Eure Lieblingssongtexte #3

[Smackin' Isaiah]

Stretch Arm Strong - For the Record

I'm not exactly pround of the place I'm from
but I've been here my whole life so I guess I'll call it home.
In South Carolina a flag still shows the enslavement of our minds
but in South Carolina I learned from all the times.
We went to all-ages shows, Sunday matinees
hanging out wondering if the bands would show and even play.
The bands would come and we would all sing along (sing along sing along).
Would they ever know their impact would last so long?
The world is full of lonely places no matter where you're from.
A crowded show, familiar faces make me feel at home.
Many kids have come and gone but I know what kept me here.
The magic of those songs has sustained me through the years.
I heard the word sincerity and I know now what that means.
I learned it first with Black Flag, mohawks, combat boots and torn-up jeans.
We were more than just a tour date. You were more than just a song.
We sweat and sang together and that helped us to carry on.
We were more. You were more. For the record

Mando Diao - Amsterdam

I was down in Amsterdam
Almost hurt myself to death
I pushed myself so hard
Mando Just like the redlight girls
Well I cried and stopped to smile
Diao I thought my career was over
And the dealer boys they had to bring me water
Amsterdam
I stumbled over mountains
And the shadows of the street
I fell into the river
Songtexte I cried and and bagged for mercy
And i talked to god on the telephone
Songtext But I really can't tell you what he told me
Lyrics But it was a lie
No I really can't tell you what he told me
Lyric But it was a lie

When I came to Amsterdam
The hotel showed a movie
Liedertexte With Marlon Brando and his friend Pacino
Well I thought that this is nice
Liedertext And I'm sure I can relax now
But suddenly the room was full of demon
Alle
I escaped through the window
Almost ran a mile away
I had nowhere to go
Mando So I cried and and bagged for mercy
And I talked to god on the telephone
Diao But I really can't tell you what he told me
Amsterdam But it was a lie
No I really can't tell you what he told me
Songtexte But it was a lie

But nothing seems to matter
In this lonesome dirty town
Songtext But for a short brief moment
I thought she was the one
Lyrics And she and I were fighting
About sex, love and TV
Lyric That's why I had to get down and talk
To god on the telephone
Liedertexte But I really can't tell you what he told me
Liedertext But it was a lie
No I really can't tell you what
Alle He told me but it was a lie

Mando Diao - Killer Kaczynski

Bombs over the street bombs all over the subway
Bombs on your mind when there's no one around
Mando In your garden there was never a problem
But now you're standing on the street
Diao
Bombs for your dad bombs for your mommy
Bombs that passed a long time ago
Killer And in your childhood there was never a problem
But now you're standing on the street
Kaczynski And you wish there was something you could do
To win back that feeling that was new and fresh but
Songtexte
Bombs over the street bombs all over the subway
Bombs on your mind and the people around
Songtext It's such a shame now this game you play now
Lyrics You're standing lonely on the street with bombs tied on to your feet
Lyric
Yeah...

Blood all over the street blood all over your body
Liedertexte Blood on your mind and the people around
And in your garden there was never a problem
Liedertext But now you're standing on the street
And you wish there was something you could do
Alle To win back that feeling that was new and fresh but
Mando
Bombs over the street bombs all over the subway
Bombs on your mind and the people around
Diao It's such a shame now this game you play now
Killer You're standing lonely on the street with bombs tied on to your feet...
Kaczynski
Yeah...

[Hero of Happiness]

Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine (Fix)

Lead to the river
Midsummer, I waved
A 'V' of black swans
On with hope to the grave
All through Red September
With skies fire-paved
I begged you appear
Like a thorn for the holy ones

Cold was my soul
Untold was the pain
I faced when you left me
A rose in the rain
So I swore to thy razor
That never, enchained
Would your dark nails of faith
Be pushed through my veins again

Bared on your tomb
I am a prayer for your loneliness
And would you ever soon
Come above unto me?
For once upon a time
From the binds of your lowliness
I could always find
The right slot for your sacred key

Six feet deep is the incision
In my heart, that barless prison
Discolours all with tunnel vision
Sunsetter
Nymphetamine
Sick and weak from my condition
This lust, a vampyric addiction
To her alone in full submission
None better
Nymphetamine

Nymphetamine, nymphetamine
Nymphetamine girl
Nymphetamine, nymphetamine
My nymphetamine girl

Wracked with your charm
I am circled like prey
Back in the forest
Where whispers persuade
More sugar trails
More white lady laid
Than pillars of salt
(Keeping Sodom at night at bay)

