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AFRIKA   from Take the System Down
THE BALLAD OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
  from  Violent Stuctures 
BLACK BLOCK
  from God Won't Bless America
BLACK HELICOPTER 
from Take the System Down
CATCH THE FLOW  from God Won't Bless America
CELL PHONE BLUES  from God Won't Bless America
CHRISTMAS IN KABUL
   from Sex & Subversion
DESERT STORM
   from Take the System Down
DEMOCRACY
   from Take the System Down
DYING BLUES
   from Take the System Down
FELLOW TRAVELER
  from Take the System Down
FIGHT THE WAR AGAIN 
  from God Won't Bless America
GENERATION Y  from Take the System Down and   Violent Stuctures
GOD WON'T BLESS AMERICA AGAIN
  from God Won't Bless America
HOOSIER CRUISER   from God Won't Bless America
LEGIONS OF DOOM
  from God Won't Bless America
LOST VEGAS   from God Won't Bless America
OUTLAW LOVE (TANTRIC PREDATOR)
POSTMODERN LAMENT  from God Won't Bless America
POWER FREAKS  from God Won't Bless America
THE RAP BEGINS TO ROLL fromTake the System Down, Love & Rebellion, and Violent Stuctures SHADE-TREE MECHANIC  from Take the System Down
SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE  from God Won't Bless America
SUICIDE SKYJACK  from God Won't Bless America
SURF TEL AVIV
SURVIVOR
   from  Violent Stuctures
UNABOMBER FIGHT SONG
   from Take the System Down and  Violent Stuctures
WE HATE OUR CONDITION    from Take the System Down
WHITE SKIN, BLACK HEART
   from Take the System Down


lyrics:

Mike Weinstein

music:
Vortis


Discography

V
iolent 
   Stuctures
EP


Take the
  System Down


Love &
   Rebellion
comp
 

God Won't
 Bless America

Sex &
 Subversion
comp

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

music:
Vortis




 
SUICIDE SKYJACK music:
Vortis

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

  Take it down with a suicide skyjack, kamikaze terror attack; 
World Trade Center - Free Fall, Pentagon - Blast the Wall. 

Start the war in Pakistan, rip right through Afghanistan, 
All the way to Iran; But they can't do it, no one can! 

Kill 'em all, y'all, the world is in a free for all; 
Jihad's coming, wait and see; you're gonna live like a refugee. 

Caught in the Vortex, losing your grip; 
Got war fever, better get hip. 
You deserve a break today, have a coke and get a lay. 

Down, take it down, down, down right to the ground; 
Fill your head with Vortis' sound, 
Get your chick at the lost and found. 

Agitainment! Agitainment! Agaitainment! Agitainment! 

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BLACK BLOCK music:
Vortis

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

  Puttin' on the black mask 'cause we got a sacred task; 
Takin' out our crowbar, we ain't afraid to get a scar. 
We're the resistance, fightin' off business; 
You know there will be hell to pay on the system's judgment day. 

Black block, black block throwin' out your shock rock; 
Smash the ATM machine, slash it so you break it clean; 
Chuck it at the Starbucks, you will never give a fuck. 
Black block, black block throwin' out your shock rock. 

They tell us that we're ruinin' their goddamn protest, 
But we will answer back that the system shouldn't get a rest. 
We're the ones who get them all the publicity, 
The media can only see goddamn anarchy.

Black block, black block throwin' out your shock rock; 
Smash the ATM machine, slash it so you break it clean;
Chuck it at the Starbucks, you will never give a fuck. 
Black block, black block throwin' out your shock rock. 

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GOD WON'T BLESS AMERICA AGAIN music:
Vortis

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

  Tell me what is the answer to the troubles of our times, 
We're reaping what we sowed, we're paying for our crimes. 

God won't bless America again, we're on our own, we're all alone. 
No voices in the sky, only their war cry, 
We're on our own, we're all alone. 

We live in the orgasmatron, the outstretched grasping hand, 
The power of the claw is the law of the land. 

God won't bless America again.... 

In the land of the sheep and the home of the scared, 
The cage is closing shut and no one will be spared. 

