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lyrics

Good G_d, look what we’ve got – look around at all the rot
Can’t stop the rot with a fine fox trot
Bloodclot, what a lonesome lot – not even pisspot
Heaven’s heating up, well hot

Enter Password

Ctrl + Alt + Delete – wake up and hit the street
Hit the beat now and don’t retreat
Springs in your feet, you make your life complete
With every breath death itself defeat

I know it’s not easy but in my head it’s clearly cut,
in my heart and in my gut, from haute down to in hut
A future polyglot giving you a polyglot
Never no more cell doors slamming shut

We could be working, all one family
We could be living how we like

Work it with me, workingmate, every occupation great
Working and living we don’t have to separate
We could do decent deeds at a reasonable rate
instead of working at one job we hate

We’re much too polite – we have the reason and the right,
worldwide allies black, brown, beige, pink, and white
We have the spirit, the muscle and the might
We only need the will and we’ll be straight

We could be working, all one family
We could be living how we like

I’ll grab my coat and tie and hat, join the proletariat
We got one life, this is it – this is no time to quit
Ask the peacenik and the vet, even though it’s shibboleth
No retreat – wake up and hit the street

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from Eric Blowtorch Plays Himself​!​!, track released January 1, 2013

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Eric Blowtorch Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. ... more

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