- 1. Maxwell Murder
Maxwell can't tell he's in hell
he just wants you to visit him there
same old game that he's playin'
his rules are never fair
nobody want to look back everybody wanna get high tonight
before they run outta time where's the felon the chargible
felon the name of the crook who committed the crime
- 7 Years Down
There's a place where I like to go
When I got no food or I got no shelter
It's a house where I can get away
For maybe three days
To get off the drink and stay off the haze
Who's the opposition I'm seven years down
The human spirit prevails
- A Power Inside
There's a power in a human, there's a power inside
There's a power inside every man alive
There's a power in a human, there's a power inside
There's a power inside every man alive
There's a power inside every man alive
When I look into your empty pockets
The storm is nothing, cause it's already here
- Arrested In Shanghai
They assured me I was guilty but I commited no crime
They said confessions bring lenience so they put me on the line
So I protest the massacres at the Tiananmen Square
My friends said yo, stay away man, you better not go fucking back there
They wouldn't let me write about my opinions about the state
And freedom of expression they would never tolerate
And the military secrets that I never did steal
- As One
War between races
War between lies
War between something that was deep inside
You was wrong all along
I was right you lied
You to the n to the ity
Straight down too late can it kick the feeling
Looking from the bottom I can't see the ceiling
- As Wicked
I saw an old man on the street
he was in a dumpster lookin' for somethin' to eat
he moved so slow like a dyin' dream
like a machinist who got caught in the machine
I saw this lady and she was cryin'
she said it's hard when someone you love is dyin'
I saw this kid who was about 5 years old
- Axiom
On the cusp of an explosion
I answer with evil that's the way that I play it
Street Turks multiple confusions
I gnash spit
I grind my teeth
Got a gun and a knife
Staring back at you
No security force or vigilante's
- Back up Against the Wall
Rock gets hot, now she can’t stop
She’s a lot, a lot like a robot
And she can’t be bought, and her nerves are shot
And she starts to rot, from the inside out
She said I don’t need you to save me, but there’s people here trying to play me
And there’s no jobs that will pay me, enough to feed my family
And I got my back up against the wall
- Backslide
Like sand, just take your dreams away
Running on the ground
At the end of the day it's your life, your loss
If you can't get the clock around
I said what I got you can have ?
You better not miss a shot
You're letting yourself get into all kinds of danger
- Born Frustrated
Is it you?
Is it you who's been orchestrated?
Is it you?
Is it you who's born frustrated?
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Is it you?
Hey! Hey! Hey!
- Daly City Train
He was an artist and a writer
And a poet and a friend
In a man's life he will take a fall
But how low he goes it just depends
He's shooting dope in the men's room
At the station Daly City train
Have you ever seen an angel well I know I have
They'll stay here for a while and then they'll fly away
- Damnation
Lets go down town
Tell me what your seeing
Tell me what it's like
To get that old cold feeling
Spend all night just
Looking at the ceiling
Living in a blown out
Hotel building
- Dead Bodies
Disfigured and oblique
From the appetite that I seek
I'm a hungry cannibal
I'm a rabid animal
My remains are being scattered
I've been bludgeoned, I'm in pain
Stomach pains are coming
And they strike with demon speed
- Disconnected
Where's my girl where has she gone
She once was beautiful and innocent
I can't believe in what she says I
Look at her and she looked the other way
Disconnected from feeling alright
Disconnected and it ain't black and White
Disconnected there's a sword
- Dominoes Fall
Hey ho, let the bombs blow
Let the dominoes fall
I ain't got control [x2]
No control of destiny
Wake me up to reality
I can just see Anarchy
And there ain't no telling
- Dope Sick Girl
This song is about a girl
Who ripped me off
She was dope sick
Dope sick girl hit and run
She took my money
Eighty seven dollars gone
Now she's running
- East Bay Night
Another east bay night
East bay night
East bay night
East bay night
When the sun goes down
And the night come around
And the fog come a rolling in,
- Everybody's Sufferin'
What a depression
What a depression
What a depression
Upon this land
Everywhere you're going
People, they all suffer
Everywhere you're going
- Evil's My Friend
Crime epidemic Never going down
Unsympathetic Put you in the ground
System systematic Survival in the town
Only if you let it Gonna drag you down
Evil's my friend
Evil's my friend again
- Face Up
Well it's just another day of getting into trouble
Chasing all the booze with another bottle
When I went into a bar looking for some quiet
I said the wrong thing and it turned into a riot
Hand good, hand good, face good, face good
I'm lucky to wake a face up
Hand good, hand good, face good, face good
- Fall back down
Don't worry about me, I'm gonna make it alright
Got my enemies crossed out in my sight
I take a bad situation gonna make it right
In the shadows of darkness I stand in the light
You see it's our style to keep it true
I've had a bad year, a lot to go through
I've been knocked out, beat down, black and blue
- Grave Digger
Grave digger, digging all the way down
Grave digger, digging all the way down
Grave digger, digging all the way down
Digging all way down to the underground
Digging all way down to the underground
Well you're born into money with your legacy out
You move through the darkness with no sense of sound
- Harry Bridges
Bloody Thursday was July 6th
The pigs killed three workers harry bridges grabbed the mic
The city shut down July 6th the workers outrage it was a general strike
The media claimed that the commies were taking over and some believed it was true
Three uncompromising strikes was paved the way
Minn Sf and Toledo
Over and over again the doors are locked
- Honor Is All We Know
Don’t change a goddamn thing, hold your head up high
When the hard times come, we have the strength to defy
Believe in yourself, let the arrow leave the bow
Honor is among us, honor is all we know
The night has come and we no longer see
Better days around the corner, for you and me
Receive the horizon dawn’s golden glow
- Hooligans
Yeah!
