Flobots - Whip$ and Chain$
lrc by Jermen
Strange fruit I roll up in my ford taurus 
Emissions I wont pass like Gandalf at Moria 
Way out of order 
Sedan with four doors 
Pull out garage and lost side view mirror 
My credit card final fantasy breaks the limit 
I just paid just brakes to break my lemon 
Wont make enough juice for my pessimism 
So I'm not for given 'till my debts forgiven 
Skim off the top 
Convertible roofs 
Thinking spanish 
Green sounds like the truth 
Got it on lock jaw to the tip o' the tooth 
Way I floss no dental insurance to boot 
But my chain hangs low, I could double dutch 
Keep my eyes to the floor so don't stumble much 
I shine at night from all the carrots 
'Cause it's not who you are but who you're wearing 
Stay sportin lashes from the old massa's 
And whats under the chassis 
Clasps on the neck says 
'Property of the masses' 
The block is gentrified while the governor's classic 
Don't know who the boss is do I hold the power 
Or am I powered like horses 
Whip is blowin' out my back like I'm exhaust-ed 
Pipes blowin' more fire than pentecost 
Who killed o? 
Why and what's the reason for? 
Who starts homicidal wars? 
Rich man poor man either or? 
Who shows us what we knead? 
Who's got the bread for the luxuries? 
Who told us it's ingrained? 
We who hold these whips and chains 
If there's no lock who needs a key? 
When did we stop being free? 
I see things vis a vis a sea change 
Full fathom five people became remains deep beneath chains 
We pay into easing these pains 
'Cause the history is difficult 
Wish the results could be flipped like reciprocals 
Allow me to renumerate aloud the typical rude awakenings
of the drowsy consumer base 
Bass boom will make the crowd sing and syncopate with
the views that they're espousing 
Synchronize to the stupid take a thousand 
Sinning like every excuse they make is valid 
Simon Williams I Wonder Man 
Just how did our oil get under their sand? 
And how did our homes get onto their land? 
And how did our foes get guns in their hands? 
Conflict diamonds 
Child labor tennis shoes 
Genocide energy 
Gentrified gin and juice 
Slave trade banks 
Rape-based internet movies 
What's a simple straight-laced human to do 
With a strange fate twist and fame 
Except talk shit and name off a list of gains 
But do you realize I'd find my lips in flames 
If I tried to take pride in these whips and chains 
Who killed o? 
Why and what's the reason for? 
Who starts homicidal wars? 
Rich man poor man either or? 
Who shows us what we knead? 
Who's got the bread for the luxuries? 
Who told us it's ingrained? 
We who hold these whips and chains 
Who holds these 
Who holds these 
Who holds these traps and circuses 
We want it 
They own it 
So we're going half-berserk for it 
Let's take it 
Let's take it 
Let's take it back before cassettes 
Pepsi cans and packs of percocet 
1910 all the factory workers said 
Yes we can demand a weekend 
If we can get the man to weaken 
So if you're ready than send a beacon 
To be continued and to begin 
We can't be content to steep in the anaesthesia 
Invisible hands of phantoms depend on 
Ya fantasies have been poisoned 
But we've got the panacea!
Who killed o? 
Why and what's the reason for? 
Who starts homicidal wars? 
Rich man poor man either or? 
Who shows us what we knead? 
Who's got the bread for the luxuries? 
Who told us it's ingrained? 
We who hold these whips and chains 
Who killed o? 
Why and what's the reason for? 
Who starts homicidal wars? 
Rich man poor man either or? 
Who shows us what we knead? 
Who's got the bread for the luxuries? 
Who told us it's ingrained? 
We who hold these whips and chains 
lrc by Jermen