American Mentality, by Bird City Revolutionaries

American Mentality

by Bird City Revolutionaries

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1.	Masters of Deception 05:21	lyrics	buy track
IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, IN TIMES LIKE THESE, WHEN ALL OF THE PRESSURES, HAVE GOT YOU IN A SQUEEZE, WE CAN’T KEEP ON LIVING, HERE IN QUIET DESPERATION, WE MUST UNITE, CAN’T SURVIVE IN ISOLATION, THEY TAKE AND THEY TAKE THEY DO, WITHOUT YOU KNOWING, THEY ARE THE MASTERS OF DECEPTION THEY GIVE YOU A PROMISE, IT’S SMOKE THAT THEY’RE BLOWING, YES, THEY ARE THE MASTERS OF DECEPTION, IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, IN TIMES LIKE THESE, WE MUST AWAKEN, LIKE THE THAW AFTER A FREEZE, STRENGTH STANDING TOGETHER, AND WE’RE STILL HERE, IN US ALL, A REVOLUTIONARY, TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER, THAT’S THEIR STRATEGY, THEY’LL PUT THE BLINDERS ON YOUR EYES, SO YOU CANNOT SEE, AND WITH A SLIGHT OF HAND, THEY TRY TO KEEP US APART, BUT THEY CANNOT CONQUER, CONQUER A RIGHTEOUS HEART, STILL, THEY TAKE AND THEY TAKE THEY DO, WITHOUT YOU KNOWING, THEY ARE THE MASTERS OF DECEPTION THEY GIVE YOU A PROMISE, IT’S SMOKE THAT THEY’RE BLOWING, YES, THEY ARE THE MASTERS OF DECEPTION, IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, IN TIMES LIKE THESE, WE MUST AWAKEN, LIKE THE THAW AFTER A FREEZE, STRENGTH STANDING TOGETHER, AN WE’RE STILL HERE, IN US ALL, A REVOLUTIONARY,
2.	The Conquerors 03:47	lyrics	buy track
I HAVE RETURNED, FROM FAR AND WIDE, TO BRING THIS NEWS, BACK AGAIN, THE CONQUERORS, THEIR DAY IS THROUGH, I CAN’T LIVE A PEACEFUL LIFE, WITH THEM BREATHING DOWN MY BACK, I TRY HARD TO BRUSH IT OFF, BUT SOON MY TEMPER WILL CRACK, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND, THAT I TOO AM A LIVING MAN, AND WHEN A MAN GETS PUSHED TOO FAR, NOTHING ELSE CAN HEAL THE SCARS, MY WILL IS STRONG, I DO NOT FEAR, I CONQUEROR, THE FORCE OF LIGHT, ALWAYS PREVAIL, A CONQUEROR, THESE WORDS MUST NOT BE MISUNDERSTOOD, ‘CAUSE THE ONLY PATH TO VICTORY, IS WHEN YOU’RE FIGHTING FOR GOOD, YES THE TIME IS NEAR AGAIN, THEY’LL HAVE THEIR BACKS TO THE WALL, AND GREEDY MEN YOU’LL GET YOURS THIS TIME, ‘CAUSE IN THE END YOU SHALL FALL, WE FIGHT THIS FIGHT EVERYDAY, AND IN THE END, ONLY THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL PREVAIL, A TIME WILL COME WHEN WE ALL UNITE, IF WE ARE WILLING TO FIGHT (FOR IT), I’M ALWAYS HERE, I’M IN US ALL, THE CONQUEROR, MEEK TURNED TO STRONG, UNITED WE, ALL CONQUERORS.
3.	Blind Eyes 03:49	lyrics	buy track
