John Dough - Higher Learning: Chapter 2 lyrics

[Intro clip from "Schoolhouse Rock"] With no more kiiings We're going to elect a president! No more kiiings He's going to do what the people want! No more kiiings We're going to run things our way! No more kiiings Nobody's going to tell us what to do! Rockin' and a-rollin', splishin' and a-splashin' Over the horizon what can it be? Looks like it's going to be, a free country... [Hook] All around me I see pain and suffering Feel like I'm bout to go insane im struggling Paranoid, scared of every noise Sometimes it's to the point that I can't function.. But I will not concede defeat Because I recognize that this life's bigger than me... 7 billion minds waiting to be set free Propoganda is a hell of a disease.. First thing to remember is it's all about the weapons War is profit they want you to feel perpetually threatened So they pick a foreign nation and invade on false pretenses While manufacturing fear to justify the aggression Second thing to remember is follow the cash flow Every US intervention is centered 'round black gold We went to Libya with a ma**ive attack force But Rwanda hardly got a f**in' US task force Third thing to remember everyone's got an agenda Dick Cheney went from CEO to Vice Presidential Then initialed the war plans for Afghanistan and Iraq Then gave old company all the reconstruction contracts Its time to face the facts no matter what pain they engender Our country's run by wealthy men with rather quick tempers Profiteering persecutors posing as freedom defenders While they silence all dissenters, that's the fourth thing to remember [Hook] Fifth thing to remember is politics is a movie Politicians are actors big business does the producin' Lobbyists be directing how the actors vote and do sh** The media handles marketing and the box office is boomin' Sixth thing to remember they want you to play the fool Because they know that ign'ant folk is easier to rule Without critical thinking you can't determine the truth So they dumb down the curriculum and cut funding to the schools Making rules that subjugate all creative thought and form Subconsciously teaching kids that its bad to stand alone So the seventh thing to remember is they want you to conform To a predecided list of characteristics they call the norm And the eighth thing to remember is the history is biased Cause victors prefer to keep the losers' stories quiet But if you listen closely you can hear the sound of silence: Whispers of the victims of atrocities and violence [Hook] The Council of Nicaea was Constantine's form of business He denounced the scriptures of the group known as Meletian Christians Omitted them from the bible then claimed that he had consensus So don't forget religion ain't immune to sovereign interest Man its senseless how we buy into the fabricated conflict; Both parties claim the other is the source of all our problems So think before u take the pill of hate that they prescribe us And remember that before they conquer us they must divide us Waves of violence crash upon the diplomatic islands Of western countries that was used to having money pilin' Buyin' oil is no different than buying bricks bars or dro- If you pay off the connect you can get that sh** for the low But the people have overthrown all of the tyrants we showered with gold Cause they're sick and tired of being economically controlled The Arab Spring has turned to winter hearts are growing cold How we gon' react now that were ten feet deep in snow? [Hook]