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Criminalized Survival

by Dr. Ghost

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1.
The birth of our nation was shot on a 12 reel The modern aberration learned how to conceal Hiding in plain sight It's nothing new Numbers keep rising But we all see who you have chosen to lead you The hate all of you agree to More organized, disguise revised, decentralized Recruit the weak, weed out the meek, and mobilize The new face of hate The new face of retreat, relapse to a place that never existed Regress, rehash settled ground that you have twisted The stewards of civility Policing through hostility A hindrance you slow down all progress It's not just you this is all our mess Leverage all that I have to stop you Every last ounce of will to fight you Everything to make you feel safe, for no reason Everything to save you from pain, no fucking reason
2.
They rape and they murder, they take and they burglar- the innocent criminalized They treat us like cattle with methods of battle- their violence is normalized The villain victimized, the victim vilified A tragedy that's twisted to justify Through the threat of force the collective will is to subjugate, compliant or be killed We always stall, run to our sides instead of fighting their attempts to divide Denigrate the pure- a killer walks Make excuses to ensure- a killer walks The imbalance secure- a killer walks Victimize- The Villain- Demonize- Innocence
3.
Of my own death- counting each beat can't catch my breath I can not sleep- nothing ever feels complete An endless worthlessness, a life uncertain Taking your place in line means giving up what gives you purpose As the world grows I'm feeling like I'm shrinking To fit into a mold of wishful thinking I fucking hate seeing fake happy people They see me as beneath them not as equal I fought to keep everything at bay Make it work for me another day Stifle who I thought that I should be Give it all up to finally have a seat The isolation by design gets heavy Day after day on a rewind choking me I don't know how much longer I can keep this up It would be so much easier to just give up I thought of you, and how you've gone away I've lost a few, but never lost your pain I wish, no one had my name So I, could finally end the pain
4.
From the outside, everything you do with ease reminds me of my shortcomings my deception, my friend my disease From the outside, there's more space to hide you don't have to try surviving behind lies I know, you owe- hatred to the past, stains that will outlast I know, your soul- the hurt that you feel, is very fucking real You've let you scars take over, not further we are closer I won't give up on you, I won't give up for you The weight above, from what you love, wins in the end From the outside, trying to get a glimpse of a life that won't exist for an outcast, for a lost convict From the outside, it's easy to retreat hide behind belief, and something incomplete When it hits I know that this will be it Get me back on my feet, get me back to the street When it hits I know that it will be there always in the air, another nightmare I let it walk on through today Carry it with me everywhere
5.
Facing Death 02:57
Death is always waiting for you, every single day always in the way, there's no escape Police come knocking at your door, a gunmen in the store a shooter at your school Waking up in a combat zone, not safe in your home, a threat that's homegrown State sanctioned force through violence, safety's the expense, equates to consent Simply a man that holds your fate, blood thirsty with hate a walking disgrace, no checks in place They are human beings with flaws, and pain that they cause is met with applause Every single day another life is lost and you do nothing It trickles down from the top, and endless stream that won't stop Inspires fringe behavior, each loss of life your failure Divide and conquer while we fight, by design Fuck you for every gunshot, and the militant onslaught Influences copycats, play with the toys they amass
6.
The Stain 01:23
Everything that Ive got again keeps falling short From the beginning meant to fail with no support We are well past the last resort See through the attempts to distort It's something that you just fell into Not anything you build, just something you abuse Stuck in poverty only here to serve To fatten you wall because you think it's what you deserve Get what you deserve This is all of me Everything you see Your greed has built a worlds that's bleeding A stain is the mark that you're leaving We're left here to fix your mess Pull us out of distress
7.
In Black 04:06
This is why I'm living here day to day Isolated to keep everyone safe Cancer to the harmony of the machine Arms down line up for the the unseen I thought I knew the person, that I would have to be From dusk till dawn coercion, see how the leeches feed I went with a purpose, ready for the burden Looking for the ghost of a person determined Out here all alone, fighting the unknown I went walking there one day, but I need what it takes away I will never have a name to defame I won't know this life the same, poverty's pain There's nothing out there for me, nothing to end the suffering They got rid of the chance to climb and left us all to die, we rot while everything floats to the top I tried to pick up, the cost of living keeps rising Stagnation's trapped me, in a prison of my own making I'm dying right in front of you Starvation's always cutting through Not trying to get in the way or interrupt anyone's day It doesn't work for me, that life of thievery I'm never going back, I'm perfect dressed in black To win someone must lose, fuck over light the fuse That life is not for me
8.
Wasting time as the temperature keeps climbing It doesn't look like anything's surviving Wasting time while the levels are rising Pay no attention because there's no use fighting Bleed it dry Nothing will survive What's the bottom line, this time What's the cost to hide, your crimes Falling on our backs Every dollar you make comes at our expense Your excuse, our demands Your profits, chain our hands Willing to sacrifice everything for greed Willing to put your wants above our needs Fuck this shit and fuck you too Fuck what you have put us through Taken out from underneath our feet Taken by force taken by deceit Stockpile for today, short term Watch it burn away, never learn In the end it's us- who pays back everything that you fucking take What's gonna be the excuse this time What's gonna be the official line Feed us all lies while you turn a blind eye Holding money over all of our lives Our well being has no meaning, only fleeting Bleeding us dry When you go away After your last days We will all remain Nothing will remain
