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All Lyrics by Renae Bryant

California Bleeding

Countdown to Extinction

Ignore the problems
Deny they exist
Don’t be proactive
Try to dismiss
Pretend you control
When it’s completely spun out
Keep on smiling
Spin is what it’s about
Countdown to Extinction
There’s no evolving for you
Countdown to Extinction
To your own apathy you were true
Rape the land
Overpopulate it too
Scarcity of water
Scarcity of food
Ruin the soil
Cut down the forest
Start some wars
Pretend not to own it
Countdown to Extinction
There’s no evolving for you
Countdown to Extinction
To your own apathy you were true
Countdown to Extinction

A lot of Work to Do

He said that I’m hostile
and he doesn’t know why
you point out my splinter
there’s a huge beam in your eye
He said that I have
a lot of work to do
you threw a lot of stones
but live in a glass house too
He said that human rights
are guaranteed by God
but God didn’t
stop the Holocaust

He said that God has
a plan for me
but it doesn’t have to do
with Christianity
you’re not God
so, don’t you fucking judge me
you’re not God

California Bleeding

Too much botox
Too many steroids
Too much coke up her nose
Homophobic
Born again
Judging like she’s God
Celebrity obsessed
Surgery possessed
Whored out success
Slit her wrists…
California is Bleeding

So much for her lover
Too many addictions
So much for her ability to breathe
Forgot her education
Abandoned her children
Whored out her body
Celebrity obsessed
Surgery possessed
Whored out success
Slit her writes…
California is Bleeding

You Say Tomato...

You think that no one hears you
As you talk your shit about me
You started out attractive
But the ugliness came pouring out
You think that no one will repeat
All the shit you talk about me
Never say it to my face
Just drew your knife and stabbed my back
Metiche, chismoso
Metiche, chismoso
You really shouldn’t
Run your mouth
You think no one hears you
As you talk your shit about me
You’re always so fucking sweet
When you want something from me
You think no one will repeat
All the shit you talk about me
Very careless with your words
But ugly is as ugly does
Metiche, chismoso
Metiche, chismoso
You really shouldn’t
Run your mouth

Hunger for Justice

Food for the hungry
And a hunger for justice
For those that have food
Reality…so many have lost touch with
For the price of your Louis Vuitton
You could have fed a village in Sudan
For what you paid for that Dior
You could have financed Doctors
without Borders
Singing about Gucci
While there are people
In your town homeless and hungry
Wearing your money
Won’t cure your insecurities
Food for the hungry

And a hunger for justice
Reality…so many have lost touch with
For the price of those Jimmy Choos
You have bought all the LA
homeless new shoes
For what you paid for that Prada
You could have fed the children in Haiti
Preaching materialism
While 97% of the world can’t relate
The richest 3% need to step up
And re-evaluate
Food for the hungry
And a hunger for justice
(for those that have food)
Reality…so many have lost touch with
…reality

Number 12

You say you want a famous face
‘cause you think you’re just not good enough
you say you want some famous tits
‘cause you think they’re just not big enough
You want to be a playboy bunny
and you think they need to cut you up
you think…just a few more pounds to lose
you promise that you’ll stop throwing up
surprising, so shocking, appalling, eyes glued
#12 looks just like you
You say you want some great big muscles
‘cause you think you’re just not big enough
you say you want to Barry Bonds
‘cause you think you’re just not good enough
You want to be a winning athlete
And you think that you should shoot it up
You think just a few more inches to gain
You promise that you’ll stop ‘roiding up
Surprising, so shocking, appalling, eyes glued
#12 looks just like you

You Lied

You lied…
We said you lied
It’s not enough that you said it was true
It’s not enough, because it came from you
It’s not enough that there is blood on our hands
It’s not enough…you named the son of man
It’s not enough, because I know my rights
It’s not enough, and I won’t throw the fight
It’s not enough, and I won’t settle for less
It’s not enough, that’s why I’m a
feminist/humanist
You lied, and you know you always do
You lied, and they died
And it’s all because of you
You lied, and now there’s blood on our hands
You lied in a way that no one else can
1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, and counting

