The Dead Milkmen - Commodify Your Dissent lyrics
[The Dead Milkmen - Commodify Your Dissent lyrics]
Who will sponsor the next revolution?
Will you buy the rights to next class war?
Purchase the t-shirts and the audio
Version of the book
They took your anger and polished it up
And they sold it back to you
They took your anger and repackaged it
And there's nothing you can do
Designer names on army uniforms
A dash of subversion will
Make your movie sell
You'll capture that indie feel that
The kids are crazy for
They took your frustrations and dressed them
Up and formed a focus group
They painted your frustrations in
Earth tones colors
And there's nothing you can do
Country music used to be about the music
Not about the country
There once was a time when rap was dangerous
Now flag-waving idiots and
Millionaire illiterates
Dance across the screen
Johnny Cash died for you!
This sense of outrage could be yours
The price is right
Poetry in Galleries are now
Jingles in cartoons
This is the river in which
We've learned to swim
Sub-culture vultures circle above
The great unread white and blue
And there's nothing, nothing you can do
Country music used to be about the
Music and not about the county
There once was a time when rap was dangerous
Now flag-waving idiots and
Millionaire illiterates
Dance across the screen
Jam Master Jay died for you!
Come Bourgeoisie and get behind me
Captains of industry
I'm waiting for your calls
Operators are standing by so don't delay
Your parents are reading hipster lit and
They try to dress like you
They took your anger and repackaged it
And there's nothing you can do
Punks, Goths
And Rivetheads disappeared into the mall
Along with the yuppies, and the beatniks
And the freaks
This is the river in which
We've learned to swim
And this is the river in
Which we will all drown
Will you buy the rights to next class war?
Purchase the t-shirts and the audio
Version of the book
They took your anger and polished it up
And they sold it back to you
They took your anger and repackaged it
And there's nothing you can do
Designer names on army uniforms
A dash of subversion will
Make your movie sell
You'll capture that indie feel that
The kids are crazy for
They took your frustrations and dressed them
Up and formed a focus group
They painted your frustrations in
Earth tones colors
And there's nothing you can do
Country music used to be about the music
Not about the country
There once was a time when rap was dangerous
Now flag-waving idiots and
Millionaire illiterates
Dance across the screen
Johnny Cash died for you!
This sense of outrage could be yours
The price is right
Poetry in Galleries are now
Jingles in cartoons
This is the river in which
We've learned to swim
Sub-culture vultures circle above
The great unread white and blue
And there's nothing, nothing you can do
Country music used to be about the
Music and not about the county
There once was a time when rap was dangerous
Now flag-waving idiots and
Millionaire illiterates
Dance across the screen
Jam Master Jay died for you!
Come Bourgeoisie and get behind me
Captains of industry
I'm waiting for your calls
Operators are standing by so don't delay
Your parents are reading hipster lit and
They try to dress like you
They took your anger and repackaged it
And there's nothing you can do
Punks, Goths
And Rivetheads disappeared into the mall
Along with the yuppies, and the beatniks
And the freaks
This is the river in which
We've learned to swim
And this is the river in
Which we will all drown