9.
Nothing ever just looks the same Nothing is who we all became Another blank derivative Nothing to push initiative The tide keeps pushing at your back Confusion leads you to attack Turning around and back on track Turned around you stop and fall back I know that you don't want to have to stop and face Anything that questions your place I know that you would rather stay behind and wait So nothing will change It's something you were never shown Never taught or learned at home Write over history to lie and cheat your place at the throne It's something you were never told, manipulate to intake to control Conditioned to fight back, despite all that you lack Nothing unchanged nothing remains of the fairy tale that you claim A made up world that comforts you, reality keeps cutting through The tide is turning all around Bury your head into the ground It's speeding up while you slow down Afraid you'll sink alone and drown Holding on to what never was, echoes repeated from above Blindly take it all in, it's the new religion Patience is wearing thin, we're ready to begin Convalescence but you can't see, who is pulling the strings
10.
Groomed by the repetition, stewards of everyone The contras have been replaced They found new ways to displace Sow the seeds of restlessness A new soldier used to erase Faceless united, destabilizing Poisoning us all from the inside out I know that this is not our fault, desperations breeds violence by default I know the pain you feel is real, everything you can do to conceal Deceptive opposition Guerillas worshipping guns This is a battlefield Duck and cover to be safe Fear the motivation Nation under the gun
11.
Do Crime 03:03
Another crutch that makes me unable to stand It starts so innocent but quickly out of hand Something I know, on familiar ground Up to shut down I know that this is not ok Maintain a level to delay I know I'm throwing time away Manage the sickness, this is not ok Infection growing each day A mercy sedation Another crutch carried along just like a badge Like being soaked in gasoline holding a match Takes me to a place I've known all of my life where i can always hide Slowly bleed out, face down on the bathroom floor Away from here, circle the drain from that life before Desperation, fuels frustration Do crime to stay alive Looking through numbness for some pain Something to hurt something to feel Hoping today that it will rain Tomorrow never has appeal Mercy on me So I can breath So I can be Mercy on me
12.
Sometimes it all collides, we need somewhere to hide Sometimes we all get lost, we all need help across I know the frame, you know, you know mine too I'll take the blame, for me, for me for you You don't like change so you gave up, stuck in a rut Nothing changes you just wake up, wake the fuck up We all weather the storm Rising waters flood the streets, we're out of time Some of us are left to die, others rescued on our dime Lets end the cycle, rides on your sacrifice A downward spiral, it all comes at a price We're not the same, I don't know, how you got here Your path is your's, alone, life is severe We can't be blind to the difference, of the framework That lifts some but holds others down, holding us down From in here it seems, like it's all the same From in here it seems, outside is to blame There are two worlds, that have the opposite set of rules There are two worlds, different neighborhoods and different schools
13.
Hearing you repeating the same thing On display how someone else, showed you how to think I'm not anything like you I'm done including the few This is the last time you'll have a chance to wake up from your backwards romance Indulge your weakness, protect your secret I can't keep coming here with you Conditioned compliance subdues Oblivion does not buy you a pass You fucking rat Ignore the cost of your privileged path A violent past
14.
I was living upside down, turned around and floating Hiding in another drink, no sign of it slowing down Under redwood I told you That you are me and I do Everything pushing you, pulling me, cuts in two From nothing to know you, to be me, fighting through We will bleed, we will need, when we fall Pick me up, on your feet, stand tall I was sitting upside down, turned around not watching The fire that was chasing me, that chaos that was blocking you Under redwood I told you That you are me and I do Everything pushing you, pulling me, cuts in two From nothing to know you, to be me, fighting through We will bleed, we will need, when we fall Pick me up, on your feet, stand tall To the end of it all, the first light to the last call When all time strips away, side by side we decay This nothing, big empty Holding me down, choking the life from me I looked for an escape, avoid any more pain Not worth the price I paid, but it's all erased The last light in the sky The last night when I die The end the beginning, nothing is finite When it darkens tonight When the light is too bright The end the beginning, nothing is finite Everything was upside down, and slowly turning on me A vapid life, a shallow grave, the weight of hollow trappings Under redwood I told you That you are me and I do Everything pushing you, pulling me, cuts in two From nothing to know you, to be me, fighting through We will bleed, we will need, when we fall Pick me up, on your feet, stand tall You are the light that burns the night

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full length album from long beach melodic hardcore anarcho-punks dr. ghost

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released April 16, 2019

All songs written, recorded, and mixed by Wesley Richards at Riot Ready Records in Inglewood, CA
All songs mastered by Sam Whips Allison

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melodic hardcore anarcho-punk from long beach, ca

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