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snake in the grass - junkyard empire lyrics

[verse 1]
they got it all perfected, target selected
even if you democratically elected
resurrected presidents, better check ya regiments
school of the americas be trainin terrorists
federal embezzlements of foreign investments
military juntas supplied with weapons
suppress the unions with death squad delegates
everyday elements of central intelligence

forget democracy, this is u.s. foreign policy
destabilize the region then invade them economically
ironically, state department denies this tragic comedy
thousands murdered, organized chaos of a coup d’état

[verse 2]
covert ops for multinational stocks
building blocks so they can cop 3rd-world cash crops
criminals for minerals and right wing generals
paid plentiful to manhandle like animals
you help the people, they call you a communist
no common sense, dominance
is all they make a promise with
guess what, that’s mission accomplished

so overthrow árbenz, murder allende, lumumba
replace them with pinochet, trujillo, mubutu
from papa doc in haiti, noriega in the ’80s
repressive regimes guarantee america gets the cream

[verse 3]
just listen can you hear the hissin, slitherin and slippin
distant vision twistin through the darkest forest on a mission
trained -ss-ssins blastin, makin m-ssacres happen
never unmasked, they got your -ss, just a snake in the gr-ss

[bridge]
oh say can you see the n-z- spies on the cia payroll
or hear the lies over radio free europe
or read about it in the washington central intelligence times
i pledge allegiance to the overthrow
and murder of democratically elected leaders
like guatemala’s arbenz and iran’s mosaddegh
oh beautiful for sp-cious skies full of bombs dropping on laos
america the beautifully executed cointelpro
and operation chaos programs
designed to disrupt civil rights and anti war movements
my country shame on thee for the iran-contra scandal
and kidnapping aristide from haiti
do you know the meaning of liberty?
well do you?

[verse 4]
it’s hot now, you locked down
downtown locked down
pop piddy pop pop pop, hear the glock sound
prison for the citizens
the system’s equivalent of due process
for the protest, get ya throat split
bow-tie cause you voted for the wrong guy
this ain’t democracy, its monopoly
for the benefit of the suit and tie guy from ny to dc

the friendliest enemies, we negotiate with new regimes
numerous casualties that you don’t see on nbc
that’s the price that’s paid for our new source of energy
no matter nixon, clinton, reagan, bush, obama, kennedy

[reprise verse 3]

- junkyard empire lyrics

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