Solidarity

Solidarity, Solidarity Now!
Solidarity, Solidarity Now!
Solidarity with
Nuestras Hijas de Regreso (a Casa)
Because we believe that
No one should have to live in fear
Solidarity with Patricia Orozco
Because we believe
In reproductive rights for all
Solidarity, Solidarity Now!
Solidarity, Solidarity Now!
Solidarity with the women of Thailand
Because no one should
be sold into sexual slavery
Solidarity with the women of Darfur
No one should be raped,
or have to live in fear
Solidarity, Solidarity Now!
Solidarity, Solidarity Now!

The F Word

According to Webster,
“feminism is the theory of the
political, economic and
social equality of the sexes
organized activity on behalf
of women’s rights and interests”
Stand together in sisterhood
This is for the daughters, mothers,
grandmothers, sisters, wives and girlfriends
Since in the U.S.  a woman is raped
every six minutes
And 1 in 3 women have been raped;
Since 1 in 4 women
experience domestic abuse
in their lifetime
Stand together in sisterhood
If you believe in human rights then you
believe in women’s rights
Stand together in sisterhood
Male, female doesn’t matter
Stand together in sisterhood
This is for the daughters, mothers,
grandmothers, sisters, wives and girlfriends
Since 2 million girls and women
are subjected to genial mutilation each year
Since some 120,000
women and girls
are trafficked into
W. Europe every year
Stand together in sisterhood
If you believe in human rights then you
believe in women’s rights
Stand together in sisterhood
Male, female doesn’t matter
Stand together in sisterhood
This is for the daughters, mothers,
grandmothers, sisters, wives and
girlfriends

Inherit the Earth

What you do to me
You do to your daughters
You do to your sons
You do to their heirs
You poison me everyday
Tearing my limbs and breaking
my bones
Homage to the almighty
While you brutalize the mother
Homage to the almighty
While you brutalize the mother
How will you explain to your children,
that you chose to stand by and do
nothing?
How will you explain to them,
that you were too busy with things
and money?
Where will they play?
What will they breath?
What will they drink?
What will they eat?
What you do the mother, you do to
yourselves
Kill her slowly kill yourselves slowly too
Homage to the almighty
While you brutalize the mother
Homage to the almighty
While you brutalize the mother
Inherit our blithe, inherit our toxins
Inherit our death, inherit our hate
That’s what we’ll leave them
If we don’t place people over profits
Can you place people over profits?
PEOPLE OVER PROFITS!!!

No Need for Fear

You don’t know the difference
Between a family and a terrorist
You don’t know the difference
Between a student and a terrorist
Anyone who doesn’t agree
Try to feed us more fear
There is no need for fear
When fear is a wasted energy
You don’t know the difference
Between a family and a terrorist
You don’t know the difference
Between a student and a terrorist
You don’t know the difference
Between an intellectual and a terrorist
You don’t know the difference
Between an activist and a terrorist
Anyone who doesn’t agree
Try to feed us more fear
There is no need for fear
When fear is a wasted energy
Just like worry and hate
When the Iraqis call us the terrorist
I read the definition 
I can’t help but agree
Inflict the terror, inflict the terror
Inflict the terror, inflict the terror
You don’t know the difference
Between a family and a terrorist
You don’t know the difference
Between a student and a terrorist
Anyone who doesn’t agree
Try to feed us more fear
There is no need for fear
There is no need for fear

All or Nothing

Talk about human rights
It’s all or nothing for me
Talk about peace
It’s all or nothing for me
Talk about women’s rights
It’s all or nothing for me
Talk about animal rights
It’s all or nothing for me
There are many times
You’ll be called to stand up
 For what you really believe
You’ll need some backbone to
go against the grain
Being different isn’t always
easy
Talk about human rights
It’s all or nothing for me
Talk about peace
It’s all or nothing for me
What have we done today,
to match our walk
to our talk?
Will we practice what we preach?
Will we live on our feet or die
on our knees?
Talk about human rights
It’s all or nothing for me
Talk about peace
It’s all or nothing for me
Talk about women’s rights
It’s all or nothing for me
Talk about animal rights
It’s all or nothing for me
If every enlightened person
Does one thing each day
to stand up for injustice…
We can change the earth
We can change lives
We can change the future!!!

