A lot of strong music has come out recently and we're noting the lyrics to four songs that you've hopefully heard already. If not, why not? One's from a soundtrack, one's from a big label, one's about a world that's about to crack, and one's about what's under the table.
From Ani DiFranco's Reprieve, "Millennium Theater" (written by Ani DiFranco):
Millennium theater
Get out there and buy that water and gas
Ramadan orange alert
Everybody put on your gas mask
First leak it out about the president
Then stand up and shout "impeachment"
Pulling coat tails out from under that little V.P.
Before he has a chance to get in the driver's seat
From Michael Franti and Spearhead's Yell Fire, "Light Up Ya Lighter" (lyrics by Michael Franti, music by Michael Franti and Manis Itene):
So me say engine engine number nine
machine guns on a New York transit line
The war for oil is a war for the beast
The war on the terror is a war on peace
Telling you they're going to protect you
Telling you that they support the troops
don't let them fool you
with their milk and honey
No, they only want your money
One step forward and two steps back
Why do veterans get no respect PTSD and a broken back
Take a look at where your money's gone
Seen
Take a look at what they spend it on
No exuces no illusions
Light up ya lighter
Bring em home
From Dashboard Confessional's Dusk and Summer, "Slow Decay" (written by Christopher Carrabba)
You're injuries aren't mortal wounds
The only thing that's killing you
Is what you saw
And what you couldn't stop
Well you're not the one I blame
It wasn't your mistake
But you're safe now so come home
From the soundtrack to the documentary Sir! No! Sir!, Rita Martinson's "Soldier, We Love You" (written by Rita Martinson):
I read that you took a stand
And refused to kill in Vietnam.
You said no man was your enemy
What he's fighting for is to be free.
Ghetto streets lead nowhere
Ghetto cries fill the air.
Uncle Sam's in Nam to loot and rob
And people starve at home cause there's no jobs.
Oh ain't it hard
To smile sometimes?
I know it's hard
To smile sometimes.
We recommend all four songs, we recommend all four albums. If you haven't heard them, make a point to check them out.