This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
[Featuring Free]
Canibus:
I make your bitch crew shit stools
I put a pistol in your mouth to pull
Then I feed you to the pit bulls
Don't even talk about guns
The only 9 you got is a 5 dollar bill and 4 ones
So I don't give a fuck what none of ya'll niggas say
Cause anything that can't penetrate ricochets
Rhyming with me on a record?
You might as well have died and went to hell instead of heaven cause
my rhyme
weapon
Is like a medieval torture method
Your 4 limbs tied to four horses all pulling in different directions
In this profession I get busy without a question
Seeing me is like seeing a vampire's reflection
Fast or slow flows connect like electrodes
I make cassette tape decks blow when I'm in wreck-mode
Explode leaving areas abandoned
With more radiation behind than spots u.f.o.s landed in
Male Voice:
Is that all soldier?
Canibus:
Yes, sir!
Male Voice:
Is there anything you need?
Canibus:
No, sir!
Male Voice:
Report back to me before the briefing. At ease!
Canibus:
Are you a Navy Seal?
Free:
Yes, sir!
Canibus:
Then say it like you mean it! Tell them who Free from the Navy Seal
Team is!
Free:
Free be the one rocking shit
Special operatives
Specializing in weapons diagnostic
My survival tactics be drastic
Like Rambo I'm straggling niggas with my bow and arrow elastic
Whoever said you couldn't be 5 feet and thoroughbred
Never witnessed the cerebal cortex in my head
How many gigabytes does your hard drive hold?
Or does your hard drive fold ?once the signal hits the node?
Beyond mission control the theory behind your thought
Marie Antoinette, behead me, I still rock
While you choke and suffocate I'll be on testosterone
I'm known to breaking levels down to the values unknown
A specimen with extraterrestrial estrogen
Kick your intestines in
Sell your testicles to Mexicans
I bring the force like a nutcracker
Annihilate rhyme hackers
Navy Seal linebacker
The last set of pits remain unclaimed
So if you buck against Free you better tattoo your name on your teeth
I disintegrate those that oppose
Disintegrate hoes with they assholes in they nose
I suppose you want to run your mouth like ?acasinette?
I put bitch niggas to rest in a bitch bassinet
Canibus:
Is that all soldier?
Free:
Yes, sir!
Canibus:
Is there anything you need?
Free:
No, sir!
Canibus:
Report back to me after the briefing. At ease!
Canibus:
Are you a patriot?
Sir, yes sir!
Then say it like you mean it!
Tell them who Canibus from the Navy Seal Team is!
I'm the meanest muthafucka on this whole Navy Seal team
And I can kill anything if it bleeds or breathes
Calling all bitch ass niggas and bitch ass bitches
I got a ?howitzer? bigger than any 4/5 is
Rapping is a raw business
But as an individual I'm as different as anybody's fingerprint is
?And foreign is a form of the antonym?
Put me in the same category you would put Marilyn Manson in
Bugging like a satanic evangelist
Jogging butt-naked down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles
Every MC in your crew will get ruined or wounded
You talk the bullshit and you to scared to do shit
I'm the type of nigga that will prove it
Produce shit
I spent so much time in the studio I had to move in
A soldier, who his practices West Indian opia
I can drink the poison from a king cobra
Cause long after ya'll are dead and gone
I'll survive the nuclear holocaust like a roach ?
Male Voice:
Is that all soldier?
Canibus:
Sir, yes sir!
Male Voice:
Is there anything you need?
Canibus:
No, sir!
Male Voice:
Report back to me after the briefing. At ease!
Canibus:
I make your bitch crew shit stools
I put a pistol in your mouth to pull
Then I feed you to the pit bulls
Don't even talk about guns
The only 9 you got is a 5 dollar bill and 4 ones
So I don't give a fuck what none of ya'll niggas say
Cause anything that can't penetrate ricochets
Rhyming with me on a record?
You might as well have died and went to hell instead of heaven cause
my rhyme
weapon
Is like a medieval torture method
Your 4 limbs tied to four horses all pulling in different directions
In this profession I get busy without a question
Seeing me is like seeing a vampire's reflection
Fast or slow flows connect like electrodes
I make cassette tape decks blow when I'm in wreck-mode
Explode leaving areas abandoned
With more radiation behind than spots u.f.o.s landed in
Male Voice:
Is that all soldier?
Canibus:
Yes, sir!
Male Voice:
Is there anything you need?
Canibus:
No, sir!
Male Voice:
Report back to me before the briefing. At ease!
Canibus:
Are you a Navy Seal?
Free:
Yes, sir!
Canibus:
Then say it like you mean it! Tell them who Free from the Navy Seal
Team is!
Free:
Free be the one rocking shit
Special operatives
Specializing in weapons diagnostic
My survival tactics be drastic
Like Rambo I'm straggling niggas with my bow and arrow elastic
Whoever said you couldn't be 5 feet and thoroughbred
Never witnessed the cerebal cortex in my head
How many gigabytes does your hard drive hold?
Or does your hard drive fold ?once the signal hits the node?
Beyond mission control the theory behind your thought
Marie Antoinette, behead me, I still rock
While you choke and suffocate I'll be on testosterone
I'm known to breaking levels down to the values unknown
A specimen with extraterrestrial estrogen
Kick your intestines in
Sell your testicles to Mexicans
I bring the force like a nutcracker
Annihilate rhyme hackers
Navy Seal linebacker
The last set of pits remain unclaimed
So if you buck against Free you better tattoo your name on your teeth
I disintegrate those that oppose
Disintegrate hoes with they assholes in they nose
I suppose you want to run your mouth like ?acasinette?
I put bitch niggas to rest in a bitch bassinet
Canibus:
Is that all soldier?
Free:
Yes, sir!
Canibus:
Is there anything you need?
Free:
No, sir!
Canibus:
Report back to me after the briefing. At ease!
Canibus:
Are you a patriot?
Sir, yes sir!
Then say it like you mean it!
Tell them who Canibus from the Navy Seal Team is!
I'm the meanest muthafucka on this whole Navy Seal team
And I can kill anything if it bleeds or breathes
Calling all bitch ass niggas and bitch ass bitches
I got a ?howitzer? bigger than any 4/5 is
Rapping is a raw business
But as an individual I'm as different as anybody's fingerprint is
?And foreign is a form of the antonym?
Put me in the same category you would put Marilyn Manson in
Bugging like a satanic evangelist
Jogging butt-naked down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles
Every MC in your crew will get ruined or wounded
You talk the bullshit and you to scared to do shit
I'm the type of nigga that will prove it
Produce shit
I spent so much time in the studio I had to move in
A soldier, who his practices West Indian opia
I can drink the poison from a king cobra
Cause long after ya'll are dead and gone
I'll survive the nuclear holocaust like a roach ?
Male Voice:
Is that all soldier?
Canibus:
Sir, yes sir!
Male Voice:
Is there anything you need?
Canibus:
No, sir!
Male Voice:
Report back to me after the briefing. At ease!
Lyrics submitted by grindfatherclock
Patriots Lyrics as written by Germaine Williams Daniel Pierre
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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