Capital D - Blowback lyrics

"There's a deep warning in the past if we study history, of taking this approach. That power, the nature of power, is that if you use your power unjustly, that you bring down your own downfall. It is inherent in that it's * ? *, and you see it again and again in history Another interesting thing about the Romans, is that during their period of rule, the most dangerous rebellions and insurrections were lead by people that had been trained by the Romans themselves, and this is what they call a modern... the CIA calls this Blowback. It's the unforeseen consequences of a covert activity, of state policy, Blowback." [Captial D] The bold leadership took a swift action They k**ed some Afghani's with a knee-jerk reaction Bush said we had to manufacture and send bombs You don't, to keep the people's focus off of Enron The recession and that stolen election Sleazy Senators who can't control their erections, but We the victims responding to aggression and You blind to history repeating former lessons Skin-deep an*lysis fails to see the cancer Missile defence and Star Wars ain't the answer Tainted immigrants regardless of innocence And meanwhile arming my side to raise tenements, yo No doubt, 9-11 was a tragedy But 9-10 still ain't ancient history Come on, nobody said a word about Managua man You fighting terrorism's not what *n***a rhyming want ?* But we've been bombing folk Murdering and arming folk Not distinguishing the soldier from the common folk Stole America, colonised Asia Raped Africa, stole Australia And now they *pimped ?* them at ease in South America Western civ is ma** hysteria, but That's the modern world that they never teach you in your history texts A bit more complex, than, honest Abe and Washington's cherry tree And wanna speak upon the slaves or the Cherokee Statue of Liberty is really * ? * and rusted Talking peace but they scared to face justice I love Mrs America but hate her flaws Of the adversity, diversity and stable laws But stable laws with no equality solidifies oppression As we trade our morality for the guise of legality The * impregnable ?* status-quo makes a brother sporadical Men behaving like animals got our morals unravelling While they try to keep the rabble in line Battered and blind, dabbling in wine, battered and divine signs Travelling in time the same present we find Too many brothers of mine, cut down in our prime Malcom, Martin, Huey P, could be you and me * ? unsure what's said here ? * if they caught a man My father taught the kid be a man protect your family, but What if my family was all of humanity Beyond these national boundaries and tribalism Religions based on racism, hate and division Ancient wisdom getting twisted in the name of a clan Or a man, we can't see we share the same family tree That's deep, since I don't act * sleep ? * Or play the back seat, now I'm the black sheep, peep We entered as a stranger and returning as a stranger So shalom to the strangers, who fear no danger I hang on black stone, face the black stone Built with former black stones Crash domes and uncover the facts of Blowback "So, the point is that, this type of violence that has come back to haunt this country is a result, of what their own hands have wrought. Now that is a painful thing to deal with. This is a monster we spawned ourselves, one of the heads of the CIA, and that's a direct quote from the book the "New Jackals", it's him, this is a monster we spawned ourselves."