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Divided States

by Voice Of Addiction

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Travis White
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Travis White One of my favorite punk bands, as with previous releases this album does not disappoint. The Lost Art of Empathy is my favorite album from them but this comes in at a close second. Favorite track: Corpocracy.
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1.
Silence is violence is silence is this is not alright fight for what's right This isn't what I signed up for, a war against the poor Seems we've all been here before, this ain't worth the score You tighten round our neck, think we ever could forget, this classist punishment They're handing us the check, getting rich off our debt, capitalist government It's all hands on deck, the masses are the threat, to your division complex We're not going through life alone You think we're just taking turns playing the fool, as your making up the rules It's indoctrination apathetic nation We're fed up and we're pissed, about the armies you enlist If we come together equal to resist your division complex Cut our safety nets, it's survival of the best, set the precedent Unfrozen your assets, while we're pleading no contest, we know who benefits No longer numb, we found meaning in this song, and it won't last long We'll never make it on our own We are 99.9 percent identical, but you're old and you're tired You make my skin crawl, not gonna play you're division game You cannot divide us only try and hide us Treat us like scum claim to be righteous Smite us your highness follow where we land Unified incited I invite you to understand
2.
The taller we build them the harder they fall If they keep us divided they'll conquer us all First I was taught the golden rule, to shut up and stand in line back at school Learning to be the systems tool If you study hard you'll get a job, a wife 2 kids a house with a garage Individual sabotage The more that we feed them the fatter they are The starved and the downtrodden sacrifice all Go to college don't be a fool, a lifetime of debt to repeat their spew Understand you'll always lose Work 50 years at a job you hate, slave until your expiration date We must destroy so we can create Don't pray to a god about your bad decisions Made it through life without learning a lesson Keep you chasing that invisible vision Empty worried about what you're missing A tranquil life in a subdivision Don't ever question what you're possessing We all belong hold on to what you believe
3.
Shinigami 04:03
Nobody thought I'd turn out like this I've had a lifetime to learn my lesson, but I never quite got the message So I drive all night it's alright if I just make it out of here alive So when I fall down I pick myself up I beat the dust off my shirt and I try not to trip myself up Every time that I die on the stage trying to beak out my cage Pretending that I am still half my age Move slowly shinigami will I make it through another day These stories of past glories is it ever gonna be okay Dead feelings false reasons why'd you have to go away Move slowly shinigami you'll follow me to the grave When I happen to drown choke myself up Pull the air from my lungs yet I'll never give it all up Every day I am chased by the years trying to conquer my fears But it all ends up with me spilling my beer
4.
Corpocracy 02:32
They can cure your cancer they can cure your aids But they'll never fucking do it cuz they profit from your pain united states of corpocracy you don't have no shame, you take the house we take the blame Corpocracy hypocrisy They reap the profits we put in the time Another sixty something hour grind United states of corpocracy this is the finish line the populations their design We've been gone for too long in the shadows they don't hear our fighting song United states of corpocracy united states a hypocrisy
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I Hate It 03:28
No control we sold our souls for their gold Consumer is instinctual feed indulge we are never full Forced into debt now corporate tools I won't participate in a world so cruel Spit on me and I say fuck you We grew up with bombs cloaked in peace bathed in blood I hate when we choose to judge not understand I hate how some feast while most others have none I hate how we're slaves to the banks demands
6.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of no one We're losing the war between the rich and the poor Time to even the score smash the state and their tanks Funded by the evil banks mr president no thanks I'm not impressed by your fancy clothes and you never come out to our shows It's time to pay all that you owe and jump right out the window The business is greed please take all that you need And then patent the seeds you must take what you can And then rape all the land exploit your fellow man I'm screaming at whats in front of me a capitalist society crumbling debris We've all fallen victim to corporate deceit enslaved debter nation the modern disease We're not free you don't know what's inside of me
7.
