Same Thing (Album Version)

Flobots - Same Thing

Somewhere between prayer and revolution
between Jesus and Huey P. Newton
that's where you find Jonny 5 shoot shooting
water guns at the audience while you’re scooting
your gluteous max due to the fact that he’s tooting
on the horn gonna warn you that I'm rooting
for the other team in the culture wars
so I stab the beast belly while the vulture snoars
yo loe let it blow with convulsive force
til walls fall off their false supports
til Jericho's aircraft carriers alter course
and all brave young Americans are called ashore
cause we've already lost the war we keep waging
splattering the streets in battles that keep raging
bloodying each page of the story that we're studying
each day the same just the names keep changing
saying the same things over again
repeating the same slogans we don't know where we've been
We've been all over the globe on our government's funds
leaving man woman and child dead bloody and numb
saying the same things over again
repeating the same slogans we don't know where we've been
we've been overthrowing leaders with legitimate views
democratically elected but we didn't approve....
How many times can the line divide
how many wars to uphold your pride
these fears uncontrolled just swoll the tide
of blood in the streets while the people die
I’ma keep on trying
longs as suffering's multiplying
and why not
souls get tossed and left out to rot
my backs broad enough to help left your cross
as long as you help with mine
the process of healing will take some time
to see the pain on your face is the same as mine
not a game or a race but the stake is high
we maintain our mistakes for the sake of sides
as long as it takes I"ll say it one more time
as long as it takes I'll say it one more time
as long as it takes I'll say it one more time
saying the same things over again
repeating the same slogans we don't know where we've been
We've been all over the globe on our government's funds
leaving man woman and child dead bloody and numb
saying the same things over again
repeating the same slogans we don't know where we've been
we've been overthrowing leaders with legitimate views
democratically elected but we didn't approve....
U.S. is not us
And us is not we
And we are not satisfied
well we’re tired of the same thing
and we’re ready to make change
are we ready to make change?
we want money for healthcare and public welfare
free mumia and Leonard peltier
human needs not corporate greed
drop the debt and legalize ****
we say yes to grassroots organization
no to neoliberal globalization
bring the troops back to the USA
and shut down guantanamo Bay
Who let'em overthrow Jacobo Arbenz
Who let'em overthrow Mohammad Mosaddeq
Who let'em assassinate Salvador Allende
I didn't let them but they did it anyway
Who let'em overthrow Kwame Nkrumah
Who let'em overthrow Aristide
Who let'em assassinate Oscar Romero
I didn't let'em but they did indeed!
don't let them assassinate Hugo Chavez
don't let them assassinate Evo Morales
bring back Martin,, Malcolm, Medgar, Hampton, Schwerner, Goodman, Chaney
Saying the same things over again