1. |
Whistleblower
02:05
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wisdom from ancients
just doesn’t apply
assembly line teaching
put it all online
force me to remember
never to admit
historicity of theory
its oppressive bullshit
i’m not blowing any whistles
i’m punching in the face
we’ve all got things to do here
but i’ve had all i can take
now i’m supposed to pay you
but you’re not worth the cake
i’m not blowing any whistles
i’m asking you to change
don’t take student surveys
cause they’re tracking all your names
to locate those among us
who refuse to play their game
if you’re gonna charge me
to twiddle my thumbs
i don’t need a survey
to say your shit is dumb
i’m not blowing any whistles
i’m punching in the face
we’ve all got things to do here
but i’ve had all i can take
now i’m supposed to sue you
but i haven’t got the strength
i’m not blowing any whistles
i’m asking you to change
they’re trying to destroy you
buy you bit by bit
force us all to hate you
and give up ownership
the only thing to save you
is a new curriculum
increase your relevance
embrace your connectedness
educate don’t assimilate
get out of the way
your people will create
the carnegie unit
has come and gone
grades are dead
we burned them on the lawn
sure we want job skills
but not to be a slave
you reinforce class structure
in the public’s name
i’m not blowing any whistles
i’m punching in the face
we’ve all got bills to pay here
but i’ve had all i can take
now i’m supposed to kill you
but i haven’t got the strength
i’m not blowing any whistles
i’m asking you to change
oh i swear i won’t sue you
if you’ll go ahead and change
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2. |
Counter-Hegemony
01:49
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nothing rhymes with hegemony
yet every word’s the same
nothing rhymes with hegemony
it’s a crooked game
who is this in my mind
constantly chanting buy sell buy
can’t tell what this all means
we know for sure it’s not as it seems
oh nothing rhymes with hegemony
yet every word’s the same
nothing rhymes with hegemony
it’s a crooked game
how to handle all this rage
guillotine too heavy for the digital age
now take down this historic bloc
awaken every soul in the freedom to rock
nothing rhymes with hegemony
yet every word’s the same
nothing rhymes with hegemony
it’s a crooked game
nothing rhymes with hegemony
except for maybe parsimony
it’s just as fucking lame
they better be glad that i use my words
they better be glad that i use my words
they better be glad that i use my words
they better be glad that i use my words
nothing rhymes with hegemony
yet every word’s the same
nothing rhymes with hegemony
it’s a crooked crooked game
nothing rhymes with hegemony
every word’s the fucking same
cause nothing rhymes with hegemony
question everything
it’s all the fucking same
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3. |
Trash Data
02:50
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there’s so much i wanna see
of what you will not show
just like Archimedes
i’ll die to know
what’s so
i wanna know what’s in your trash
i’m gonna look right up your ass
i can sell that data for cash
i wanna know what’s in your trash
would it be intrusive
shall i seek consent
the truth is so illusive
subject malcontent
i wanna know what’s in your trash
objectify objectify
i’m gonna look right up your ass
rectify rectify
i can sell that data for cash
liquefy liquefy
i wanna know what’s in your trash
quantify quantify
methods are exhausted
elicitation drained
i keep on thrusting thrusting forward
it’s how we all were trained
i wanna know what’s in your trash
objectify objectify
i’m gonna look right up your ass
rectify rectify
I can sell that data for cash
liquefy liquefy
i wanna know what’s in your trash
quantify quantify
science runs the bourgeoisie
though analysts askew
cause none of us can ever see
beyond dimension two
i wanna know what’s in your trash
objectify objectify
i’m gonna look right up your ass
rectify
i can sell that data for cash
liquefy
i wanna know what’s in your trash
quantify
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4. |
Bully This
02:34
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you change your mind
all the time
from day to day
and week to week
it changes so fast
you dare not speak
when lies are what you fear
then lies are what you’ll seek
you better not speak
oh don’t you speak
propaganda abounds
predators surround
you just can’t think
your mind is the prey
but they’ll never say
we think you’re unique
when lies are what you say
then lies are what you’ll hear
there’s something to fear
oh you better be clear
his scientific skeet
is never discreet
twelve inches hard put
splatter the wall
now measure it all
against a king’s foot
we put so much stock
in rulers and clocks
when all they are
is a big fat crock
and sales may say
that apple’s on top
but the metrics show
its cherry pie we wanna pop
goes straight to my thighs
to my thighs to my thighs
to my thighs to my thighs
thighs thighs thighs thighs
it’s the truth you fear
and that’s pretty clear
silence will speak
bullies will shriek
truth will be revealed
no one will kneel
we all must speak
let me hear you speak
truth will be revealed
no one will kneel
we all must speak
let me hear you speak
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5. |
Student Accounting
02:28
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administrate do your job
collect those fees do not rob
just dig in deep what do they own
if there’s nothing there then sign a loan
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
get down on your knees
write the check
cash withdraw
atm we take it all
western union paypal’s free
mastercard discover me
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
we will not hear your pleas
can i tell you how many times
i've tried to fit a square peg into a round hole
i don’t know baby where did it go?