PLEASE GIVE ME A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME, THERE’S SOMETHING THAT’S BEEN NAGGING AT MY MIND THERE’S A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING LURKING BEHIND, AND IF WE CAN’T CATCH HIM, WE’LL RUN OUT OF TIME, BUT HERE WE SIT, WITH BLIND EYES, MOST WILL BE TAKEN BY SURPRISE, IF WE REMAIN HERE, SO UNAWARE, A PLACE TO TURN WILL BE NOWHERE, WE ALL ARE BORN WITH A RIGHT TO LIVE A BIRTHRIGHT THE MOTHER, THE EARTH DID GIVE, AND IF WE CAN LEARN TO SEE, WITH OPEN EYES, THEY’LL NEVER TAKE US BY SURPRISE, WE CAN ALL GROW STRONG AND BECOME, MORE AWARE AND A PLACE TO TURN WILL BE EVERYWHERE, WE’VE TAKEN FOR GRANTED THIS WORLD WE KNOW, WHILE THE GREEDY AND EVIL GAIN MORE CONTROL, BUT HERE WE SIT, WITH BLIND EYES, MOST WILL BE TAKEN BY SURPRISE, IF WE REMAIN HERE, SO UNAWARE, A PLACE TO TURN WILL BE NOWHERE, RICH OR POOR, WE ALL ARE THE SAME, OUR BLOOD FLOWS RED, THROUGH A SYSTEM OF VEINS, WHY WOULD YOU RAISE A HAND, TO HURT YOUR FELLOW MAN? IF EVERYONE COULD JUST OPEN THEIR EYES, THERE WOULD BE NO ILLUSION THERE WOULD BE NO SURPRISE, YET WE’RE STANDING HERE SO BLINDLY, STANDING HERE SO BLINDLY, BUT IF WE CAN LEARN TO SEE, WITH OPEN EYES, THEY’LL NEVER TAKE US BY SURPRISE, WE CAN ALL GROW STRONG AND BECOME, MORE AWARE, AND A PLACE TO TURN WILL BE EVERYWHERE.
4.	Ninety Nine Percent 04:48	lyrics	buy track
BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, WHEN NINETY NINE GO HUNGRY, THEN THE ONE GO DOWN, THEY TURNED THEIR BACKS ON I AND I, AND LEFT US ALL BEHIND, BEFORE THEY SUCKED US DRY, THEY FORGOT THEIR OWN HUMANITY, AND FED US ALL WITH LIES, THEIR INSANITY, THESE GOVERNMENT POLITICIANS, PUPPETS STRING ON A WIRE, THEY’RE NOTHING MORE THAN PROSTITUTES FOR LOBBY’S DESIRE, A PAY OF UNSEEN, GOES FROM HAND TO HAND, THIS SPUN MIND CONTROL IS THE ENSLAVEMENT OF MAN, BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, WHEN NINETY NINE GO HUNGRY, THEN THE ONE GO DOWN, GREEDY PEOPLE NOW HAVE THEIR BACKS TO THE WALL, THEY’LL BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF THEIR OWN DOWNFALL, TAKEN APART BY A FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN, EVIL MEN WILL TOPPLE AT THE HAND OF NINETY NINE, WITH KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM WE CAN SET THE SOUL FREE, DESTROY THE BONDS OF MENTAL CAPTIVITY, FOR THEY CAN NEVER CAPTURE I AND I’S SOUL, IN TRUTH, THEY NEVER HAD ANY CONTROL, THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER I AND I’S SOUL, YEAH, THEY HAVE NO CONTROL, BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, WHEN NINETY NINE GO HUNGRY, THEN THE ONE GO DOWN, BABYLON, WHOA BABYLON, WHERE O’ WHERE DID YOU GO WRONG? BABYLON, WHOA BABYLON, WHERE DID YOU GO WRONG? YOURS IS A TRAGIC SONG, BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, BABYLON SYSTEM ON THE WAY DOWN, WHEN NINETY NINE GO HUNGRY, THEN THE ONE GO DOWN.
5.	American Mentality 04:54	lyrics	buy track
