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1.
Traitor 01:39
You've created a culture holding us down. Dictate the rules by which we live but you're never around. Abandoned every person that you're supposed to represent. Never had to worry about your next month's rent. Traitor. Afraid to put your neck out and to fight for what you should. The only thing you care about is the cash you steal from us.
2.
Garda 00:31
You're a jumped up little fucker that hides behind a badge, What gives you the right to assess what's good and bad? Claim you're here to guard but you only guard yourselves, Look out for your friends and leave the rest of us in Hell. 'Criminals? They'll kill each other. Fend for yourself in the slaughter. ' No protection for the masses, only protect the upper classes.
3.
I empty my account just to get by every week. It's hard to plan a future when the present's so bleak. Save every cent you can son '; you'd better save your breath. It's easy to judge when you don't know the hand we're dealt. Trapped in this role, it's like I'm working for free, Should I try to help the one's I love or worry about me? My mind is weighed down and the chains are made of debt. How can we feel pride when you withold the keys to success? We'll never own our homes like our families before. Won't own a piece of Ireland til deaths at my door. I'll never own my earthly home, be forced to own a grave, We don't care where people live, only care where they're laid. We fought to own our land but now our homes are owned by banks, You'll own it when you're 60: Smile politely, say thanks.
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Worth 01:34
Restricted, you're bound by a social sense of worth. Don't think your class is lower because of what you earn. Their labels are imposed til you believe them for yourself. What danger are the masses if they control the flow of wealth? Taught that if you learn you can be more than you are. Do you honestly believe that they're gonna let you rise that far? A cog in a machine but their products never yours. An indoctrinated victim that believes in a fair world. Blind belief in justice, won't question the state, Think your problems are self made so you self loathe and hate. If you look at why you've stalled, how much could you have changed? It's in the interests of the rich to leave you struggling in vain. It's a war against the world or a war against yourself, If you can't win either, fight the one that might help.
5.
Imprisoned within the cell that is my life, Scared to take an unknown step and open up my mind. Know what fucking hurts me but too afraid to cast away. The things that drag me down are the price I choose to pay. Trapped inside a prison, an internal mental cage. Scared to leave the comfort zone in which I spend my days. No escape, I'm fucking caught, think I'm gonna snap. Searching and searching just to find a clear path back.
6.
I've pressed the reset on my life so many times I've lost count, I've tried to take a step back and to figure it out. Embraced by this city's streets since the day I left the womb, By birthday and my death day will be in the same room. These streets are my constant, I don't wanna let go. Lost friends, lost loves, lost family but I've never lost home. Scared that when I leave I'll find no place of my own. Cause in this dirty little city I'm never alone.

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released June 23, 2017

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