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Shit From An Old Notebook

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Let the products sell themselves
Fuck advertising, commercial psychology
Psychological methods to sell should be destroyed

Because of their own blind involvement
In their own conditioned minds

The unit bonded together
Morals, ideals, awareness, progress
Let yourself be heard!

Submitted by

ownpersonaldemon On May 12, 2002

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jpaulo

2014-02-02 21:24:29

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2002-05-12 00:53:14

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Cover art for Shit From An Old Notebook lyrics by Minutemen

by spikecb

11y ago

god, this so perfectly captures the laser focused lyrical aggression and intellectuality that made the minutemen rock so fucking hard

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