Fold to my arms
Hold their mesmeric sway
And dance out to the moon
As we did in those golden days

Christening stars
I remember the way
We were needle and spoon
Mislaid in the burning hay

Bared on your tomb
I am a prayer for your loneliness
And would you ever soon
Come above unto me?
For once upon a time
From the binds of your holiness
I could always find
The right slot for your sacred key

Six feet deep is the incision
In my heart, that barless prison
Discolours all with tunnel vision
Sunsetter
Nymphetamine
Sick and weak from my condition
This lust, a vampyric addiction
To her alone in full submission
None better
Nymphetamine

Sunsetter
Nymphetamine
None better
Nymphetamine

Nymphetamine, nymphetamine
Nymphetamine girl
Nymphetamine, nymphetamine
My nymphetamine girl

[Simon]

Farin Urlaub - Sonne
Von dem Album Am Ende Der Sonne

Der Morgen graut, ich bin schon wach
Ich lieg im Bett und denke nach
Mein Herz ist voll, doch jemand fehlt
Ich hätt dir gern noch so viel erzählt

Traurig sein hat keinen Sinn
Die Sonne scheint auch weiterhin
Das ist ja grad die Schweinerei
Die Sonne scheint, als wäre nichts dabei

Es wird schon hell, ich fühl mich leer
(alles ist anders als bisher)
Ich wünsch mir, dass es nicht so wär
(alles ist anders als bisher)
Du stehst nie mehr vor meiner Tür
(alles ist anders als bisher)
Die Sonne scheint – ich hasse sie dafür

Traurig sein hat keinen Sinn
Die Sonne scheint auch weiterhin
Das macht den Schmerz ja so brutal
Die Sonne scheint, als wär es ihr egal

Und ob man schwitzt, und ob man friert
Und ob man den Verstand verliert
Ob man allein im Dreck krepiert
Die Sonne scheint, als wäre nichts passiert

Es ist nicht wie im Film
Da stirbt der Held zum Schluss
Damit man nicht zu lange ohne ihn auskommen muss

Es ist nicht wie im Film
Man kann nicht einfach gehen
Man kann auch nicht zurückspulen
Um das Ende nicht zu sehn

Traurig sein hat keinen Sinn
Die Sonne scheint auch weiter hin
Das ist ja grad die Schweinerei
Die Sonne scheint, als wäre nichts dabei

Ich weiß nicht, was die Zukunft bringt
Und auch, wenn das jetzt kitschig klingt:
Ich hab heut nacht um dich geweint
Ich wünsch dir, dass die Sonne für dich scheint

[gK00r]

Pink Floyd - Time

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around all the piece of ground in your hometown
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine
staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long
and there is time to kill today
And then one day you´ll find
ten years have gone behind you
No one told you where to run,
you missed the starting gun

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun,
But it´s sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in the relative way,
but you´re older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter,
Never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught
or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desparation is the english way
The time is gone, the song is over
Thought I´d something more to say



Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired
It´s good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
And hear the softly spoken magic spell

[kaktor12]

Wednesday 13 - I Walked With A Zombie


[FONT="Century Gothic"]I'm damned if I voodoo, and I'm dead if I don't
Kick the crypt and baby walk with me
And we'll find a new place to haunt
Now the dead can't die, they're not alive
I've got one walking by my side
It's a curse, a hex, tell me what comes next
Tie the noose around my neck

See you in the graveyard at midnight
Such a horrifying delight
Your ice-cold touch, it feels so right
And just last nightI walked with a zombie, zombie, zombie
I walked with a zombie, zombie, zombie
I walked with a zombie


Her stare is so demanding and her groans are so commanding
She makes me feel like a kid in a candy shop
With my head on the butcher block
You're the only one for me, I'm in love with a decomposing zombie
Beauty's on duty in this horror movie
Make me spill my guts with just one touch

See you in the graveyard at midnight
Such a horrifying delight
Your ice-cold touch, it feels so right
And just last night
I walked with a zombie, zombie, zombie
I walked with a zombie, zombie, zombie
I walked with a zombie

[FONT="Impact"]She makes me do everything she wants me to
And that's okay with me because I'm walking with a[/FONT] zombie

See you in the graveyard at midnight
Such a horrifying delight
Your ice-cold touch, it feels so right
And just last night
I walked with a zombie, zombie, zombie
I walked with a zombie, zombie, zombie
I walked with a zombie, zombie, zombie
I walked with a zombie, zombie, zombie
I walked with a
Zombie, zombie, zombie, zombie[/FONT]

[gK00r]

Death From Above 1979 - Losing Friends

My hate was born in the club that's why I'm leaving.
This place is more than a lie, you should believe me.
I am not happy here. You're not grown men, you're just kids playing.