pushin these papers is all I know
now you’ve got to pay its just the norm
so gimmie your money and sign this form
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
respect the hierarchy
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
gimmie your money
protect the bourgeoisie
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6. |
Are You Blind?
02:36
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tell me again why you’re not accountable
for every ill that grazes your eyes
tell me again how you stomach the rot
without choking on the lies
two blue ones and a white
oh yes, that’s right
how stupid to forget
our prescription USA
for the land of the not quite free
and the home of the foolishly brave
where the dollar bill becomes the law
and you die if you don’t play the game
so you jones for the jones’s
and hope for a promotion
every night you bow down to pray
now tell me again how you got this way
is this really who you are
you say you have your heart’s desire
but that’s blood on your credit card
one fat fist shoved full in your mouth
the other’s still stuck in the jar
not even plenty is quite enough
and your belly growls deep for more
so tell me again why you’re not accountable
for wrongs done in your name
if freedom means free to take it all
then someone somewhere is prey
two blue one white
oh yes that’s right
tomorrow is another day
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7. |
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i don’t blame the poor
for stealing bread
so i can’t blame you
for messin with my head
still we all
must walk the line
you gotta be first
every time
king capital
it’s your episteme
you is smart
and you is free
bless your hearts
poor little things
they don’t mean
to make it hard
it’s in the gene
to choose luxury
privilege is
as privilege does
acting so tough
when you just need a hug
king capital
it’s your episteme
you is smart
and you is free
bless your hearts
poor little things
got us bootstrappin
living on a dime
tryin to get out
no ladder to climb
they’re only one percent
we’re ninety-nine
been in charge too long
now it’s all on the line
paternalism
bureaucracy
lain at your feet
need to control
make me submit
better give up now
cause i’ll never quit
the world needs water
not codeine
we need energy
not oil
i know you wanna frack me
but i'm rotten to the core
you can’t frack all my cracks
even if you cheat
DV DA? TV TA?
