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Let Them Eat War Lyrics
There's a prophet on a mountain and he's making up dinner
With long division and writing crop
Anybody can feel like a winner
When it's served up piping hot
But the people aren't looking for a handout
They're America's working corps
Can this be what they voted for?
Let them eat war
Let them eat war
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war
Let them eat war
There's an urgent need to feed
Declining crime
From the force to the union shops
The war economy is making new jobs
But the people who benefit most
Are breaking bread with their benevolent hosts
You never stole from the rich to give to the poor
All they ever gave to them was a war
And a foreign enemy to deplore
Let them eat war
Let them eat war
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war
Let them eat war
There's an urgent need to feed
Declining crime
We've got to kill 'em in the end
Before they reach for their checks
Squeeze some blue collars
Let them bleed from their necks
Seize a few dollars from the people who sweat
Cause it's freedom or death and they won't question it
At a job site the boss is god like
Conditioned workhorses park at a stoplight
Seasoned vets with their feet in nets
A stones throw away from a rock fight
But not tonight, feed â??em death
Here comes another ration (feed them death)
Cause they're the finest in the nation (feed them death)
But there's nothing left to feed them
When it's freedom or it's death
Let them eat war
Let them eat war
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war
Let them eat war
There's an urgent need to feed
With long division and writing crop
Anybody can feel like a winner
When it's served up piping hot
They're America's working corps
Can this be what they voted for?
Let them eat war
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war
Let them eat war
Declining crime
The war economy is making new jobs
But the people who benefit most
Are breaking bread with their benevolent hosts
All they ever gave to them was a war
And a foreign enemy to deplore
Let them eat war
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war
Let them eat war
Declining crime
Before they reach for their checks
Squeeze some blue collars
Let them bleed from their necks
Seize a few dollars from the people who sweat
Cause it's freedom or death and they won't question it
At a job site the boss is god like
Conditioned workhorses park at a stoplight
Seasoned vets with their feet in nets
A stones throw away from a rock fight
But not tonight, feed â??em death
Cause they're the finest in the nation (feed them death)
But there's nothing left to feed them
When it's freedom or it's death
Let them eat war
That's how to ration the poor
Let them eat war
Let them eat war
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Another correction: it's "riding crop" not "writing crop."
Greg Graffin et al take a nod from George Orwell's 1984 with this "War is Peace" song.
Clearly about the government and those in charge of a nation creating a 'war' for the poor and a 'foreign enemy for them to deplore', thus making them ignore all that is wrong with their country and make sacrifices which are not needed.
Great record.
Sage Francis teaming up with the amazing Bad Religion is an incredible combination. Sure, Sage only gets about 8 lines or so, but it's still a great team up!
Isn't that what George W Bush did? Starting a war to distract attention from economical problems?
well that is a claim that some make, that wars such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam (see Dead Kennedy's Kinky sex makes the world go round and youll see what the thoughts are) basically to rid the country of the poor so they dont have to pay them for doing nothing essentially.
well that is a claim that some make, that wars such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam (see Dead Kennedy's Kinky sex makes the world go round and youll see what the thoughts are) basically to rid the country of the poor so they dont have to pay them for doing nothing essentially.
God I love BR. This song's lyrics are a perfect example of why they're so great.
Way to almost grasp the obvious, cerph.
Haha. Yeah. Extra point: you probably know this, but Marie Antoinette's solution to poverty was 'if they have no bread, give them cake to eat'. Song title implies that GWB says 'let them it war'. Obviousness.
Simple meaning: Using war and fear to control a population. Refers to Bush's use of "the war on terrorism" to control Americans' actions and thoughts, swinging public opinion his way and making it easier for everybody to swallow that the country is going to shit.
"we've got to kill 'em and eat 'em before they reach for their checks squeeze some blue collars let them bleed from their necks seize a few dollars from the people who sweat cause it's freedom or death and they won't question it "
This all refers to the government being able to oppress people in the interest of "national security", just by presenting a threat and saying that it is necessary.
this song really ought to be self-explanatory.
corrections: last line: there's an urgent need to bleed. sage francis, sixth line: 'cause it's freedom or debt.
Further correction: There's an urgent need to feed declining crime = There's an urgent need to feed declining pride