Lyrics
(Spoken introduction)Making it clear ain't suicidal and ain't in bad health. Oh fuck Donald Trump, Fuck AIPAC, and fuck Netanyahu
**[Verse 1]**
They beat the drums of war on every channel and screen,
Politicians lyin' 'bout what all this really means,
They said Iraq had weapons turned out that was fake,
How many more brown lives they willin' to take?
Now they got their eyes locked on the streets of Tehran,
Same old playbook runnin', different piece on the board,
AIPAC writing checks while the hawks write the bill,
Young kids in the military catch the shrapnel and feel
**[Chorus]**
No war for oil, no war for power,
This empire's been rotten for more than an hour,
Tel Aviv and DC sittin' hand in hand,
While working-class soldiers die for pipeline and land,
No war, no war we won't send our sons,
To die in the desert for the profits they've won,
Hands off Tehran, we see through the game,
Israel and USA, y'all carry the blame.
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**[Verse 2]**
Netanyahu got his agenda, Trump had his too,
When the bombs fall on civilians that blood is on you,
Sanctions strangling children, calling it "maximum pressure,"
You're not protecting freedom you're protecting the treasure,
The military-industrial complex gets fat,
Lockheed Martin stock rises, imagine that,
Congress rubber-stamping every war authorization,
This ain't about security it's domination,
They demonize Persians, ancient civilization,
Forty million people face annihilation,
For the crime of existing outside Western control,
For refusing to be bought for keeping their soul.
**[Chorus]**
No war for oil, no war for power,
This empire's been rotten for more than an hour,
Tel Aviv and DC sittin' hand in hand,
While working-class soldiers die for pipeline and land,
No war, no war we won't send our sons,
To die in the desert for the profits they've won,
Hands off Tehran, we see through the game,
Israel and USA, y'all carry the blame.
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**[Bridge]**
Remember when the CIA toppled Mossadegh in '53?
Gave the Shah his throne, crushed democracy,
Then you act surprised when blowback comes around,
You planted all these seeds deep in the ground,
Every war criminal walks free with a book deal and a grin,
Kissinger got a funeral a hero?
That's a sin.
The news sells fear and calls it information,
Wake up, open your eyes this is your nation.
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**[Verse 3]**
No Palestinian, no Iranian chose this fight,
Caught between empires, stripped of every right,
The Abraham Accords were just a real estate deal,
Normalization for weapons that's the art of the steal,
I ain't defending every government or leader,
But bombing Tehran won't make the world any freer,
Diplomacy costs less than a single cruise missile,
But peace doesn't profit that's the heart of this riddle,
So I'm standing in the street with a sign in my hand,
Saying: Tax dollars for healthcare, not blood-soaked sand,
Saying: Fund our schools, not another foreign base,
Saying: Stop the war machine for the human race.
**[Outro spoken word]**
*This ain't about hating any people.*
*This is about power. About profit. About who pays and who dies.*
*The people of Iran are not our enemies.*
*The people of Israel are not our enemies.*
*But the governments and the military-industrial lobbies that pull their strings?*
*That's a different conversation.*
*No more wars. Not in our name.*