Here"s the new face of rock-n"-roll!
It"s about fightin" toe to toe...
Hard times come,
Yeah the hard times go.
When I say, come one, come all.
Well all the hooligans and bootboys know one thing for sure,
- Hoover Street
She's a Salvador immigrant, head through a thin wall
A frail hooker, holding her carnal walls
Gleaming sky scraper bunker he looked down
Laugh hysterically and then he spread around
On Hoover Street, then he must be alone
The precious little, the kid cashed/cast the woes
Of a ? girl she kind of made you spill
- Hyena
Rancid - Hyena
I'm money broke and it's no joke can't core use the rope this time (Hey !!)
Nuckel up buckel up the ride's getting rough but i will not loose my mind (Hey !!)
I asked'em if i could come in and the first thing they said was no (Hey !!)
If i can't come in thats mean that i can't come back that means i got nowhere to go
(repeat 2x)
I'm a hyena fighting for lion share
- I Ain't Worried
I ain't worried about a god damn thing
I hear them talking. I ain't listening Listening
How many times did you tell me I was wrong
But I didn't listen to you and I only stayed strong
In a world where people don't hang on too long
I belong - I belong
Prove me wrong - Prove me wrong
- I Am the One
Are you gonna be ready to use it
If you hesitate they'll pursue it
Put the gun to the dome no question
Now the holy ghost in question
What about the banks
When they say go
Standing at the top and can't let go
- I'm Not The Only One
She's got her life going she is still breathing
It's not a proven fact it's just a feeling
Her old man doesn't own her like he did before
He once was so clear but now he's a blur
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S NOT AFRAID OF YOU
The homeless child is no roll she played
It is real as anything the system has made
She's a monument forever standing
- Indestructible
And I know, I’m indestructible
And I know, I’m indestructible
Tonight!
Break down! Caught tell me it's not true
It’s a shakedown! Come on tell me who are you
It’s so fake now, everything I see right through
I’m ashamed now, to say I ever know you
- International Cover-Up
[Repeat x2]
Back down no back down comin' up
Rise up no rise up showin' up
Lock down no lock down comin' up
International cover-up
What about the state of the union
What about the guns they're using
- It's Quite Alright
I can tell you how it'll go down
But only you can tell me how it'll end
All systems just stop right here
And all we are is pretend.
So many things can be a mystery
But all we're seeking is freedom
You realize that your reality
Is gonna be there to greet 'em
- Ivory Coast
For 24 hours on the Ivory Coast,
They release soldiers from their post,
They dedicate champagne, for a toast,
They pay dividends to the country's host.
They said, Tonight, you can leave your home,
But tomorrow, it's gonna be the way of the gun,
And the curfew, won't allow you to roam, roam, roam,
- Junkie Man
Ah, it's burning up!
The common man doesn't suffer pain like this
Only the soul that has never been kissed
Let us adore our beautiful son
He's ridin' on the river of Babylon
Oh, burn it up, ah shoot it up, bring on the brightness
See the son of god is comin' up and I see a likeness
Internalize the lunacy of the misery is showin'
- LA River
1951 Small town kids
got nothing to do
But dream all night
of movie stars and Cadillac cars
And beautiful girls
and big city lights
LA River dragnet coming down
- Lady Liberty
I want nothing to do with your crazy world
Broken promises, just poor annoyances
I am branded by that time, all abandoned and alone
From the contras to the upstarts to shouting Sandanista
Lady Liberty, come down and bleed on me
You had me to believe that the streets are paved in gold
Storming (terrorists?), then the cold hits
- Last One To Die
Everybody saying we gotta take a chance
And telling me what the hell went wrong
We only listen to the words that we sing
Now a million are singing along
(Last one)
We got it right, you got wrong,
Were still around (last one to die)
- Liberty and Freedom
Out in the open
They ain't gonna hide
Police state upon us
Prepare to collide
They're gonna keep you down
Step on your neck
Can't move no more
- Life Won't Wait
Jesus and his ? wage a final war
Religious self-prestigious keep the quest for the holy grail
The eye atop the pyramid is open and awake
The Pagans hold the rituals and the fire won't begin to say:
Division is the new world order.
