| "Television, the Drug of the Nation" Written by Michael Franti and Mark Pistel One nation under God Has turned into one nation Under the influence of one drug Television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation On television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation TV, its satellite links Our United States of Unconsciousness Apathetic, therapeutic And extremely addictive The methadone metronome Pumping out 150 channels 24 hours a day You can flip through all of them And still there's nothing worth watching TV is the reason why Less than ten percent of our nation Reads books daily Why most people think Central America Means Kansas Socialism means unamerican And apartheid is a new headache remedy Absorbed in its world it's so hard to find us It shapes our minds the most Maybe the mother of our nation Should remind us That we're sitting too close To the Television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation On television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation TV is the stomping ground For political candidates Where bears in the woods are chased By Grecian Formula'd bald eagles TV is mechanized politics Remote control over the masses Co-sponsored by environmentally safe gases Watch for the PBS special It's the perpetuation of the two party system Where image takes precedence over wisdom Where sound bite politics are served To the fast food culture Where straight teeth in your mouth Are more important Than the words that come out of it Race baiting is the way to get selected Willie Horton or will he not get elected on Television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation On television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation TV, is it the reflector or the director Does it imitate us or do we imitate it Because a child watches 1500 murders Before he's 12 years old And we wonder how we've created A Jason generation that learns to laugh Rather than abhor the horror TV is the place where armchair Generals and quarterbacks Can experience first hand The excitement of video warfare As the theme song is sung in the background Sugar sweet sitcoms That leave us with a bad actor taste While pop stars metamorphosize Into soda pop stars You saw the video You heard the soundtrack Now go buy the soft drink Well, the only cola that I support Would be a union C.O.L.A. (Cost of Living Allowance) On Television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation On television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation Back again, new and improved We return to our irregularly Programmed schedule Hidden cleverly between heavily breasted Beer and car commercials CNNESPNABCTNT but mostly B.S. Where oxymoronic language like "Virtually spotless", "fresh frozen" "Light, yet filling" and "military intelligence" Have become standard TV is the place where phrases are redefined Like "recession" to "necessary downturn" "Crude oil" on a beach to "mousse" "Civilian death" to "collateral damages" And being killed by your own army Is now called "friendly fire" TV is the place where the pursuit of happiness Has become the pursuit of trivia Where toothpaste and cars Have become sex objects Where imagination is sucked out of children By a cathode ray nipple TV is the only wet nurse That would create a cripple Television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation On television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation On television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation On television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation |  More Information About The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Visit the Official Websites of Michael Franti Mark Pistel   |
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