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Corp. Killer

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lyrics

So a black man writes a song about a civil servant's death
And a thousand corporate cronies gasp for every final breath
As profits plunge into the red and Tipper squeals in glee
The Ministry of Truth decides this album should not be.

Well, I don't much like the song myself,
but I still think it's great
That it's causing such a ruckus in the temples of the state
Who, apparently, are fountainheads of creativity
Who just pretends this music comes
from punks like you and me.

So hail the corporations, the lords of art and style,
The holy corporations, let the corporations die.

Now it comes back to the question
of who says what's right and wrong
If the corporate whores at Warner are offended by this song
Is it right to make the artist stifle what he feels inside?
I'd understand it, maybe, if a cop or two had died.

But the ones who were accosted
by the threats of bombs and death
Were executives and businessmen, who had no part in this
And the ones who should feel threatened by the song
The didn't need to hide
I guess they realized where the real power lies.

It's in the corporations, the lords of art and style
The holy corporations
Let the corporations die.

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from Shallow, released November 1, 1993

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whatever... Cleveland, Ohio

whatever... was a Cleveland band in the 1990s. We opened for lots of great acts (e.g., Jawbox, Bosstones, Samiam) and even had a following of our own. Really, if you went to a Cleveland punk show in the mid-'90s, chances are pretty good you saw us. This is the stuff we were playing early on.

You can also hit either of the below links to buy the band's final album, Youngsters, on Amazon or iTunes.
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