"TERROR INC."
Written by Curt Francisco, Cris Gunther, and Luã Linhares
Produced, Arranged & Mixed by Luã Linhares
Co-Produced & Mixed by Cris Gunther
Introduction Text: Angela Davis
Angela Davis: "Because of the way this society is organized, because of the violence that exists on the surface everywhere, you have to expect that there are going to be such explosions. You have to expect things like that as reactions."
Slave patrols modernized
Jim Crow reborn, weaponized
Vigilantes prey and terrorize
The enemy within
COINTEL kept alive
Unearned perks can only thrive
On a construct based on deceptive lies
Flash back to future crimes
Too many last times
An unbroken line
It ain't no surprise
It's endemic
Black Codes > white flight
Whiplash, Civil Rights
Too many devalued lives
Terror Incorporated
From water canons and canines
To systematic sleek
Convict Leasing redeployed
Savage profits to be reaped
Hedonistic decadence
Unbroken-chain irreverence
Translates into opulence
Wall Street drenched in blood
Too many last times
An unbroken line
It ain't no surprise
It's endemic
Black Codes > white flight
Whiplash, Civil Rights
Too many devalued lives
Terror Incorporated
Charlatan pundits lionized
Catatonic flocks hypnotized
Fueled by fear, they organize
And claim their breadcrumbs
White privilege institutionalized
Melanin-enriched skin criminalized
Critical thought neutralized
And the circle remains unbroken….
We breathe for Amadou Diallo, We breathe for Aiyana Jones,
We breathe for Trayvon Martin, We breathe for Freddie Gray,
We breathe for Miriam Carey, We breathe for Michael Brown,
We breathe for DeAunta Farrow, We breathe for Kendra James,
We breathe for Shereese Francis, We breathe for Tamir Rice,
We breathe for Kathryn Johnston, We breathe for Rekia Boyd,
We breathe for Eric Garner, We breathe for Alberta Spruill,
We breathe for Malcolm X, We breath for Dr. King!
Too many last times
An unbroken line
It ain't no surprise
It's endemic
Black Codes > white flight
Whiplash, Civil Rights
Too many devalued lives
Terror Incorporated
For all of the nameless brothers drownin' in the net...
(Free Mumia)
For all the nameless sisters tryin' to catch a breath...
(Hands off Assata)
For all of the nameless sisters drownin' in the net...
(Black lives matter)
For all of the nameless brothers tryin' to catch a-
© 2015 Cris Gunther/ Mother Brown Publishing, ASCAP. All Rights Reserved.