1. |
What A Time To Be Alive
02:10
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Lyrics: Tony Avila, Jason Wilhite, AD Crawford
Music: Tony Avila
Killer cops on the loose
What a time to be alive
Sonic weapons introduced
What a time to be alive
Countless days of protest
What a time to be alive
Lines on mom’s tear gassed
What a time to be alive
What a time to be alive (x4)
Corona virus in the air
What a time to be alive
Massage parlor massacre
What a time to be alive
Chauvin’s trial significance
What a time to be alive
Making vaccines in a rush
What a time to be alive
What a time to be alive (x4)
Everywhere I look
Something’s going wrong
Cops committing murder
And not being charged
Patriots take the capitol
Rioters called the shots
Over 400 arrests
And they killed a cop
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Rats
01:59
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Lyrics & Music: Tony Avila
Sitting alone in cages where
the only stimulus was drugs
Once they changed their environment,
the drugs just weren’t as fun
Let them hang with others and
even gave them toys
Put them up in condos,
these upgrades were rejoiced
When there’s nothing to do but drugs,
what are you fucking gonna do?
Get high and keep going back
until you're fucking blue.
Once life improved and the more exciting it got
Heavy usage decreased or completely stopped
A terrifying cage to a pleasant one
Usage decreased when life was more fun
A well-balanced happy life
Kept them off the shit
This song is about rats and drugs
Think how similar it is to us
This song is about rats and drugs
Might be the same with us
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3. |
The Other Side Of Fear
02:48
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Lyrics & Music: Tony Avila
Remember when you feared nothing?
When you tried without hesitation?
Remember when life was more fun?
What happened?
What about the days
When you fucked shit up
What about the days
When you weren’t in the dumps
What about the days
When you were hungry and tried
What about the days
When you didn’t wanna die
Everything you want is on the other side
Everything you want is on the other side of fear
Everything you want is on the other side of fear
Something changed and it isn’t right
When was it that you lost your fight?
Figure out what to correct
And become yourself again
The only thing standing in the way is you (x4)
What about the days
When you fucked shit up
What about the days
When you weren’t in the dumps
What about the days
When you were hungry and tried
What about the days
When you didn’t wanna die
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4. |
Qualified Immunity
02:30
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Lyrics: Tony Avila
Music: Tony Avila & Jurmie Ballard
Imagine being able to do whatever you want
Judge, jury, executioner because you're a cop
Using blue lives matter as a distraction
From your horrible racist actions
Qualified Immunity
Shielding the guilty
The courts rarely intervene
Qualified Immunity
Terrorizing communities
Keeping murders on the streets
Shielded
Protected
Convictions
Rejected
No justice
No peace
No racist
Police
When murderers are kept off the stand
Justice can’t be served and there is no resolution
Protect and serve, not punish and enslave
How many people will be sent to the grave?
Qualified Immunity
Shielding the guilty
The courts rarely intervene
Qualified Immunity
Terrorizing communities
Keeping murders on the streets
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5. |
All Bets Are Off
02:13
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Lyrics: AD Crawford & Tony Avila
Music: Tony Avila
Now we run the streets
because there’s no police
All bets are off
We burned the station down & we’re taking back the town
All bets are off
Too many years without a voice
All bets are off
No more denying us a choice
All bets are off
We’re not just going to calm down
We’re gonna burn it to the ground (x2)
All bets are off (x4)
We’ve never been so close
All bets are off
We never lost our hope
All bets are off
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