urban renewal drove lower income families out.
today you say you wanna make it better.
better for who?..
its the same story… redevelopment!
you ate the fucking Mission alive,
your still hungry for Bay View Hunters Point

people still struggle in this city
they live by any means necessary
and you force them.

thirst for acquisition
the people who live there should benefit first!
but do they?
it seems someone else’s pockets are lined,
as the very fabric of a culture is raped and squeezed,
until there is no more life to profit from.
urban pacification program.
homogenizing, feeding the multinational mouth!

mother, she was taken
she was taken
father, he was taken
he was taken
brother, he was taken
he was taken
sister…..
what have you done?
where did you go?

The Sick - Better For Who - Community Rape

when my heart was ready, I came to know myself and know the world.
and when it was time to change my outlook I knew it was time to bend or break in half.

it was soul starvation,
laying in the streets,
I would have drown for sure,
gone down in a hail of shame,
I had to realize,
I had to put it down
stop my destruction,
one drink at a time.

right now! put it down!

by the grace of one I was lifted out
we all knew I was set in my ways,
brush with annihilation,
my friends looked down on me,
said I was too far gone,
inside devoid of hope,
crushed by inebriation.

revolution to bring forth what’s left inside,
go ahead make a difference in my life,
bring me this humility that keeps me on today.

The Sick - Better For Who - Impermanence

I can’t believe you’d expect us to take this.
you’re either with us or against us – school yard politics,
even after your regime trained those guys
to do what they did so flawlessly well
I’m sure it’s just the answer you were praying for

I hope it’s all worth it, I hope its all worth it,
the culture of terror you’re creating over there.

kind of uncanny how they gave you the reason,
I wouldn’t put it past you if you had it fucking arranged,
now you can go in and get what you want,
subjugate and destroy countless more lives,
all for the sake of pleasing your friends….traitor!

crushing humans spirits faith for a better tomorrow,
robbing others of a chance to live – to live autonomously
while squeezing them endlessly between death and assimilation.
ensuring future generation’s retaliation on our nation.

over there!
in afghanistan
over there!
in uzbekistan
over there!
in india
over there!
in colombia
over there!
in east timor
over there!
in lybia
over there!
in mexico
over there!

The Sick - Better For Who - Traitor

I believe in myself
I believe in you
If we can stick together
We can make it through

On the fence
No decision
Indecision
You lack faith

You lack trust
So afraid of your future looking just like your fucked up past
Immobilized by your fear
And frozen by self-obsession
Over-thinking under-achieving

You’re not present
You’re not here
You’re not present
You’re in fear

You’re so filled with fear
You want to run a way

You’re whole body’s filled with fear
Because in the end I’ll leave you anyway

You’ll never be free
From your disease 

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