we’ve already got two drills in our hole
and we can’t take three
no we can’t take three
when will we break free
we don’t need
your corrput greed
we are many
we are free
you’re the last
of the lying kings
blame it on
the oligarchs
their superiority
is such a farce
we can see
what you have done
we all want peace
but i’m keepin my gun
king capital
its our destiny
we are many
we are free
will you die
with dad’s legacy
blame it on
the oligarchs
their superiority
is such a farce
we can see
what you have done
you’re not worth killing
but you still better run
king cannibals
it’s our episteme
we is smart
we is free
bless our hearts
poor little things
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8. |
Slave Body
02:39
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demons want to eat you up
licking clean the bones
conscience cries for recognition
quite adrift on the unknowns
in keeping with the old traditions
i'll reconcile the two
deliver you such sweet submission
you'll think that it's the truth
if you try to touch me
you’re going to feel my rage
you want to touch me
just to manipulate
when you touch me
you’re going to feel my pain
if you try to change me
you’re going to feel my rage
demons want to eat you up
licking clean the bones
conscience cries for recognition
quite adrift on the unknowns
in keeping with the old traditions
i'll reconcile the two
deliver you such sweet submission
you'll think that it's the truth
truth truth truth truth
truth truth truth truth
truth truth truth truth
truth truth truth truth
truth truth truth truth
if you try to touch me
you’re going to feel my rage
you want to touch me
just to manipulate
when you touch me
you’re going to feel my pain
if you try to change me
you’re going to feel my rage
truth truth truth truth
truth truth truth truth
truth truth truth truth
truth truth truth truth
demons want to eat you up
licking clean the bones
conscience cries for recognition
quite adrift on the unknowns
in keeping with the old traditions
i'll reconcile the two
deliver you such sweet submission
you'll think that it's the truth
if you try to touch me
you’re going to feel my rage
you want to touch me
just to manipulate
when you touch me
you’re going to feel my pain
if you try to change me
you’re going to feel my rage
now feel my rage
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9. |
Quit Lit
05:31
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tuitions due and there’s books to buy
but accounts on hold in a system glitch
students must be rich rich rich
with a credit card you can get by
but interest is at twenty-nine
conditioned for bureaucracy
eff your title nine diversity
put to the test just like a witch
is how you treat minorities
only see disability
when i provide a paper ream
but doctors charge me every time
insurance is still denied
compliance and integrity
you say it’s your priority
training module was assigned
but there’s nowhere to bill my time
cause hours worked over twenty-nine
count as unpaid overtime
adjuncts in the food stamp line
told cause i’m large i’m such a bitch
should shut my mouth marry rich
you steal my wages while boring me
held to blooms taxonomy
i'm more into perrry’s scheme
no escape and no retreat
these are things that I have seen that warn me out of the academy
so you can take my quit lit
put me on your hit list
i don’t wanna do this
diploma’s just a knick knack
i deserve my money back
can you hear my feedback
you can take my quit lit
put me on your hit list
i’m not gonna do this
soon i can be faculty
then i will have a dean
so i can have someone over me
say don’t use the word epistemology
cause they won’t know what that means
you’ll just hold up the committee
who do it all at least three times
and never ask the reason why
their service is priority
just follow the majority
make an ecological fallacy
the outliers they won’t mind
we do it to them all the time
for thirty years they’ve lied and lied
forced it through to be recognized
transfer becomes generalize
academic freedom dies
all’s quiet in the tenure line
live in fear of the IRB
unclear on generalizability
don’t deserve to reify
or say exempt category five
is only for those in the welfare line
this more than just the reason why
they’re all pissin in cups and wastin time
mindless authority
no reflexivity
these are things that I have seen that warn me out of the academy
so you can take my quit lit
put me on your hit list
i don’t wanna do this
i know there’ve been some cut backs
loans are just a poor tax
can you hear my feedback
you can take my quit lit
put me on your hit list
i’m not gonna do this
if tarynn witten can’t get tenure
then there’s no hope for me
there’s no hope for me
there's no hope for me
ten years a slave
is too much for me
it’s too much for me
it’s too much for me
if tarynn witten can’t get tenure
then there’s no hope for me
there’s no hope for me
there’s no hope for me
these are all the things that i have seen
that warn me out of the academy
these are all the things that i have seen
that warn me out of the academy
so you can take my quit lit
put me on your hit list
i’m not gonna do this
baby we can fight back
we just need a system hack
give em better feedback
not gonna give my quit lit
now you’re on my hit list
you can never stop this
you wish you had my quit lit
forget you and your hit list
you can never stop this
we just want our system back
information hijack
can you hear our feedback
don’t wanna give our quit lit
now you’re on our hit list
you can never stop this
you can never stop this
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10. |
I Can't Wait
00:50
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call me up
take me out
hold my hand
love like this
can’t be planned
baby i can’t wait
to hear the band
and dance all night
dance all night
dance all night
hold me tight
touch my face
kiss my lips
pull me in real close
at the hips
baby i can’t wait
until we trip
and fall in love
fall in love
fall in love
oh baby
i can’t wait until we kiss
i can’t wait until we kiss
i can’t wait until we kiss
we’ll dance all night
now hold my hand
let’s fall in love
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