Aus-Rotten - ..And Now Back to Our Programming lyrics

Phillip Morris and R j reynolds
Kill with every single pack
McDonald's sues London Greenpeace
For presenting the public with the facts
Disney expands it's 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

"Ha ha thank you, thank you
Ah god bless, thank you
And now, back to our programming"

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! Consume!
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

This was your life!

You've always been dead

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 benefit's 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 profit's, 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
It becomes much more difficult
To evolve towards resistence

Have 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?

This was your life!

It still is your option what path to choose
Don't let the only change you
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