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Common Sense for Self​-​Defense

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Lights out, all over town
Helicopters buzzing all around
Down there, people on the streets
Getting locked up by the riot police
Barricades, just like before
People pushing back a little bit more
Guaranteed by a democracy
But when you raise your fist in anger
You get beat by police

They say we gotta long history
Marching way back in the 1960s
Then they say we gotta do it again
Just follow the banner of the retirement
March for peace all day long
Sing a song sing a happy song
We’ll change their minds with love or so the story goes
But when their mind is made up we’ll all be marching to war

Looking down the barrel of a loaded gun
Looking down the barrel of a loaded gun
Looking down the barrel of a loaded gun
All that really matters is what side…of the bullet you’re on.

All these crimes committed in our names
So we go out marching again
What matters is our message, play it real smart
But all we have here is a giant PeaceMart
Merchandise everywhere that you look
Say it all on a sweatshop t-shirt
Yellow ribbons look so cute in code pink
The war pigs in the white house are beginning to think

They’re looking down the barrel of their loaded gun
They’re looking down the barrel of their loaded gun
They’re looking down the barrel of their loaded gun
All that really matters is which side…of the bullet you’re on.

Tear gas hitting the ground
Rubber bullets flying all around
Cops charge, you try to hold the line
Clubs a swingin’ to the rhythm of the cries
Lock arms, holding all you got
Riot cops shoot you on the spot
Power to the peaceful, but what does that mean
When they’re stomping on your face for an eternity

Round and round, the cycle always goes
One day, their system will be broke
If you thought that this was all just fun and games
Wait until they hit us with their army tanks
When your city turns into a battlefield
Nonviolence will only get you killed
I got an idea, I think it could be fun
The next time we protest lets do it with guns!

Looking down the barrel of a loaded gun
Looking down the barrel of a loaded gun
Looking down the barrel of a loaded gun
All that really matters is what side
Of the bullet you’re on

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from Article 15, released April 28, 2013

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Article 15 Taos, New Mexico

Article 15 is born from the thirsty earth of northern New Mexico. Using anarcho-punk as a means to an end, their music is a battle cry against hate-mongering fascists and a tool to help build a new world based on peace, justice, and an egalitarian autonomy of the planet and its inhabitants. ... more

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