God won't bless America again.... 

We've got to take a stand so we can get our country back, 
Save America the Beautiful from the fascist's rack. 

God won't bless America again. 

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CHRISTMAS IN KABUL music:
Vortis

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

  Oh people of Afghanistan, let nothing you dismay. 
America has come to you, to blow you all away. 

Christmas in Kabul, you know the snow is flying. 
Christmas in Kabul, you hear a baby crying. 
Christmas in Kabul, you know the times are trying. 
Christmas in Kabul, you see the people dying. 
Christmas in Kabul, you hear a baby crying. 
Christmas in Kabul, the child is dead. 

It's a white Christmas soaked in red, 
The people are freezing and taking all the lead. 
America has come to town, 
And the bombs keep raining down, down, down. 

Christmas in Kabul... 

It's a white Christmas soaked in red 
The people are freezing and taking all the lead 
The prince of peace has come to town 
He's putting on his thorny crown. 

Christmas in Kabul... 

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LEGIONS OF DOOM  music:
Vortis

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

  FIRST RANT
I am the Other, the double, the evil twin, the alter ego - the product of your corrupt cocooning society. I am the renegade who turns against you; I reject you and will destroy you. I am Johnny Walker, the American Taliban. When I was a teenager, I learned about the disgusting hypocritical racism of this society. Then on the internet, I found out that the only way to fight this evil empire effectively is radical Islam. 

So, I went to a Madrassah in Pakistan and there I learned about the jihad. I joined my Muslim brothers in the Taliban and Al Quaeda fighting as a holy warrior against the American Great Satan in Afghanistan. So what if I've been captured, so what if I'm floating in a brig, so what if I've been charged with terrorism in a Federal Court. I'm proud of what I did and there'll be more of me, more renegade children of your rotten system.

We're the legions of doom, we're gonna cast you out; 
We're the legions of doom, we're gonna throw you away. 

SECOND RANT
So, Johnny Walker's floating the sea in a fascist brig. Well, I'm Richard Reid, son of a Jamaican father and an English mother. My father was a petty criminal, a victim of a brutal unfeeling system, in jail for half his life. I followed him along that path, but in prison I learned that the only way that the world will ever be better is through radical Islam. 

So, I joined a mosque and there I learned about jihad. And then I decided to be a holy warrior. I got some explosives, put them in my shoe with a fuse and tried to blow up a transatlantic jet in midair. So what if I was awkward and inept, so what if I've been charged with terrorism in Federal Court. I certainly caused a stir and drew attention to the cause. I'm proud of what I did and there'll be more of me, more renegade children of your rotten system. 

THIRD RANT
So, Richard Reid's in jail. Well, I'm Charlie Bishop, speaking to you from heaven, surrounded by beautiful virgins and drinking milk and honey. I was the 15 year old all American boy who wanted to be a pilot and flaunted my patriotism after 9/11. But secretly I hated this rotten American suburban prison. I knew that Osama was right when he sent those planes into the Pentagon and the WTC; that's the only way to change this disgusting situation. 

So, I went to the airfield where I was taking flying lessons, got into a Cessna and flew it straight into a bank. So what if I'm dead - I'm in heaven. So what if it might have been the Accutane I was taking (I seriously doubt it). I'm proud of what I did and I've been rewarded for it. And there'll be more of me, legions more of me, more renegade children of your rotten system.

We're gonna bomb you, spread anthrax, poison you, spray poison gas, strangle you, mangle you, entangle you, beat you, thrash you, tar you, etc. 

FOURTH RANT
The major industry of the pancapitalist octopus, the Orgasmatron, the Great Satan, the hegemon, the INFIDEL is the production of misfits who are birthed within itself, pushed into a corner, rejected, tossed aside. The more the society becomes a foul, hypocritical and faithless consumer cocoon, hiding its sadism in glitz, the more renegades it will produce. Finally, there will be enough of them to bring the system down. Inspired by external events - the Islamic revolutions - the wretched of the American technopolis - its own children of so-called privilege - will turn against the evil witch-bitch that bore them and destroy the monster. There will be more and more and more of them and they will prevail. 

