Dionysos:

everyday I pull out fifty cent, pick up the news / Jews killing Muslims, flip it, Muslims killing the Jews / fake Christians get rich on some conservative shit / greasing each other’s palms to extinguish the itch / it’s not freedom or democracy it’s capitalist / same system had me locked up in a slavery ship / same genocidal reasons all these people are gone like the Chippewa the Iroquois the list goes on / news is nothing new it’s propaganda and lies / common justification trying to legitimize gross historical crimes / the imperial vines that be stretchin’ across the planet to take over our minds / so a few fat inbred pigs can stack gold / and right now they’re after that Texas black gold / just like before ‘bout a decade ago / it’s almost boring the story is so old

what’s news is old and what’s old is new / “what’s up, man?” / “what’s good, son, what’s up with you?” / “same struggle different day, man I thought you knew” (old news)

Stimulus:

now let me speak for a second / on behalf of those you claim you’re representin’ / with expansion plans and big weapons / used for baggin’ land and cash getting’ / in the name of the future and the present / like the past and teach my ass a few lessons / about the reasons behind your transgressions / liberty and justice, yeah, right you ain’t the type so stop messin’ / around with the compound brown from downtown / with heartfelt sound that blasts off like rounds / put holes in your campaign like Swiss cheese on missile range / your lies are see through like glass and window pane / it’s the same old thang when guns go bang bang / and steel swords clang and the registers rang / and if you told me to my face that you’d kill to raise wage / I might think a little harder when I asked for more pay

what’s news is old and what’s old is new…

Pete:

now I don’t want to sound like a broken record but, look we all know that politicians are crooks / corporations cook the books / no one gets caught for what they took / and in the end we defend and elect ‘em again / I can’t pretend like you ain’t heard this before / I know you’re saying, “I done been through this shit for sure / anytime I start to win then they flip the board, change up rules, confuse me and switch the score” / may as well run up in here yellin’ “hit the floor!” / brandishing guns like, “everybody run your funds!” / it’s just them white collar thugs ain’t gotta holler ‘cause they’ve got the system with ‘em backin’ ‘em up just like the dollar does / George Bush is a criminal like his father was / Abu Ghraib ain’t nothing new what you thought it was? / ain’t shit changed but dates and names unless the people take back the game

what’s news is old and what’s old is new…