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State Of Emergency (Radio Edit)
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A powerful, provocative response to the BP oil spill, the government's lack of action, and the frayed American mindscape that resulted.
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Song Info
Genre
Hip-Hop • Old School
Author
Pedro el Poeta
Rights
2010
Uploaded
February 08, 2012
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.5 MB • 160 kbps • 3:03
Story behind the song
The BP oil spill outraged many people, one of them being the Street Reporter, Pedro el Poeta, who decided to capture the mood of the country in this powerful, heart-felt plea to the people to stand up and make action happen.
Lyrics
We’re in a state of emergency (listen up) We’re in a state of emergency We’re in a state of emergency (listen up) We’re in a state of emergency (come on!) There’s a country that says we’re all equal Same country claims to be run by its people but they shut the door on us look at us through peepholes never seem to leak those little pedacitos Bits of information that actually pertain to the well being of this nation where we can accertain that the hours we slave the taxes we paid the votes that we gave don’t go straight to the grave or to a president that constantly caves under pressure Might as well have voted for McCain where’s the pleasure of getting a victory if we just repeat history? I thought we were better than this, people this sh** gets to me Why aren’t you outraged why aren’t you pissed to see sh** like what BP did to our precious sea pressure’s on, President and everyone assisting him the whole world’s watching and everyone is listening We’re in a state of emergency (listen up) We’re in a state of emergency We’re in a state of emergency (listen up) We’re in a state of emergency (come on!) We’re in a state of emergency (listen up) We’re in a state of emergency We’re in a state of emergency (listen up) We’re in a state of emergency (come on!) When will we reach the day when people at the top don’t just have sh** to say but do sh** on the spot? Mr. Leader f*** all of your damn puppeteers This the street here come wipe up some of all of these tears Be sincere You’re in a position to steer so grab the wheel push the steel and do something real What needs to be done here to fix all of this crisis? We don’t have an abundance Of Buddha’s or Jesus Christs so we put our faith on those we trust with our lives not expecting the expressions on their faces to be lies And even if they are we just assume that perhaps they made a mistake “This can’t mean doom” But pretty soon it can and will We’re not the first civilization that climbed this hill claimed to be kings, ignored its people then fell down We need to stop this America Stand up right now We’re in a state of emergency (listen up) We’re in a state of emergency We’re in a state of emergency (listen up) We’re in a state of emergency (come on!) We’re in a state of emergency (listen up) We’re in a state of emergency We’re in a state of emergency (listen up) We’re in a state of emergency It’s an urgency
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