...and Now Back To Our Programming Lyrics - Aus Rotten

Phillip Morris and R.J. Reynolds kill every single pack 

McDonald's sues London Greenpeace for presenting the public with the facts 

Disney expands its international market with help from the CIA 

Coors uses consumer support to help finance the KKK 

Ending oil protests with executions Nigeria belongs to Shell 

Pepsi dealt with the oppressive regimes in the Phillipines to build another Taco Bell 

General Motos creates competition with their "whipsawing" tactics role 

Dupont alone is responsible for four percent of the ozone layer hole 

Public opinion lobotomized 

Civilized bloodbath 

Smoke screen security 

Civilized bloodbath 

Populations prioritized 

Civilized bloodbath 

Third-world trophy 

Civilized bloodbath 

Texaco's diseased people of the Amazon and Indonesia 

Vivisections performed by Gillette and Unilever 

Walmart moves in to monopolize and rape communities 

Nestle is responsible for third-world deaths from baby bottle disease 

Johnson and Johnson's anti-diarrhea-drops killed children in Pakistan 

Chinese immigrant slave labor make Levis Dockers in Saipan 

The FDA has approved irridating food for Vindicator 

Forests are clearcut by Mirsubishi, Maxxam, and Stone Container 

Civilized bloodbath 

Civilized bloodbath 

Civilized bloodbath 

Civilized bloodbath 

We all like to point the finger at the faceless company 

But the corporation machine consists of people like you and me 

By existing in this society we all share the guilt 

We're all responsible for the misery the multinationals have built 

We all add to the list of victims the companies compile 

By believing any of us are innocent we're living in denial 

We are all a part of the problem no matter how hard we try 

We help to create these conditions with everything we buy 

Public opinion lobotomized 

Civilized bloodbath 

Smoke screen security 

Civilized bloodbath 

Populations prioritized 

Civilized bloodbath 

Third-world trophy 

Civilized bloodbath 

The self-riteousness of judgement is something that no human being 

has the luxury to pass. Every single one of us survive at the expense 

of other living things. Although our very existence contradicts our 

effects our struggle is still relevant in relieving the burdens that 

we create, but our involvment is based on individual beliefs and 

ambitions. Hope needs to be nurtured, compassion and understanding 

will not grow out of scrutiny. Encouragement and tolerance is the 

only way that activism will evolve from indifference. 

(This was your life) 

Conditioning is simple and you keep it that way 

Ignorance is bliss when you stay stale and stagnant 

Too old to care and too little to matter 

Anarchy is now 9 to 5, wallet's a bit fatter 

Once full of piss and vinegar now full of shit and dope 

Freedom isn't easy I guess you couldn't cope 

You gave into the pressure someone greased your hand 

Just remain passive it's the safest place to stand 

So to your feelings stay immune 

And the bullshit they feed you, continue to consume 

Consume 

We've got ways of keeping you in line 

Keeping you numb, dumb, and weak 

Things to keep your mind off of us 

So intimidated that you dare not speak 

You fucking know that we police the street 

We know who to watch, we know how to beat 

We know what you do and where you go 

We'll dress like you and go to your shows 

To sell you the shit that destroys your brain 

That you snort up your nose or shoot in your vein 

We'll start a riot at your police brutality benefit 

And keep it from spreading contain the threat 

Until you destroy yoursevles, defeat yourselves, 

Burn yourselves and kill yourselves 

We'll put a McDonald's on every street 

That's where you'll work, that's where you'll eat 

For minimum wage, for student wage 

For poverty and malnutrition 

And we'll stock your grocery store shelves full of shit 

And keep it open for a couple of years before we torch it 

That's simply the way it's going to be so get used to it 

Get used to it if you're going to take our shit 

So don't try to protest or organize 

Because we're too fucking strong, don't you realize 

That we keep you fighting amongst yourselves, we keep you seperate 

And without unity you'll be no threat 

We keep pointing the finger at you and you 

Never really knowing who turns the screw 

And now you're trapped like a rat on a sinking ship 

And it's sinking fast so get used to it 

Get used to it you're going to take our shit 

All you'll get is what we'll fucking let 

Your college campus with your liberal views 

An education or your head in a noose 

And after you graduate where will you go 

You'll have nowhere to live and nothing to show 

Come put on a suit and come work for us 

You'll become everything you hate and all you disgust 

You'll forget who you were, what you did, and what you stood for 

You'll be trapped in your office 

You'll be trapped in traffic 

You'll be trapped in your home 

You'll be trapped in your church 

You'll be trapped in your mind 

Trapped like rats on the same sinking ship 

Trapped again and getting used to it 

And when you grow old with your husband or with your wife 

You'll be used to it, you'll be used to it 

And to think that your whole fucking life 

You took our shit 

Capitalism is responsible for the lifestyle you've enjoyed 

Who cares about the people slain be thankful you're employed 

It's not about comsumer choice, it's not about convenience 

It's not about the billions made, it's all about indifference 

So lay your trust upon us it's your quality of life we'll enhance 

Realize the benefits and the fact that without us you don't stand a chance 

We've built dependence upon a structure that you have to trust 

So if you try to destory our system we're going to take you with us 

The public relations industry studies our every move 

Constantly advising corporations how they can improve 

Their profits, their monopolies, their uncompromising growth 

And how to beed the consumer for everything they're worth 

Their wealth exists off of our labor and our willingness to consume 

Manipulated by every medium the public just assume 

That their innocent, unbiased forums exist solely to entertain 

While the industries we work for are just out to reclaim 

The wages they've paid us to produce the markets demands 

Every cent we've ever earned makes it back into their hands 

Enhancing their wealth, enhancing their claim, achieving their domination 

Maintaining their power, maintaining their reign, they're gaining from exploitaton 

Sacrificing humanity for the good of industry 

Is the fault the result of them or our own stupidity 

Do they possess that much influence over everything we do 

Are the consequences of our actions ever really thought through 

Do we truly understand how one person can make a difference 

By developing individual thought free from outside interference 

Our own struggle for survival comples us to drop it 

Should our compassion be cashed in for profit 

When you are the victim of your government's attack 

It should only be natural to want to fight back 

But when they've relentlessly progammed you your entire existence 

We tried to make a difference but what have we actually achieved 

Have we put up any obstacles or just helped them to succeed 

Have we constructed any bridges or just built another wall 

Have our beliefs and our ideals accomplished anything at all 

Have we ever caused our leaders to change a single thing 

Have we ever been a threat or just puppets on a string 

Have we wasted all of our time painting pictures for the blind 

While we've created isolation have we changed a single mind 

Have we had enought sense to learn from our mistakes 

Are we prepared for personal sacrifices no matter what it takes 

Are we willing to work together putting differences aside 

Or is compormise too much to rish damaging our pride 

Do we have enough hope to still find trust in someone else 

Do we have the compassion to fight the problems that don't directly affect ourselves 

Have we ever stood a chance or have our efforts been naive 

Have we bought into their lies of what they tell us to believe 

It still is your option what path to choose 

Don't let the only change yo make be in your views 

Like if you can't fight everything why bother to try 

You can learn from the hypocracies you used to deny 

Is it all a charade or do you actually mean it 

Do your ideals only surface when it's politically convenient 

You're stuck in society's trap and although you're tryin to cope 

If you can't change yourself, you'll lose more than just hope 

So the next time you're down on your knees just remember 

The plight of the oppressed ends with the oppressor 

And if it's easier for you to live under that oppression 

They they've already got you as their possession