So many things that you say I don't agree with.
You're living hypocrisy. I can't compete with.
You don't look happy here. You're not grown ups you're just kids playing.

If I lose my friends I hope that I'm told. I hope that someone tells me

So many things we don't say, so many things we should say.
So many things we don't say, so many things we should say.

All the things we never say. They'll never let you.
So many things we don't say, so many things we should say.
You're telling more than a lie I don't believe you.
So many things we don't say, so many things we should say.
All the things we never say. They'll never let you.
So many things we don't say, so many things we should say.
You're telling more than a lie I don't believe you.
So many things we don't say, so many things we should say.

If I lose my friends, I hope I'm told, I hope that someone tells me.
If I lose my friends, I hope I'm told, I hope that someone tells me.
If I lose my friends, I hope I'm told, I hope that someone tells me.
If I lose my friends, I hope I'm told, I hope that someone tells me.

[Mad]

KoRn - I'm the one

I'm the one that hurt you
I'm the one you kissed
I'm the one looking down at you
I'm the one who's there

What ... what do you think I've become
What ... what do you think I've become
I'm the one looking down on you
Where do you go when no one's there

When no ones there

[Blank]

Der Thread soll nicht aussterben. .__.

The Rakes - Suspicious Eyes

Oh God I'm running late again
I don't believe this

Another Wednesday morning on the train to work
And my weekend spread into the middle of the week
I'm boozing every night, 3 hours sleep
Check all the people then stare at my feet
Guy next to me pretend to read the Metro
Sort of bloke who calls everybody bro
But only met a black guy at Uni though
And the lady with the kid watches the guard meet the train

Suspicous Eyes
Looking for the end
Suspicous Eyes
Looking for the end

A young Asian guy with a rucksack on his back
Jumps on the tube, is he ready to attack?
God just imagine it being all over, stuck in the tube with nowhere to go
All the smoke and confusion, stuck in this dark coffin
The man with the paper, he moves from his seat
Why did that kid stand so close to me?
I'm sick of them moaning that they're being picked on, when its them running round with the bombs

I'll grab the kids, leave Londons town
Join a white flight to Surrey and beyond

Suspicious Eyes
Looking for the end
Suspicious Eyes
Looking for the end.

These people are assuming who I am, but they're wrong
Got a beard and a bag so they think I got a bomb
I saw everyones reaction soon as I stepped through the door
All acting like they've never seen a brown person before
The guy infront of me, he should be reading his paper
I'm checking my watch cos there's an interview that I'm gonna be late for
Everytime I step on the tube, theres a dude in his suit who aint got no manners, doesn't he know staring is rude?
And if you're so scared, move! I've just stopped caring
I'm off at the next stop mate just keep staring

Suspicious Eyes
Looking for the end
Suspicious Eyes
Looking for the end

Extra chrous (during chorus)
Clocks are ticking and we leave on time

[Mio-Raem]

The Birthday Massacre - Blue


Plastic blue Invitations in my Room.
I've been waiting here for you.
Reservations made for two.
Sunlight fading.

Black toungues speak faster than the car can crash.
You supply the rumours and I'll provide the wrath.
Romance is breaking every heart in two.
Casting shadows in the pale shade of blue.

Plastic blue conversations in my room.
Saving every tear for you.
Trusting every word untrue.
Twilight fading.

Fate changes faster than the death of light.
You supply the envy and I'll provide the spite.
Reflections cutting every face in two.
Casting shadows in the pale shade of blue.



Bob Sinclair - Love Generation

From jamaica to the world
It's just love, It's just love,
yeah!

Why must our children play in the streets?
Broken hearts and faded dreams,
Peace and love to everyone that you meet,
Don't you worry, it could be so sweet,
just look to the rainbow, you will see,
sun will shine 'till eternity
I've got so much love in my heart,
no one can tear it apart.
Yeah.

Be the love generation.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Be the love generation
come on come on come on

Be the love generation.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Be the love generation.
Uuuhhh yeah-yeah.

Don't worry about a thing, gonna be all right
Don't worry about a thing, gonna be all right
Don't worry about a thing, gonna be all right
Gonna be,gonna gonna gonna be allright!