We are riddled with disease it sweats out through our pores Yeah there's no guarantee for the dirt and the poor Giving up our rights and our essential liberties, reaping all the profits turn it up two degrees Yeah you bought what you sold this is it this is war Why's it have to be a constant fight to be free Yeah while you're distracted we were all subtracted Picking up the table scraps we still remain ignored, it's a fucked up situation rich are robbing from the poor you bought what you sold this is it this is war You're depressing me it's all about greed, you're infecting me with corporate disease This is why we bleed Tell you what we're gonna do, what you took from us we're gonna take from you Look around cuz now it's though We will not be ignored this is it this is war Got rich off our backs yet you always want more Privilege of the ruling class infallibility, Keeping up the image this is a democracy you bought what you sold this is it this is war We won't be bought we won't be sold
8.
From the day I was born from another world torn From the suits we have worn to the flag I was sworn To the fake gods we pray to the bankers we pay One things for sure fuck the U.S.A. Get up stand up for our rights They know that we're dangerous Stand up for change not just against what you hate Decide your fate before it's too late Why sacrifice all to bow down to the state Embracing these constructs is our great mistake Well I'm losing my mind just to find all the rhymes To express my disgust of a world so unkind We've all fallen victim to corporate design A world run by profits we're all left behind This is our great mistake
9.
Prison Food 02:41
Control the supply and create the demand No cause for concern we'll let the whole world burn Linked to cancer in humans yet not listed on labels a known carcinogen Artificial saves dollars lobby till it's passed Banned in most countries yet deemed safe by the FDA Feed us poison if it must be chewed We're all being force fed prison food Keep it cheap and addictive side effects are predictive Snake oil salesman linger rip the skin from our fingers Swelling of liver and kidneys inflamed body tissues These tumors are hungry let's feed them with goo All modern food dyes are derived from petroleum Causes cancer but it's cheap nitrates in processed meat Tell me how can you sleep making money from the soon to be deceased
10.
Eraser 03:25
We storm the gates of the last bank in town Light up a smoke throw a brick through the window All stand together take back whats ours Erase the debt feed our children tomorrow Come take my hand as we roam through these lands Ain't got a dollar my guitar can save me Fire in our hearts whiskey on our breath Erase the debt there will be no more sorrow This could be reality no nations no borders we won't learn to crawl
11.
Darwin 03:04
I met you when we're young when all we knew was fun Punk rock was our savior Now all we've got is wars they've hooked us all on drugs becoming the machines We won't survive We got stuck in routines forgotten all our dreams Life has worn us down We're waiting to get old continue doing what you're told Dead before we're born
12.
What to believe in what we should be consuming every fucking day Keep us distracted while our rights are extracted they just take it away I don't understand No one is right when we're all wrong split at the seams can't get along But we believe we all belong it's in our hearts it's in our songs We must unite as they divide we must unite just to survive This separation must subside we must agree they've always lied Where's the freedom Illusion of choice when we never had a voice quick to shut us down Few can't have so much without the rest on a crutch heavy is your crown I don't understand
13.
Wrong Turn 02:04
I took the wrong turn straight out of chicago realized I'm heading straight to hell We might not all have been born here but it's our home we'll fight till the end I don't want to be a martyr jesus ain't no christ We're just waiting on a revolution to define freedom again So when you say to me this is not my family We all want food and water and shelter and love it's all the same we just have to believe I took a left when I should of gone right always did wrong when I should of done life Regardless of what you think I don't wanna die We're all in this fight together one love one life They don't want your name cuz they got your number We give them everything they need to make our bank accounts bleed So when you feel you have no choice remember together we have a voice Maybe the best thing that we'll ever have wasn't under a nations flag I took the long way home for no reason I stuck it out through all the shitty seasons All of this cuz I believe in something that makes us all the same If we all join hands celebrating we will never be alone

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Voice Of Addiction Chicago, Illinois

Voice Of Addiction are politically charged and socially conscious Chicago based punk-rockers. V.o.A. has been around since 2004 doing over 1,500 shows across North America. A feature length documentary on V.o.A. entitled "Punk Band" is out on all major outlets. The new full-length “Divided States” was released 8/5/22. The Video for Shinigami was just released & WON Chicago Indie Music Awards. ... more

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