WE GAVE AWAY OUR FREEDOM, FOR A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY, GOT TRICKED INTO SUBMISSION, ACCEPTING OUR OWN INEQUALITY, THEY USE FEAR AS A WEAPON, TO BEAT US INTO DOCILITY, AND LITTLE BY LITTLE, LITTLE BY LITTLE, WE DRIFT FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO INEQUITY, THESE JOBS, THESE HOMES, THESE CARS, BECOME OUR PRISON, THEY ARE THE CATARACT, THAT CLOUDS OUR VISION, AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE’RE LYING HERE DAY-DREAMING, WHILE KEPT OCCUPIED AND PACIFIED, OBLIVIOUS TO THEIR SCHEMING, IT’S TIME TO BREAK FREE, TIME TO GET FREE, AND GET RID OF THIS MIND CONTROLLED, AMERICAN MENTALITY.
6.	Spraypainted in the Skies 03:33	lyrics	buy track
WHAT ARE THEY SPRAYING IN THE SKIES? IS THIS AMERICA AND WHERE IS MY APPLE PIE? SOMETIMES I PRAY I’LL UNDERSTAND, WHILE GETTING MY JET FUMES FROM THE SECONDHAND, WHAT’S THAT SPRAY PAINTED, WAY UP IN THE SKY, JUST LIKE GRAFFITI, LEFT WHEN PLANES GO WIZZIN’ BY, ALL THE LINES, THEY LINGER ON, CRISSCROSSED AND FLOATING, THEIR PURPOSE TO US UNKNOWN, COULD THEY BE HERE TO SAVE THE EARTH? OR USED FOR MIND CONTROL AS CLOUDS DISPERSE? WHAT’S THAT SPRAY PAINTED, WAY UP IN THE SKY, JUST LIKE GRAFFITI, LEFT WHEN PLANES GO WIZZIN’ BY, SO MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED, THAT I GUESS WE’LL NEVER KNOW, COULD IT BE FOR OUR SURVIVAL? OR JUST TO KEEP US UNDER CONTROL? COULD MEAN NOTHING, JUST A NATURAL AFFAIR, OR COULD MEAN EVERYTHING, HANGING UP THAT UP THERE IN THE AIR, WHAT’S THAT SPRAY PAINTED IN THE SKY? WHAT’S THAT SPRAY PAINTED IN THE SKY? WHAT’S THAT SPRAY PAINTED IN THE SKY? WHAT’S THAT SPRAY PAINTED IN THE SKY?
7.	Polar Vortex 06:54	lyrics	buy track
HURRICANE EYE UP IN THE SKY, JOHNNY, GO! RUN! TORNADO’S SWIRL AS THE HOUSES FLY, JOHNNY, GO! RUN! A BLIZZARD FREEZE IN A SUMMER BREEZE, JOHNNY, GO! RUN! THIS IS WARFARE NOW WITH THE WEATHER MACHINE, JOHNNY, GO! RUN! JOHNNY, GO! RUN! FAR AWAY, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, SOMEONE’S PLOTTING OUR END, AND FIRING UP STORMY SKIES, WE ALL KNOW, SOMETHING STRANGE IS GOING ON, YET MOST OF US AREN’T INCLINED, TO DO A THING, SO, JOHNNY, GO! RUN!
8.	Politricks as Usual (instrumental) 05:28	info	buy track

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released November 11, 2016

Julian Scott Bryan - Vocals, Drums, Keys, Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Bullhorn, Plasma Globe
Saude - Guitars
Larry Thomas - Bass
Julian Morena - Keys, Vocals, Melodica
Phil Floyd - Sax, Vocals, Bird Calls, Melodica
Daniel Labrador - Guitars, Vocals
Eric Brown - Percussion, Vocals, Theremin

Lyrics by Julian Scott Bryan
Music by Bird City Revolutionaries
Performed by Bird City Revolutionaries

Produced by Bird City Revolutionaries

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Bird City Revolutionaries Atlanta, Georgia

Bird City was formed in October of 2011. Reggae, Dub, and Afro-funk with a twist of psychedelia. A melting pot of influences from around the world pour upon our inspiration to create.