Why must our children play in the street?
Broken hearts and faded dreams.
Peace and love to everyone that you meet.
Don't you worry, it could be so sweet,
just look to the rainbow, you will see,
sun will shine 'till the eternity.
I've got so much love in my heart,
no one can tear it apparted .
Yeah.

[These]

Stone Sour - Bother

Wish I was too dead to cry
My self-affliction fades
Stones to throw at my creator
Masochists to which I cater

You don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on,
I won't let go 'til it bleeds

Wish I was too dead to care
If indeed I cared at all
Never had a voice to protest
So you fed me shit to digest
I wish I had a reason;
my flaws are open season
For this, I gave up trying
One good turn deserves my dying

You don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on,
I won't let go 'til it bleeds

(Solo: Corey)

Wish I'd died instead of lived
A zombie hides my face
Shell forgotten
with its memories
Diaries left
with cryptic entries

And you don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on,
I won't let go 'til it bleeds

You don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on…
I'll never live down my deceit

Stone Sour - Through Glass

I'm looking at you through the glass,
Don't know how much time has passed,
Oh god, it feels like forever,
But no one ever tells you,
That forever feels like home,
Sitting all alone inside your head,

How do you feel? That is the question,
But i forget, you dont expect and easy answer,
When something like a soul becomes,
Initialized and folded up like paper dolls and little notes,
You cant expect to bitter folks,
And while your outside looking in,
Describing what you see,
Remember what your staring at is me,

Cause I'm looking at you through the glass,
Don't know how much time has passed,
All i know is that it feels like forever,
When no one ever tells you,
That forever feels like home,
Sitting all alone inside your head,

How much is real? So much to question,
And never dare make up the mannequins,
Contaminating everything,
When thought came from the heart,
It never did right from the start,
Just listen to the noises,
(No more sad voices),
Before you tell yourself,
Its just a different scene,
Remember its just different from what you've seen,

Im looking at you through the glass,
Don't know how much time has passed,
And all i know is that it feels like forever,
When no one ever tells you,
That forever feels like home,
Sitting all alone inside your head,

And its the stars,
The stars,
That shine for you,
And its the stars,
The stars,
That lie to you, yeah-ah,

I'm looking at you through the glass,
Don't know how much time has passed,
Oh god it feels like forever,
But no one ever tells you,
That forever feels like home,
Sitting all alone inside your head,

Cause I'm looking at you through the glass,
Don't know how much time has passed,
All i know is that it feels like forever,
But no one ever tells you,
That forever feels like home,
Sitting all alone inside your head,

And its the stars,
The stars,
That shine for you, yeah-ah,
And its the stars,
The stars,
That lie to you, yeah-ah,

And its the stars,
The stars,
That shine for you, yeah-ah,
And its the stars,
The stars,
That lie to you, yeah-ah yeah,

Ohhhoh the stars,
Ohhhoh the stars, that lie.

Dendemann - Ersoichso

[Räuspern]
Tach zusammen
Äh, meine Mehr- oder Wenigkeit heißt Dendemann
Ich bin Mitarbeiter des Monats bei Ditos Pizzaservice
Von Zeit zu Zeit, wenn der Chef mal 'n Sparringspartner braucht
Dann heißt es: Wie du mir, so ich dir so
Sportsetzung folgt
Hah, Und wenn ich dann so mein, nur so: Chef, warum?
Tja, dann er nur so:
-Weil erstens Ansichten sich ändern, und zweitens ich das darf!

Ja.
Und er so: Setz dich, nimm dir auch 'ne Line und öh, lass doch ma hörn, was du kannst, Homie
Oder hast du Angst, Homie?
Yeah, dann lass es ganz, Homie!
Huh? Wo drückt der Schuh, wo tut es weh?
Und ich so: Na gut, okay, er weiß es vermutlich eh
Rap lässt zu wünschen übrig wie 'ne gute Fee
Und er so: Nein, guck ma Backspin-Cover, hör ma Juice CD
Guck ma, Alda, ich, Alda, wie tight kann man sein?
Und jeder weitere Reim bringt mich leider zum weinen
Und er so: Taschentuch, Homie? Gar kein Thema!
Bei mir wird gebounced, bei dir is' Macarena
Ich hab 'n Doorag aus Nappaleder
Und dein Designer heißt bis heute noch Vatter Peter (???) - ja
Ich bin's, Dito, der Mann, der Mythos
Der Chef hier am Mikro, ihr ander'n übt bloß
Früher war ich brav, doch heute schieß' ich scharf
-Weil erstens Ansichten sich ändern, und zweitens ich das darf!

