Conspire to control the masses is your goal,
The lies we've bought, you've sold but we're watching you
And every grassy knoll and bell tower too...
Who's you next patsy?
The lies caught up to you, speak 'till you're
Blue in the face, but we'll never believe you.
We've weighed the evidence and what we conclude is...

He was the victim of a murder conspiracy,
A peaceful man with a broken dream to
Unite the black and white
And speak out against a useless fight in
Vietnam, and then the business man
Said we can't have you interrupting our plan to
Kill all the hippies, to boost the economy
And to control our freedom of speech.

In the land of the free
If you stir things up, you'll be put to sleep
By the bureau of investigation,
They'll plan your annihilation.
The click of a sniper trigger,
We'll put the blame on a lesser figure,
To confuse and distract,
Fuck the First Amendment Act.

Conspire to control the masses is your goal,
The lies we've bought, you've sold but we're watching you
And every grassy knoll and bell tower too...
Who's you next patsy?
The lies caught up to you, speak 'till you're
Blue in the face, but we'll never believe you.
We've weighed the evidence and what we conclude is...

Another victim helps pave the way for you,
One bullet made to many holes it's true.
You can't be trusted, and we can't undo
The things you've done and the things you'll do
To the next one of us who steps out of line.
Do you think I'm trying to undermine the
Authority we've given to you?
Or did you take it when you killed the truth?

In the land of the free
If you stir things up, you'll be put to sleep
By the bureau of investigation,
They'll plan your annihilation.
The click of a sniper trigger,
We'll put the blame on a lesser figure,
To confuse and distract,
Fuck the First Amendment Act.


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    sounds like the conspiracy death of a man who could have done a lot of good for the country but was killed, aparantly AAA thinks the CIA or FBI took out kennedy and covered up bc they lie alot.

    peace.love.ska.punkon June 03, 2007   Link
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    i think its about the CIA's and FBI's conspiricy to kill Martin Luther King Jr. because he was a "communist" and was affecting the Vietnam war effort so he had to go

    kroon January 26, 2008   Link

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