They Are We

Can’t look away from the pain that’s in front of me
Can’t look away form the pain in their eyes
I sit and I stare mesmerized by the t.v.
So much suffering compounded by lies
In Africa we ask, “Who are their people?”
In Brazil we ask, “Who are their people?”
In Haiti we ask, “Who are their people?”
In India we ask, “Who are their people?”
I am you
You are me
He is she
…and they are we
Don’t try to escape the burden of your privilege
Don’t try to escape your responsibility
It’s not enough to send money
Fight to be sure that all are fed and free
In Iraq we ask, “Who are their people?”
In Russia we ask, “Who are their people?”
In Taiwan we ask, “Who are their people?”
In the U.S. we ask, “Who are their people?”
I am you
You are me
He is she
…and they are we
We are all humans so we are their people
It’s time to take positive action
We are all humans so we are their people
It’s time to take positive action
Who are their people? We are their people!
Who are their people? We are their people!
Who are their people?  We are their people….
I am you
You are me
He is she
…and they are we

 

What Doesn't Kill You...

Kindness for Weakness

You come around ¦you take, you take/ smile slyly think it's great/ think I don't know what you're scheming/ in between your words I find your meaning

You might find when I'm pushed to far/ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness/ You will find when I'm pushed to far¦/ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness

Think I don't remember what you say?/ Decided to be trust worthy today/ Think I don't attend to your actions?/ Your philosophy has much lacking.

You will find when I'm pushed too far/ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness/  You might find when I'm pushed to far/ That I strike back until the blood comes out.

Don't mistake my kindness for weakness!

Erase

Time doesn't erase the images from the mind/ you never forget the violence/ Time doesn't erase the damage that's been done/ at the hand of your own blood/ time doesn't erase the screaming, the bleeding,/ The crying in a place called home/ time doesn't erase/ the feeling/ left on the skin/ the hatred planted to grow inside a child

Blood isn't thicker than water/ Your blood isn't thicker than water/ Blood isn't thicker than water/ Your blood isn't thicker than water

Essential Freedoms

In the future days which we seek to make secure we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms¦Freedom of Speech/ Freedom from Fear/ Freedom from Want/ Freedom of Worship-Franklin Delano Roosevelt, January 1941

Freedom of speech/ to analyze, criticize, philosophize, energize, debate, create a positive change/ Freedom from fear/ from hate, from rape, from war, from violence, police brutality, injustice

freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom

Freedom from want/ to have shelter, clothing, health care, food, clean air and water/ Freedom of worship/ No bigotry, ignorance, homophobia, misogynism,  keep the separation of church and state

Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom

Freedom of speech, freedom from fear, freedom from want, freedom of worship

Strike Down

Discover what you want to do/ Begin to do it now/ You're not guaranteed a lifetime/ So do what you love now/ Doesn't matter how young you are/ It doesn't matter how old/ There's nothing to fall back on/ Don't listen to what you were told

Don't get caught/ in a search for security/ Pursue all your passions/ or die from monotony/ Think of what you've got to give/ Don't let them pump you with fear/ Know what passions drive you,/ To thine ownself be true

Strike down your fears/ And follow your bliss/ Become what you've imagined/ That moment begins here

Stop to Think

The pills, the rope, the gun, the razor,/ You think each is an option when you have no hope

Consequences, consequences, consequences/ You better stop to think about it!

