from the forthcoming EMANON LP - Bird's Eye View -
lyrics : Aloe Blacc
beat : Exile
death is fair, I don't care put the guilty in the chair
pull the switch, when the electricity hit make him twitch
start the gas see him gag on the lies and deceit
let him suffer how we suffer when they hide and they cheat
get the rope make him choke on the empty promise
make him hope he taught his sons how to be more honest
crooked corporate types, no sense of what is right
narrow sight only look at the world in black and white
colonize and depleat the resource
retreat, leave the natives weak with no recourse
stripped the land and the people of a culture and a history
how they gonna make it when everything is a mystery
now they fight each other for scraps
in the shanty towns black and brown brothers is trapped
my solution is for everyone to pick up a strap
and start crossing names off the list of lobbyist cats
death is fair
maybe start with the seeds they're poisonous indeed
grow up to be weeds cuz they spoiled them with greed
only cure is to bleed, let it run through the gutters
where the tears flow freely of the poor baby mothers
who's men are all the time being forced to work mines
come out with their hands cut off or eyes blind
so what if they set a little fire to your house let it burn
or they exume your grandma urn
the punishment fits the crime
if it was up to me the rule would be throw a shoe every time
embarrass the trust fund babies and the heiress
throw them over the terrace to cure them of their careless ways
make media waves over the news reel
show them what it means to be hurt and how the blues feel
mama used ask me if I want something to cry for
I think I just found out what it is im gonna die for
Darfur all around the world we are poor huddled masses
as another is born a life passes
the summer is torn in night clashes
green wristband indicate the people want this man
but that man got the military police and money
but the internet is telling us the truth
how the ruling generation's losing touch with the youth
the elections all over but the people want proof
once again, my answer, if you get a chance to shoot
do it now, do it proud, do it loud, let it bang
uncivil, my apologies go out to the King
by any means...death is fair
so much going on how am I the only one
saying this "dope" rappers getting lazy at the tongue
its a trip how we've become so complacent
living adjacent to rights violations so blatant
multinational corporations and unilateral negotiations
domestic stagnation
predatory credit inflation cancer victims waiting while senators take vacations
all testing my patience, but not me alone
im thinking of the foster kids who need to be in homes
and the despotic imposters who need to be dethroned
and how property tax distribution need to be rezoned
who the hell's idea was it to elect a movie drone
it's some foul, filthy, filanderous things going on
right here at home and across the globe people in despair
for the perpetrators death is fair.