Und er so: Let's go, Homie, lass den Kopf nich' hängen
Zu Jammerlappen ist das Leben doppelt streng
Bauch rein, Brust raus, das Mic fest im Griff
Es geht nich nur bergauf, Rap is kein Sessellift
Also let's go, Homie, lass den Kopf nich' hängen
Mit Muttersöhnchen meint's das Leben doppelt streng
Doch so läuft das game, wer hätt's gedacht - ja
Hiphop schmeckt wie Pizza besser selbst gemacht - oh

Und er so: Rap ist doch nur 'ne Modedroge
So 'ne Berg- und Talfahrt, so 'ne Toblerone – ja
Dreh 'n Clip mit zehn Bitches oben ohne
Und halt dazu 'n paar homophobe Monologe
Und ich so gar nich ma so 'n Freund so harter Wörter
Mein so: Mutterficker sind doch auch nur Vatermörder
Und er so: Nutte, du kennst ja das Verhältnis
Erfolg is' aus Gold, und alles glänzt, wenn man's in Geld misst
Weil MTViva das Fenster zu 'ner Welt ist
In der du – sach ich ma' – vom Gangstershit umstellt bist
Hör dir dein' Studentenrap ma A-Capella an
Dir fehlt die Grauzone, so wie Stracciatella, Mann
Du denkst schwarz-weiß wie 'n Dalmatiner beim Schach - ja
Vielleicht wird morgen ja mal wieder dein Tach
Doch so 'ne Abituristen battle ich im Schlaf
- Weil erstens Ansichten sich ändern, und zweitens ich das darf!

Und er so: Let's go, Homie, lass den Kopf nich' hängen
Zu Jammerlappen ist das Leben doppelt streng
Bauch rein, Brust raus, das Mic fest im Griff
Es geht nich nur bergauf, Rap is kein Sessellift
Also let's go, Homie, lass den Kopf nich' hängen
Mit Muttersöhnchen meint's das Leben doppelt streng
Doch so läuft das game, wer hätt's gedacht - ja
Hiphop schmeckt wie Pizza besser selbst gemacht - oh

Und er so: Zieh nochma, dann knallt der Flash geiler
Das kloppt dich um, Alda, wie Walter Eschweiler – ja
Mein Pitbull will jetzt plötzlich 'n Jetski
Mann, die Töle hat mehr Eis gesehn als Ötzi und Gretzky
Und ich so: Hmm, ganz schön materiell
Ich wollt' ja eigentlich Rap studieren statt BWL
Und er so: Nee, warte ma', stop! Steck ma' die Weiche!
Vielleicht hast du den Schädel voll korrekter Vergleiche
Doch Geld und Rap sind wie Smegma und Eichel
Das Game macht Zivis aggro wie Specter und Spaiche
Guck ma hier – bling – Kopp oder Zahl
Du willst Liebe und die Miete, das ist Doppelmoral - ja
Lass den Rucksack auf, bleib otto-normal
Oder werd' reich mit dem Gerücht, Mann, wie Lotto King Karl
Homie, dein trojanisches Maultier ist entlarvt
-Weil erstens Ansichten sich ändern, und zweitens ich das darf!

Und er so: Let's go, Homie, lass den Kopf nich' hängen
Zu Jammerlappen ist das Leben doppelt streng
Bauch rein, Brust raus, das Mic fest im Griff
Es geht nich nur bergauf, Rap is kein Sessellift
Also let's go, Homie, lass den Kopf nich' hängen
Mit Muttersöhnchen meint's das Leben doppelt streng
Doch so läuft das game, wer hätt's gedacht - ja
Hiphop schmeckt wie Pizza besser selbst gemacht - oh

So, und jetzt sieh zu, dass du Land gewinnst, du Nichtschwimmer!
Ich lass dir den Beat nochmal an, kannst ja 'n bisschen üben.
Tschüss.

[Aurae]

Dinosaur Jr.
Been There All The Time
(vom Album 'Beyond')

Can I fix it and still care?
Can I run and you'll be there?
Wish that I could run and hide
Juggling messages inside
Stalling, trying to buy more time

Can I be a part of you?
How to get there, what to do?
Can I get there from inside?
Of all the ways I could have tried
Can I be there all the time?

Is it all me?
Is it all me?
Is it all me?
Is it all me?