You may have stopped the pain for yourself,/ but you started the pain for somebody else 

The Ignorance

The ignorance, the ignorance, the ignorance it pains me

Take the time to educate the mind/ read a book fill/ your mind with some new ideas/ Take a class/ turn off the t.v./ have a debate/ based upon research/ This is democracy/ you must participate/ make yours/ an educated vote/ You are responsible/ protect your freedoms/ don't let them tear/ our constitution apart

The ignorance, the ignorance, the ignorance it pains me

Si, Se Puede

Si, se puede/ Si, si se puede/ Si, se puede/ Si, si se puede/ We can do it!/ We can do it!/ We can do it now!

Empieza el cambio/ Lo necesitamos hacer horita/ Start the change/ We need to do it now/ Todos somos humanos/ Tenemos responsibilidades por todo/ We are all human beings/ We have responsibilities to each other/ Piensa antes de hablar/ Piensa antes de gastar/ Think before you speak/ Think before you spend/ Cuando eres cultura popular/ No eres amenanza/ Once you are popular culture/ You are not a threat

Si, se puede,/ si, si se puede

We can do it!/ We can do it!/ We can do it now! 

Inspired

You take it/ You leave it/ You come back to retrieve it/ through all of my sorrow/ forged my success tomorrow/ You think that I forget/ all the words that were said/ I buried them deep down/ to push, force and drive me

I'm passing through/ Passing through this pain and you/ I'm passing through/ Passing through this pain and you

Inspiration is the only emotion/ that I have left when I think of you/ Inspired me to make better choices/ than I did by choosing you

I'm passing through/ Passing through this pain and you/ I'm passing through/ Passing through this pain and you

Disconnect myself, use rational mind/ think of how I saved potential wasted time/ given time it's always easy to see/ I came with everything to give/ you had suffering to offer me

I'm passing through/ Passing through this pain and you/ I'm passing through/ Passing through this pain and you

Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way

A lack of action is your own submission/ Lead, follow or get out of the way/ Your complaints and apathy aren't changing anything/ Lead, follow, or get out of the way/ Sedating yourself will not help/ Lead, follow, or get out of the way/ Leave this world a better place than you found it

Lead, follow, or get out of the way

Educate yourself to arm yourself/ Lead, follow, or get out of the way/ Commit, persist, empower, sacrifice/ Lead, follow, or get out of the way/ Be the next Mead, Gandhi, Anthony/ Lead, follow, or get out of the way/ Be the next Chavez, Mandela, or King

Lead, follow, or get out of the way

Lead, follow, or get out of the way

SEARCH FOR THE STRENGTH

SEARCH FOR THE STRENGTH

Attachment, the suffering/ the aching, illusion/ the fire, the fantasy/ it all resides within me/ I search for the strength/ search for the strength/ search for the strength/ to stop desire, swallowed down/ it threatens to swallow me whole/ swallow me whole/ swallow me whole/ swallow me whole

You burrowed inside me/ now I can't get you out of me/ thrashing about, now I just want you out/ a poison inside of me, set to devastate me/ straight to the veins to suck the life out/ polluting my thoughts, not based on reality/ paying my karma with your lies and your fantasies/ you burrowed inside me now I can't get you out of me/ thrashing about, now I just want you out

I search for the strength/ search for the strength/ search for the strength/ to stop desire, swallowed down/ it threatens to swallow me whole/ swallow me whole/ swallow me whole/ swallow me whole

Attachment, the suffering/ the aching, illusion/ the fire, the fantasy/ it all resides within me/ I search for the strength/ search for the strength/ search for the strength/ to stop desire, swallowed down/ it threatens to swallow me whole/ swallow me whole/ swallow me whole/ swallow me whole

MOTIVATION

What's your motivation?/ What pushes you?/ What have you accomplished when the day is through?/ Is it about money?/ Is it about fame?/ Is it about people knowing your name?/ Is it about drugs?/ Is it about sex?/ Are these all the ways you measure success?/ Is it about fashion?/ Is it about sales?/ How do you know when you're a corporate whore?/ What have you gave?/ What have you taught?/ Is this what you are really about?