The honor roll of the legions of doom: 
Johnny Walker, Richard Reid, Charlie Bishop. 
Will you be the next to go straight to heaven??? 

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HOOSIER CRUISER  music:
Vortis

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

  Well you can't tell me nothing ‘cause I'm just a Hoosier punk, 
I can't think of nothin' better than a rip-roaring drunk; 
I'm partial to homegrown Indiana grass, 
You can take your Columbian and shove it up your ass. 

Well I'm the Hoosier Cruiser, the country roads they is my home, 
In my ‘67 Valiant, you'll find me loaded out to roam. 

I cover the county from the east side to the west, 
If the pigs ever catch me I'll fail the breathalyser test; 
I've got friends where I can crash, we're always getting ripped, 
If this ain't hog heaven then I'm goddamn sure I've flipped. 

Well I'm the Hoosier Cruiser, the country roads they is my home, 
In my ‘67 Valiant, you'll find me loaded out to roam. 

There's nothing like cruising in the country late at night, 
So smashed you've gotten sober, a philosopher's delight; 
Headin' on home, after partying hard, 
At peace with the world ‘cause you've played your highest card. 

Well I'm the Hoosier Cruiser, the country roads they is my home, 
In my ‘67 Valiant, you'll find me loaded out to roam. 
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THEY'RE GONNA FIGHT THE WAR AGAIN music:
Vortis

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

  The word's gone out, there's gonna be a rout, 
The eagle is thirsting for blood. 
Osama's on the run, but he's still got a gun, 
And I'm just smoking some bud. 
They won't cut slack for Iran and Iraq, 
The hegemon is thirsting for oil. 
But Katami and Saddam just don't give a damn, 
The pot's just beginning to boil. 

Oh, Lord, they're gonna fight the war again, 
Oh, Lord, they're gonna kill a million men; 
Oh, Lord, they're gonna fight the war again, 
Oh, Lord, and it's a war they'll never win. 

Sittin' in my shack, gettin' real laid back, 
Watchin' it all go down. 
Gettin' real high while I see 'em all fry, 
And you'll never see me frown. 
Lyin' in bed, makin' some bread, 
Keepin' up my stoner life.
Havin' some sex while I listen to T-Rex, 
Far from the storm and strife. 

Bush's phoney war is rotten to the core, 
And I'm gonna sit it out. 
Let the fascists fight, I refuse to unite, 
And I won't even give a shout. 
In a time of recession, my motto's secession, 
I'm killin' off my empathy. 
They can't make their slam if we don't give a damn, 
We'll stop them with our apathy.

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SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE music:
Vortis

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

  I don't know about this crazy life, I just know about the storm and strife; 
Plunging down into and endless hole, all I know is that I've lost control; 
I've been captured by Satan's ride, SUICIDE OR HOMICIDE. 

Oi        Oi            OiOiOiOiOiOiOiOi 
Oi        Oi            OiOiOiOiOiOiOiOi 

Once you're thrown out of the womb, life's a long march to the tomb; 
The world's a nest of traps and snares, lost ideals and deadly cares; 
I've been captured by Satan's ride, SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE! 

Oi        Oi            OiOiOiOiOiOiOiOi 
Oi        Oi            OiOiOiOiOiOiOiOi 

Mamamamamamamamama 
Save me now I'm goin' down 
Mamamamamamamamama 
Save me now I'm goin' down 
I'M GOIN' DOWN!!!! 

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POWER FREAKS music:
Vortis

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

  I don't want to do what you tell me to, nothing that you say is ever true;
I will never listen to your filthy lie, I won't go along with your will to die.
Power freaks locked up in a hotel,
  Your perfume and cologne can't mask your putrid smell.
I am here to fight the corrupt elite, bring the globalizer-victimizer down to defeat;
They'll lead us to the grave if we don't watch out,
They're pretending to be deaf, but we'll make them hear our shout!
Power freaks spreading poison everywhere,
  You think you rule the world, so stop me if you dare.
They say that they'll reform, but they never do,
  They tell us that they care, but it's never true;
If we wait for them to act, we will all be dead,
  We need to take command and bring things to a head.
Power freaks, you're time is running out,
The more you try to hide, the more you'll hear our shout!!!