Can I feel another way?
Can I bring out to stay?
Can you capture what I've done?
Play it back so I don't run
Now I'm walking on the sun

Is it all me?
Is it all me?
Is it all me?
Is it all me?

it's not mine
take me fine
with a smile
been there all the time

Is it all me?
Is it all me?
Is it all me?
Is it all me?

________________________________

Bright Eyes
Hot Knives
(vom Album 'Cassadaga')

The Wife forgave the Mistress for she only entertained
The pain was gone the instant she cleared her throat to speak her name
Said, "Both of us must suffer from the same unending ache"

The world was not of interest though her days were never dull
Her bed beneath a crucifix on guests performing miracles
With the Son of God just hanging like a common criminal
When I do wrong I am with God, she thought
When I feel lost I am not at all

So give me Black Light (Give Give me)
So give me Hot Knives (Deep Clean sleep)
On a dance floor no one tells time (There is no time)

Oh, I've made love, yeah, I've been fucked, so what?
I'm a cartoon, you're a full moon, let's stay up

She went to see a Mystic who made medicine from rain
And gave up her existence to feel everything, dream others' dreams
Bid farewell to her family with one ecstatic wave (Please take care I love you all)
Out the window as the car rolled away
She just vanished into a thick mist of change

So let us rejoice (Let's Rejoice!)
In all this Pink Noise (Out Pink Noise!)
An oscillation that we can pin point (We're right here!)

[toho]

Jedi Mind Tricks - Shadow Business


- When you over in American Samoa, what…what surprised you the most?
- I guess what hit me the most is the condition of the factory that the workers were in:
The factory was surrounded by a fence and barbed wire on top and on the bottom. And they have a chain-linked fence surround the whole factory and, and dormitory compound. The gate has a…has a guard shack, where the guard sit there and control the worker movement in and out of the.. of the factory
- The factory are made of ahm.. tin panels with tin roof. It’s really hot. The temperature over there is verily ninety degrees and inside the factory or the dormitory it reaches way over a hundred degrees.

[Verse 1]:
Yeah
It’s the contemporary form of slavery, they call it slave labour
But they don’t prosecute them cuz it’s how they make paper
When you rocking that fly shit that’s made in China
By an eight year old child tryna feed his mama
He exposed to contamination and disease
And only fifty-five percent of them will get degrees
And the women have to try to placate the boss
Because it’s sex discrimination in the labour force
The slave master only let them speak in sign language
And they’re suffering from lung disease and eye damage
fourteen hour shifts, seven days a week
two shitty meals a day, very little sleep
Human life only worth three cents an hour
All human right laws loose sense of power
What did four hundred years in the grave passes?
Only the improved cleverness of slave masters.

[Chorus]:
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner’s cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner’s cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!

- Many Chinese workers are forced to sign secret agreements, known as shadow contracts, before they leave China, severely and, in some ways, illegally restricting their activities while on American soil. Workers are forbidden to participate in any religious or political activity or to ask for a salary increase or even to fall in love or get married.

[Verse 2]:
It’s one point six million people locked in jail
They do new slave labour force trapped in hell
They generate over a billion dollars worth to power
And only getting paid twenty cents an hour
They make cloths for McDonald’s and for Apple Bee’s
And working fourteen hour shifts in prison factories
And while we sit around debating who the wack emcee is
They have to work when arthritic pain attack the knees
Slavery is not illegal, that’s a fucking lie!
It is illegal, unless it’s for conviction of a crime
The main objective is to get you in your fucking prime.
And keep the prison full and not give you a fucking dime
But they the real criminal keeping you confined
For a petty crime but they give you two-to-nine
And ain’t nobody there to protect ya
Except a bunch of incompetent human rights inspectors

[Chorus]:
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner’s cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!
Is life worth living if you living in hell?
When the mind is confined to a prisoner’s cell?
And the lies they devise in the system that fail
But I expect the system to fail!

- The sweatshop situation’s kind of cohesive and kind of take advantage on the people that are poor and at an economic disadvantage.
- This Chinese woman made T-shirts and pants at the factory until she became pregnant.
- When I told them I was pregnant, they told me to have an abortion..
- Tu Xiao Mei says she refused to have the abortion and has now been barred from entering the factory.
- To allow them to bring that on to US soil is a very deep concern. We've now documented the facts that management coerces female workers who become pregnant into having abortions.
- But human rights workers say it's common practice
- Inside that factory Chinese law applies, and Chinese law is… is supreme
- Even though it's the United States of America?
- The flag doesn't fly inside there.