Roots reggae
Regeneration was a reggae band consisting of mostly high school students. We recorded our demo in the summer and fall of 2007.
Story behind the song
Dictatorships are like beasts that need to be defeated before they defeat us, the freedom loving people. So we have to break through it first. This one is particularly against the communist dictatorship in China.
Lyrics
Break through it first
Every effort to lash out against your evil foundations
At our wits’ end, every penny we spend blown out of proportions
Caution they say, to not wake up the sleeping beast
But it’s been on a rampage for eighty years to say the least
It feeds on lies and breathes on deception you see
With a few spies and agent they want to control me
Yeah, oh, yeah, oh
Break through it first, before it breaks you
Train your mind hard, draw swords of truth
Purge them evil ones, till they’re no more
Stay on course warriors, real hardcore
Sending the warnings and viruses while epidemics break
Hiding the cases to save face while the nation is on the brink
Of bringing a terrible amount of disaster as it’s so blasphemous
Towards the sky giving movement to things and purposes
And the earth raped for dreams of bonuses bigger
Don’t be eager for nothing as some pull the trigger
I tell you what it’s bogus your fame, wealth, and gain
In these pursuits I see each facet of the word pain.
Yeah, oh, yeah, oh
Break through it first, before it breaks you
Train your mind hard, draw swords of truth
Purge them evil ones, till they’re no more
Stay on course warriors, real hardcore
