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Steel ring
Around a people
Ring of
Imperialism
Face of
Fascism

Split red
Stab-job
Split red
Stab-job
Another statistic

Brother against brother
Learn to kill one another

Back to the maps
Set a new course
Journey backward

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illmatik On Jun 11, 2002

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2002-06-11 04:55:16

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by gosto28

11y ago

I think the Bean-Spill version of the lyrics are

"Black frame Around a funnel The funnel looks Just like the frame My portrait Doesn't look like me Split red Stab job Split red Stab job Another statistic Horse shit in the breeze Smells just like home to me Back to the map Set a new course Journey backwards Spill the beans and make me sing"

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