Lyrics - Television The Drug Of The Nation by Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

Group:
Disposable
Heroes of
Hiphoprisy
Song: "
Television,
The
Drug of the
Nation"
Album: "
Hipocrisy is the
Greatest
Luxury"
One
Nationunder
Godhas turned into
One
Nation under the influenceof one drug
Television, the drug of the
Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.
V., itsatellite linksour
United
States of unconciousness
Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictivethe methadone metronome pumping out150 channels 24 hours a dayyou can flip through all of themand still there's nothing worth watching
T.
V. is the reason why less than ten percent of our
Nation reads books daily
Why most people think
Central
Americameans
Kansas
Socialism means unamericanand
Apartheid is a new headache remedyabsorbed in it's world it's so hard to find us
It shapes our minds the mostmaybe the mother of our
Nationshould remind usthat we're sitting to close to. . .
Television, the drug of the
Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.
V. isthe stomping ground for political candidates
Where bears in the woodsare chased by
Grecian
Formula'dbald eagles
T.
V. is mechanized politic'sremote control over the massesco-sponsered by environmentally safe gaseswatch for the
PBS special
It's the perpetuation of the two party systemwhere image takes precedence over wisdom
Where sound bite politics are served tothe fastfood culture
Where straight teeth in your mouthare more important than the wordsthat come out of it
Race baiting is the way to get selected
Willie
Horton or
Will he not get elected on . . .
Television, the drug of the
Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
T.
V. is it the reflector or the director?
Does it imitate usor do we imitate it
Because a child watches 1500 murders before he'stwelve years old and we wonder how we've createda
Jason generation that learns to laughrather than abhor the horror
T.
V. is the place wherearmchair generals and quarterbacks canexperience first handthe excitement of video warfareas the theme song is sung in the background
Sugar sweet sitcomsthat leave us with a bad actor taste whilepop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars
You saw the video
You heard the soundtrack
Well now go buy the soft drink
Well, the only cola that
I supportwould be a union
C.
O.
L.
A. (
Cost of
Living
Allownace)
On
Television.
Television, the drug of the
Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
Back again, "
New and
Improved",we return to our irregularly programmed schedulehidden cleverly between heavy breastedbeer and car commericals
CNNESPNABCTNT but mostly
B.
S.
Where oxymoronic language like"virtually spotless" "fresh frozen""light yet filling" and "military intelligence"have become standard
T.
V. is the place where phrases are redefinedlike "recession" to "necessary downturn""crude oil" on a beach to "mousse""
Civilian death" to "collateral damages"and being killed by your own
Armyis now called "friendly fire"
T.
V. is the place where the pursuitof happiness has become the pursuit oftrivia
Where toothpaste and cars have becomesex objects
Where imagination is sucked out of childrenby a cathode ray nipple
T.
V. isthe only wet nursethat would create a cripple
Television, the drug of the
Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
On
Television . . .

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