Labor Shall Rule
13th November 2008, 02:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgQcnn5lspc
This is a song. On the subject of class envy.
Pure and simple. The "haves" versus the "have nots"
Let's go!
Have you ever prayed to the night sky?
Under one of them cold street lights?
Watched another stolen car drive then lose your hope and say "This is where I'll die"?
But you try to say you know me.
But you try to say you're from my world.
Well, have you ever gone to sleep to the sounds of the gunshots, sirens, and violence all alone?
They want to break me down. I hope I can hold my ground.
Your world is MTV. Spring breaks and ecstasy.
You got your hopes and you'll get your dreams.
Well, that choice wasn't there for me.
My world remains unseen by you.
Poverty and no family,
Broken homes and broken dreams,
I fall upon the thorns of life. I bleed.
They want to break me down. I won't back down.
They try to break me down. I hope I can hold my ground.
I ain't I your kind of white. I ain't that kind of white.
I'll never be your kind of white, I'll never be your kind 'cause you made me outcast.
I ain't your kind of white. I've never been your kind of white.
I ain't that kind of white 'cause I'm a lowlife outcast piece of white trash.
Five years on down the road (you've got) two kids and a high paying job,
(with a) picket fence and a college degree.
Well, that choice wasn't there for me.
This path on which I walk: it ain't a game and it ain't all talk.
This is all I ever had.
This is all they ever let me have.
I ain't ever been nor will I ever be another blind eye in society.
I seen the way it was for the people like me.
I seen the way it was for the families so...
Have you ever prayed to the night sky?
Under one of them cold street lights?
Watched another stolen car drive by and lost your hope and said "This is where I'll die"?
I ain't I your kind of white. I ain't that kind of white.
I'll never be your kind of white, I'll never be your kind 'cause you made me outcast.
I ain't your kind of white. I've never been your kind of white.(No way!)
I ain't that kind of white 'cause I'm a lowlife outcast piece of white trash.
If you're offended by this song.... Well I'm fucking offended by the way i had to grow up.
So who's really been slighted.
Let's go!
Have you ever prayed to the night sky?
Under one of them cold street lights?
Watched another stolen car drive then lose your hope and say "This is where I'll die"?
I never had enough money! Or enough Privilege to be white! I'm white trash!
And society better learn how to recognize the difference.The lead singer (Rob Lind) is inspired by Malcolm X's call for "self-defense" in the face of police brutality, and is actively opposed to the Iraq War. He took Pat Dollard, a conservative blogger, to court for using their music in a pro-war documentary. There is, of course, a streak of anti-intellectualism in a lot of Blood for Blood's (and Ramallah's, his old band) music, but that's sort of generic to a lot of hardcore bands.
Note: 'white trash' is used to describe the class stereotype of lower-tier white workers, it has no racist connotation. Lind and Medine didn't believe there was a white identity (e.g. a 'Aryan' race), but were using the adjectives that describe the status of certain 'white' people as a social criticism.
This is a song. On the subject of class envy.
Pure and simple. The "haves" versus the "have nots"
Let's go!
Have you ever prayed to the night sky?
Under one of them cold street lights?
Watched another stolen car drive then lose your hope and say "This is where I'll die"?
But you try to say you know me.
But you try to say you're from my world.
Well, have you ever gone to sleep to the sounds of the gunshots, sirens, and violence all alone?
They want to break me down. I hope I can hold my ground.
Your world is MTV. Spring breaks and ecstasy.
You got your hopes and you'll get your dreams.
Well, that choice wasn't there for me.
My world remains unseen by you.
Poverty and no family,
Broken homes and broken dreams,
I fall upon the thorns of life. I bleed.
They want to break me down. I won't back down.
They try to break me down. I hope I can hold my ground.
I ain't I your kind of white. I ain't that kind of white.
I'll never be your kind of white, I'll never be your kind 'cause you made me outcast.
I ain't your kind of white. I've never been your kind of white.
I ain't that kind of white 'cause I'm a lowlife outcast piece of white trash.
Five years on down the road (you've got) two kids and a high paying job,
(with a) picket fence and a college degree.
Well, that choice wasn't there for me.
This path on which I walk: it ain't a game and it ain't all talk.
This is all I ever had.
This is all they ever let me have.
I ain't ever been nor will I ever be another blind eye in society.
I seen the way it was for the people like me.
I seen the way it was for the families so...
Have you ever prayed to the night sky?
Under one of them cold street lights?
Watched another stolen car drive by and lost your hope and said "This is where I'll die"?
I ain't I your kind of white. I ain't that kind of white.
I'll never be your kind of white, I'll never be your kind 'cause you made me outcast.
I ain't your kind of white. I've never been your kind of white.(No way!)
I ain't that kind of white 'cause I'm a lowlife outcast piece of white trash.
If you're offended by this song.... Well I'm fucking offended by the way i had to grow up.
So who's really been slighted.
Let's go!
Have you ever prayed to the night sky?
Under one of them cold street lights?
Watched another stolen car drive then lose your hope and say "This is where I'll die"?
I never had enough money! Or enough Privilege to be white! I'm white trash!
And society better learn how to recognize the difference.The lead singer (Rob Lind) is inspired by Malcolm X's call for "self-defense" in the face of police brutality, and is actively opposed to the Iraq War. He took Pat Dollard, a conservative blogger, to court for using their music in a pro-war documentary. There is, of course, a streak of anti-intellectualism in a lot of Blood for Blood's (and Ramallah's, his old band) music, but that's sort of generic to a lot of hardcore bands.
Note: 'white trash' is used to describe the class stereotype of lower-tier white workers, it has no racist connotation. Lind and Medine didn't believe there was a white identity (e.g. a 'Aryan' race), but were using the adjectives that describe the status of certain 'white' people as a social criticism.