verse 2]

You know

Warm summer night I was drinking with my dad

He tried to give me the love that I never had

But he gave more love to his bottle of wine

So I had to go out and find love of another kind

[Chorus]

Here it is, here I am, turn it up, fuckin' loud

Radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

Radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

[Verse 3]

The Radio Clash, Magnificent 7

I was a choir boy, you showed me no heaven

Two tools surely lost

No remorse ignoring the cost

[Chorus]

Here it is, here I am, turn it up, fuckin' loud

Radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

Radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

Don't 'cha know?

[Chorus]

Here it is, here I am, turn it up, fuckin' loud

Radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

Radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

Oh I got a place, oh I got a place, oh I got a place to go

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

When I got the music, oh I got a place to go

[Chorus]

I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick

My name is Tim, I'm a lesser-known character

I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick

Fighting crime in the streets together

[Verse 1]

Down in Oakland, off of West Grand

St. Joseph relief, poor program

A good place where good people get food, yeah

Help your fellow man, a good thing to do, yeah

Government agency said, be afraid of me

I'll shut your doors down and it won't phase me

Wolverine came through, left the agent for dead

Opened up the doors back up, everyone was fed

[Chorus]

I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick

My name is Tim, I'm a lesser-known character

I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick

Fighting crime in the streets together

[Verse 2]

Do not bill them, abandoned buildings

It's nice to sleep when you got a ceiling

Neighborhood watch said, "we gotta put a stop, yeah

Can't have people livin' for free, call the cops, yeah"

Here comes the SWAT team and an M-16

They'll shoot the walls in, destroy the buildings

Wolverine was sad and it made him mad

Every single cop got a bullet in the head

[Chorus]

I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick

My name is Tim, I'm a lesser-known character

I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick

Fighting crime in the streets together

[??]

Way down down down the scale

With a hook you're anchored to the gates of hell

Once you realize that it was so simple

What you're given you can't take with you

I asked somebody if they had the same vision

He said, "Yeah, I had the same vision"

As one

As one

As one

As one

War between races, war between lines

War between something that was deep inside

You were wrong all along, I was right you lied

'U' to the 'N' to the 'I', 'T', 'Y''

Straight down too late can't kick the feelin'

Lookin' from the bottom I can't see the ceiling

Shots rang out in the Oakland winter

Can't stand alone you can't stand together

As one

As one

As one

As one

5 ContributorsGunshot LyricsEverybody wants to follow, but nobody wants to pay

No one likes a show off, but they do anyway

I was kept up and knocked down to my knees

Shame blamed for my guilty pleas

Gunshot

Gunshot

Gunshot through my heart

Searchlights like guides, I can’t deal with the heat

Everything’s imperative, but I can’t fuckin' keep

I know where you are, and I never cared

I’ve got ideas, but no decision

Gunshot

Gunshot

Gunshot through my heart

5 ContributorsI Am the One LyricsI'm the one who's got a religion

I'm the one, I've got a date with my knife

I'm the one who's got a religion

I'm the one, I've got a date with my knife

Hey hey hey, hey hey hey

Hey hey hey, hey hey hey

Are you gonna be ready to use it

If you hesitate they'll pursue it

Put the gun to your dome no question

Now the holy ghost's in question

What about the banks, when they say go

Standing at the top then they let go

Standing can't take can't take that time

When I try sometime I can't stay high

I'm the one who's got a religion

I'm the one, I've got a date with my knife

I'm the one who's got a religion

I'm the one, I've got a date with my knife

Are you gonna be ready to use it

If you hesitate they'll pursue it

Good and evil came from above

Death peace eternal love

Bleeding at the gates and I can't come in

Courage that abates a life of sin

Sure that it holds and it holds no others

With the lies of the brave the kid don't matter

I'm the one who's got a religion

I'm the one, I've got a date with my knife

I'm the one who's got a religion

I'm the one, I've got a date with my knife

6 ContributorsGhetto Box LyricsGhetto box talkin' (time for the back streets)

Cocaine's rockin' (time for the back streets)

And I'm not finished talkin' (time for the back streets)

And the PUNX say stop it (time for the back streets)

Let go of my hand

I don't understand

Streetlights comin' through

Time for the back streets with you!

Cadallic rollin' (time for the back streets)

Police are patrolin' (time for the back streets)

Well I see a fellow going (time for the back streets)

Mississippi highway (time for the back streets)

Ripped a man apart with a K-9 unit

Nazi cops fuck you!