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CELL PHONE BLUES music:
Vortis

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

  The buzz word of our times is interconnectivity,
  There's the kind you get with your cell phone
  And the kind you get with me.
Turn off your cell phone baby, you know it drives me crazy;
  Yeah, everywhere we go, you eliminate our flow,
  Put down your cell phone baby, let's jive.
I remember when I first met you, you were a sly little fox,
  Ever since you got that cell phone 
  You've turned into a chatterbox.
Turn off your cell phone baby, you know it drives me crazy;
  Yeah, everywhere we go, you eliminate our flow,
  Put down your cell phone baby, let's jive.
Now listen,
Telecommunications gives everyone a choice,
You can be your own human being or a disembodied voice;
What's so good about talkin' to someone who you can't even see or feel?
What's so good about talkin' nonsense when you're with someone who's totally real?
If you were next to the person who is now on the end of your line
You'd be callin' up someone else even if they was treatin' you fine.
I suspect that you're scared of the present, that you're scared of what's right here;
I suspect that you're scared of yourself, and that nothing near can be dear.
The cell phone exploits your weakness, it drains the world away,
BUT I'VE GOT MY MOJO WORKING AND BABY IT'S TIME TO PLAY!   
Turn off that cell phone baby, you know it makes you lazy;
I've got the hots for you, and you could do it too,
Put down that cell phone baby, LET'S JIVE!

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LOVE PIRATE   music:
Vortis

lyrics:
Mike Weinstein

  Everybody's got a place where they've got to go,
Everybody's got a place where they catch the flow;
It may be on a mountaintop, it may be on the plains,
It may be in a desert or a forest where it rains,
It may be in a city or in the countryside,
You may need to be with people or you may need to hide,
It may be far away or it may be right at home,
You may need to shut yourself inside or you may need to roam,
You may need all your conveniences or be without a thing,
But you always must remember it's yourself that you bring.
(Nonsense Syllables) Let me translate:
My place is everywhere that I happen to be,
'Cause I'm a rasta man and my soul is free,
I've learned to love the pleasures that the world provides,
I don't need my own agenda, I just need to be alive,
I've thrown away my prejudice and all my bigotry,
With everyone I meet I practice love piracy,
Takin' all the plunder, enjoying all the best,
I let it transform me and I jettison the rest.
(Nonsense Syllables)  Let me translate:
All the names of history are at my command,
I rise to each occasion and I make no demand,
Life is a performance art where you play many roles,
Ramify yourself and eliminate your goals,
There isn't any place where you've got to go,
Everywhere that you are you can catch the flow,
There isn't any place where you have to go,
Everywhere that you are you can catch the flow.
 
 

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OUTLAW LOVE   (Tantric Predator)
 
music: Vortis
lyrics:
Mike Weinstein
 
  Courting his Lady from a Golden Throne,
Taking his Love into the Danger Zone;
The Sexual Guerilla's gonna seize the time,
Clearing the way fo his Perfect Crime.

Outlaw Love, defiant and severe,
Outlaw Love, spreading lust and fear;
Outlaw Love, defiant and severe,
Outlaw Love, the force is drawing near.

Love is a passion with a burning flame,
Love is a force that the world can't tame;
Ripping through the stitches that the world has sewn,
Opening the wounds that it needs to leave alone.

Outlaw Love, defiant and severe,
Outlaw Love, spreading lust and fear;
Outlaw Love, defiant and severe,
Outlaw Love, the force is drawing near.

White-hot lust driving deep into the heart,
Consuming all the bonds and bursting them apart;
Leaving its victim to an endless moan
In agony and ecstasy with all the covers blown.

(Rap section - describes the tough-tantra technique)

Outlaw Love, defiant and severe,
Outlaw Love, spreading lust and fear;
Outlaw Love, defiant and severe,
Outlaw Love, the force is drawing near.
 

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