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On The Eastside

from On The Eastside EP by Rats Rest

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Creeping doom
official decree
ratcheting up control
death or captivity
they'll see it through
to it's logical end
watching it happening
over and over again

Until it's you
put your hands behind your head
and get down on your knees

Try to lay low
try to watch your back
they're on a coward's mission
to keep their cages packed

And then it's you
it ain't no mystery
the economy is the ruthless enemy
enforced by nazis
fully armed to the teeth
they'll stop at nothing
to maintain supremacy
On the eastside

Oh no you say it's not that extreme?
ignorant indifference
becomes complicity
occupying army
for the prison state
snatching people off the street
but you're content to wait

Until it's you
apparent yet subconscious
enervation through
continuous abuse
trusted to assist them
typing up your noose
eradication of the ones
who see the truth
On the eastside

Fuck every city
still run by pigs
they take the life away
from everything that lives
irrational bullshit
so common place
kidnappings and killings
right in front of your smiling face
time to decide
which side do you belong?

You can't suspend your disbelief
until it's gone
no longer possible to deny what's going on
On the eastside

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from On The Eastside EP, released June 1, 2016

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Cinque A, Timmy P, Maria P, Mike W.... P.A.W.P.

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