Time for the backstreets with you

Ghetto Box talkin' (time for the backstreets)

Cocaine's rockin' (time for the backstreets)

And the four were stalkin' (time for the backstreets)

And the PUNX say stop it! (time for the back streets)

Let go of my hand

I don't understand

Street lights comin' through

Time for the back streets with you!

5 ContributorsHarry Bridges LyricsHarry Bridges was a highly successful and notably militant union organizer during the 20th century. He led the 1934 San Francisco waterfront strike that grew into the four-day San Francisco General Strike… Read More Bloody Thursday was July 5th, the pigs killed three workers

Harry Bridges grabbed the mic

The city shut down July 6th, the workers outraged

It was a general strike

The media claimed that the commies

Were taking over and some believed it was true

Three uncompromising strikes paved the way

Minneapolis, SF and Toledo

Over and over again

The doors are locked and the windows are broken

Over and over again

The doors are locked and the windows are broken

Eddie worked for General Motors and he swore

That he'd never lose his job again

A union man who owned his own home

In beautiful Flint, Michigan

Eddie lost his job and Eddie lost his wife

And so Eddie lost his self esteem

Last time I saw Eddie

He was living in the trailer park again

Over and over again

The doors are locked and the windows are broken

Over and over again

The doors are locked and the windows are broken

I believe Eddie forgave too much too soon

I got a letter about Eddie and it was bad news

Over and over again

The doors are locked and the windows are broken

Over and over again

The doors are locked and the windows are broken

9 ContributorsSt. Mary LyricsShe's got her ticket and she's waiting at the station

She's got to get away, get away as far as she can

Her problems will arise as sure as the sun does shine

She's got to get used to life living on the lam

Now Mary's out the door with a loaded .44 in her hand

Shooting down the law that shot down her dear departed man

When I last saw her she was lookin' troubled

She said this is the night, I'm gonna be alright

She took the Greyhound in to Salinas

I got a letter then that she dropped out of sight

Now Mary's out the door with a loaded .44 in her hand

Shooting down the law that shot down her dear departed man

Shrouded in anger

Encompassed by pain

He was your best friend

And you'll never ever ever see him again

Now Mary's out the door with a loaded .44 in her hand

Shooting down the law that shot down her dear departed man

[Chorus]

Back down, no back down coming up

Rise up, no rise up showing up

Lock down, no lock down coming up

International cover up

Back down, no back down coming up

Rise up, no rise up showing up

Lock down, no lock down coming up

International cover up

[Verse 1]

What about the state of union?

What about the games they're using?

What about the kids that don't matter?

What about a general strike?

[Pre Chorus]

You don't know what it is like

What it's like, what it's like

[Chorus]

Back down, no back down coming up

Rise up, no rise up showing up

Lock down, no lock down coming up

International cover up

Back down, no back down coming up

Rise up, no rise up showing up

Lock down, no lock down coming up

International cover up

[Verse 2]

What about the cage getting rattled?

What about the eternal battle?

What about the kids who are dreaming?

What about the kids who got stuck?

[Pre Chorus]

You don't know what it is like

What it's like, what it's like

[Chorus]

Back down, no back down coming up

Rise up, no rise up showing up

Lock down, no lock down coming up

International cover up

Back down, no back down coming up

Rise up, no rise up showing up

Lock down, no lock down coming up

International cover up

International cover up

International cover up

[Chorus]

Oh, back down, no back down coming up

Rise up, no rise up showing up

Lock down, no lock down coming up

International cover up

Back down, no back down coming up

Rise up, no rise up showing up

Lock down, no lock down coming up

International cover up

[Outro]

Cover up

7 Contributors7 Years Down LyricsIn the years between the downfall of Operation Ivy and the start of Rancid, Tim Armstrong was struggling to find reasons to stay sober. “7 Years Down” is his statement about wanting to quit that lifestyle… Read More There's a place where I like to go

When I got no food or I got no shelter

It's a house where I can get away

For maybe 3 days

To get off the drink and stay off the haze

Who's the opposition?

I'm 7 years down

The human spirit prevails

Yeah I'm down down down

Woke up in the bushes 6:30 tuesday morning

With a unopened Heineken, a head that was burning

For 7 years I walked the same path

Dreams of being loved was all I ever had

Who's the opposition?

I'm 7 years down

The human spirit prevails

Yeah I'm down down down