Sepultura

Slave New World

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Slave New World Lyrics

Face- The Enemy
Stare - Inside You
Control - Your Thoughts
Destroy - Destroy 'em All

You Censor What We Breathe
Prejudice With No Belief
Senseless Violence All Around
Who Is It That Keeps Us Down

Once All Free Tribes
Chained Down Led Lives
Blood Boils Inside Me
We're Not Slaves, We're Free

Face- The Enemy
Stare - Inside You
Control - Your Thoughts
Destroy - Destroy 'em All

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sean On May 02, 2001

Roots Bloody Roots

Arise

Ratamahatta (feat. David Silveria & Carlinhos Brown)

Territory

Refuse / Resist

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2001-05-02 08:23:50

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by sepultura1987

17y ago

"Slave New World" is Sepultura's fifth official single, and the second of three to be taken from the album Chaos A.D., released in 1993. The lyrics were co-written by Evan Seinfeld from Sepultura’s Roadrunner label-mates Biohazard. Like most of the band’s singles, the song is one of the band's best-known songs and remains a concert staple to this day. A music video was filmed for the single which features the band playing on what appears to be a volcano, intercut with footage of severe human conditioning, including branding people with barcodes. A protest against censorship

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