Culture of Fear-Thievery Corporation

[ti:Culture of Fear] [ar:Thievery Corporation] [al:Culture of Fear] [by:] [offset:0] [00:06.28]Seems to me like they want us to be afraid man [00:10.53]Or maybe we just like being afraid [00:13.22]Maybe we just so used to it at this point that it's just a part of us [00:16.91]Part of our culture [00:19.60]Security alert on orange [00:21.97]It's been on orange since '01 G [00:23.97]I mean what's up man [00:24.97]Can't a brother get yellow man [00:25.66]Just for like two months or something [00:28.16]God damn [00:28.97] [00:30.66]Sick o' that [00:32.35]Mic check [00:33.72]The groove is dead so I'm a rhyme like a lunatic [00:36.16]I do this sh*t with an unassuming wit [00:38.72]The corporation conjured up the bass and the tempo [00:41.10]My name is Liff that's the intro now let's go [00:43.97]The flow of life throwing strife into the mix [00:46.41]The big dark condition and the word is sick [00:48.85]The powers that be [00:49.85]A power in me [00:50.85]To speak a cause [00:51.66]Stress and strife that I see every day [00:53.37]And more to speak upon [00:54.62]Culture of fear [00:55.43]It's up in your ear [00:56.37]They're telling us terrorists about to strike [00:57.93]May be tonight [00:59.24]Right [01:00.50]Let me just back up slowly [01:01.93]With critical analysis of those who control me [01:04.56]It used to be we just had a screen in the crib [01:06.93]On the TV [01:07.81]But now we carry screens when we leave see [01:09.99]Laptops smart phones now we're never alone [01:12.24]A new affliction I call it media dome [01:14.25]But on the road famine is the programming [01:17.18]You want to watch a favorite show because it's so slamming [01:19.75]Hold hands and let's gaze into the beautiful glare [01:22.37]While we're here so immersed in this culture of fear [01:24.69] [02:04.74]We fear the IRS fear the INS [02:06.31]Fear God [02:06.74]I'm more afraid of the planet than the terror squad [02:08.99]Weapons overseas [02:10.11]Mastercard and visa want to buy me the greed [02:12.05]They deceive [02:14.79]The enemy is in the fine print [02:16.79]They assassinate sally [02:17.54]With no sense of the selling [02:19.23]Represent an element ahead [02:21.10] [02:27.37]A sentiment that you feel on the road for real [02:29.62]The deal starts with a spark concludes with a hand shake [02:32.24]Physical to alter the subliminal landscape [02:34.87]Relief thinking I can really trust that guy [02:37.18]To be honest could have should have really punched that guy [02:39.80]Now it's operation shank a banker [02:41.37]Thank you for the loan [02:42.93]See you when you come to repossess my home [02:45.18]Alone at night sweating with visions of Armageddon [02:47.68]I never seen the threat [02:48.80]Yet I feel threatened [02:50.24]Parts of our society designed to smear [02:52.68]Freedom don't succumb to this culture of fear [02:56.12] [02:57.18]Fear fear fear [02:59.43]Don't succumb to this culture of fear [03:00.74]Fear fear fear [03:03.62]Don't succumb to this culture of fear