Same Thing

flobots - same thing

somewhere between prayer and revolution

between jesus and huey p. newton

that's where you find jonny 5 shoot shooting

water guns at the audience while you’re scooting

your gluteous max due to the fact that he’s tooting

on the horn gonna warn you that i'm rooting

for the other team in the culture wars

so i stab the beast belly while the vulture snoars

yo loe let it blow with convulsive force

til walls fall off their false supports

til jericho's aircraft carriers alter course

and all brave young americans are called ashore

cause we've already lost the war we keep waging

splattering the streets in battles that keep raging

bloodying each page of the story that we're studying

each day the same just the names keep changing

saying the same things over again

repeating the same slogans we don't know where we've been

we've been all over the globe on our government's funds

leaving man woman and child dead bloody and numb

saying the same things over again

repeating the same slogans we don't know where we've been

we've been overthrowing leaders with legitimate views

democratically elected but we didn't approve....

how many times can the line divide

how many wars to uphold your pride

these fears uncontrolled just swoll the tide

of blood in the streets while the people die

i’ma keep on trying

longs as suffering's multiplying

and why not

souls get tossed and left out to rot

my backs broad enough to help left your cross

as long as you help with mine

the process of healing will take some time

to see the pain on your face is the same as mine

not a game or a race but the stake is high

we maintain our mistakes for the sake of sides

as long as it takes i"ll say it one more time

as long as it takes i'll say it one more time

as long as it takes i'll say it one more time

saying the same things over again

repeating the same slogans we don't know where we've been

we've been all over the globe on our government's funds

leaving man woman and child dead bloody and numb

saying the same things over again

repeating the same slogans we don't know where we've been

we've been overthrowing leaders with legitimate views

democratically elected but we didn't approve....

u.s. is not us

and us is not we

and we are not satisfied

well we’re tired of the same thing

and we’re ready to make change

are we ready to make change?

we want money for healthcare and public welfare

free mumia and leonard peltier

human needs not corporate greed

drop the debt and legalize **

we say yes to grassroots organization

no to neoliberal globalization

bring the troops back to the usa

and shut down guantanamo bay

who let'em overthrow jacobo arbenz

who let'em overthrow mohammad mosaddeq

who let'em assassinate salvador allende

i didn't let them but they did it anyway

who let'em overthrow kwame nkrumah

who let'em overthrow aristide

who let'em assassinate oscar romero

i didn't let'em but they did indeed!

don't let them assassinate hugo chavez

don't let them assassinate evo morales

bring back martin,, malcolm, medgar, hampton, schwerner, goodman, chaney

saying the same things over again