What's your motivation?/ What pushes you?/ What have you accomplished when the day is through?/ Is it about security?/ Is it about stability?/ Are these worth giving up on your dreams?/ Is it about a room of things?/ Is it about a bank account?/ Are these things ever enough?/ Is it about a wife?/ Is it about a husband?/ Are you doing what society tells you?

What have you gave?/ What have you taught?/ Is this what you are really about?/ What's your motivation?/ What pushes you?/ What have you accomplished when the day is through?

REGRET

So here you are working nine to five/ lost your dreams and what it means to be alive/ take a look at what you see/ you are not what you used to be

You don't want what you thought you wanted/ Confronted by the truth you seem so undaunted/ Quick to blame the rest for what's really your own/ Suffer all the consequences, enough to be alone

So the day will come that you regret/ and feel remorse for all you could have done/ just sit back and shake your head/ tell yourself that its not so bad

YOUR INTEGRITY

I like the man you pretend to be/ much better than the man you are/ I was more impressed by your smoke screen/ than reality by far

Your integrity is non-existent/ Your integrity is just a facade/ Your integrity is a catch phrase/ Your integrity? You mean your character flaw!!

And I like the man you pretend to be/ much better than the man you are/ I was more impressed by your smoke screen/ than reality by far

Your integrity needs to be redefined/ Your integrity is wishful thinking/ Your integrity is all in your mind/ Your integrity? Don't you mean your pride!!

And I like the man you pretend to be/ much better than the man you are/ I was more impressed by your smoke screen/ than reality by far

I can admit it...that I was taken in/ I can admit it...that I was made the fool/ I can admit it...that I want to believe/ I can admit it...that I was used

And I like the man you pretend to be/ much better than the man you are/ I was more impressed by your smoke screen/ than reality by far/ And I like the man you pretend to be/ much better than the man you are

THERE

I cannot believe all the dismay/ Did you think that things have really changed?/ Is it that you are so naive, or that you really just don't care?

You're hanging around, thinking things will change/ But the more they change the more they are the same/ You're hanging around thinking things will change/ But the more they change the more they are the same

There is no justice/ There is no justice/ There is no justice here

Tell me how it doesn't affect you/ Tell me how its just an isolated incident/ Tell me how you just don't have the time/ Until it all happens to you

Why would it work/ when its never worked before/ "Lets burn all the witches,/ lets beat all the whores"

There is no justice/ There is no justice/ There is no justice here

You're hanging around thinking things will change/ But the more they change the more they are the same

LA MAESTRA

Los alumnos de mi clase/ son el futuro/ lleno de espero/ puedo verlo en sus ojos/ lleno de espiritu/ de sus madres y padres/ lleno de cultura/ que no puede morir

Soy la maestra/ son el futuro/ soy la maestra/ son el futuro

Los alumons de mi clase/ son de mi vida/ ponen sonrisa en este, mi cara/quedenmis pieses en este, la tierra/ ellos ensename cada dia

Soy la maestra/ son el futuro/ soy la maestra/ son el futuro

DELIBERATE

The questions inside you/ The questions inside you/ Think for yourself/ Think for yourself/ The reasons inside you/ The reasons inside you/ Think for yourself/ Think for yourself

Take time to self-educate/ more time to deliberate/ reflect on it all/ and you will see

Solutions inside you/ Solutions inside you/ To think for yourself/ Think for yourself/ The actions inside you/ The actions inside you/ To Think for yourself/ Think for yourself

KNIFE TO MY NECK

Knife to my neck and I'm afraid to die/ "Shut up bitch..." as I begin to cry/ He's going to rape and the panic sets in/ Rape was a way for his day to begin

You can take it from me/ take it from me/ take it from me/ But you can't take what's in me

He's raping and raping so when will he kill me?/ Wants to know, "Does he fuck like this...?"/ He stops for a moment.  Will the stabbing start?/ Praying for death was the memorable part

You can take it from me/ take it from me/ take it from me/ But you can't take what's in me

So, this is the day that I'm going to die/ This is the day that I'm going to die/ This is the day that I'm going to die