Division is the new world order.
Division is the new world order.
- Listed M.I.A.
God damn, man, I almost had it
Stuck in the sewer beneath all the maggots
I ain't foolin', I've been pursuing
A way to get out of these dirty old ruins
I'm checkin' out, I'm never comin' back again
I'm checkin' out, I'm listed M.I.A.
- Lulu
Lulu
Ah Lulu
Ah
Where the middle
Class breaks up
The working class
Better wake up
- Maxwell Murder
Maxwell can"t tell he"s in hell
He just wants you to visit him there
Same old game that he"s playin"
His rules are never fair
Nobody want to look back evrybody wanna get high tonight
Before they run outta time where"s the felon the chargible
Felon the name of the crook who committed the crime
- Midnight
Midnight
I know where I am
That's right
I know where I'm going
Shut down
Vacant city ghost town
Tensions rising
Kick kick kick the door in
- Motorcycle Ride
If you want to make a move then you better come in
It's just the ability to reason that wears so thin
Living and dying and the stories that are true
The secret to a good life is knowing when your through...
...Before she died
I bit the bullet on a motorcycle ride
- New Orleans
Well I went south
With a case of survival
To amend my heart
That's paper thin
You see I felt her words
And her images filed
I'm gonna carry my
Heart to New Orleans
- Nihilism
Come into the union district
Drive down on Sharmon Palms
White ghettos paint a picture
Broken homes and broken bones
I was so full of scotch I could not stand up
I was hittin the shots and I moved to a cup
Release me from moral assumption
Total rejection total destruction
- Oil And Opium
Yangon Sule Pagoda hasn't seen since '88
Burma's bloody crackdown killing many in the hate
Peaceful Buddhist monks, soldiers in the hunt
Left the bodies in the jungle to be eaten by the lake
Oil and Opium
The poor have been beaten upside down
- Old Friend
Good morning heartache
You're like an old friend
Come and see me again
Look up you're in Cleveland again
A solid line that never ends
I've got stories that you'll never believe
And I know it I wear it I wear it on my sleeve
- Olympia WA
Hangin" out with Lars down on 6th street
he knew I was in trouble
I was feeling much like the devil
there was something burnin" deep inside of me
ran into three Puerto Ricans
these girls took us to the funhouse
where we played a lonely pinball machine
- Olympia, WA
Hangin' out with Lars down on 6th street
He knew I was in trouble
I was feeling much like the devil
There was something burnin' deep inside of me
Ran into three Puerto Ricans
These girls took us to the fun house
Where we played a lonely pinball machine
Hangin' on the corner of 52nd and Broadway
- Otherside
I was an athiest,
You were the crucifix,
We put our differences to the side,
Lesson tought,
Well Lesson learned,
Your heart was bigger than any man alive,
You told me not to mourn
- Out of control
let's Go!
The Prophet speaks his language, reeks,
A vile dogma taht schemes and sneaks,
His blood is weak, he's an oil sheik,
Information leak, operationtweek
There's no security in the battlefield,
Metal cannons shape the human shields,
- Raise Your Fist
Raise your fist (raise your fist)
Against the power (raise your fist)
Oppress the power that exists
Raise your fist (raise your fist)
Against the power (raise your fist)
Oh the power that exists
In the land of freedom, I will make a clean
- Rats In The Hallway
knock knock
come in
you wanna fight
i'm gonna win
i'll take you out
in a minute
step in my flat
see what's in it
- Roots Radical
Took the 60 bus out of downtown Cambell Ben Zandito
He was on there he was waitin' for me
All the punk rockers and the moon stompers
Are out on the corners where
They sparing for change
I started thinking, you know I started drinking
I don't remember too much of that day
Something struck me funny when we ran out of money
- Roots Radicals
Took the 60 bus out of downtown Campbell
Ben Zanotto, he was on there, he was waiting for me
All the punk rockers and the moon stompers are out
On the corners where they're sparing for change
I started thinking you know I started drinking,
I don't (really) remember too much of that day.
Something struck me funny when we ran out of money.
- Ruby Soho
Echoes of reggae comin' through my bedroom wall
Havin' a party up next door but I'm sittin' here all alone
Two lovers in the bedroom and the other started to shout
All I got is this blank stare and that don't carry no clout at all
Destination unknown
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby soho
Destination unknown
- Salvation
Come on baby won't you show me what you got yeah!
I want your salvation woah
(X2)
there's a neighborhood called blackhawk
where all the rich people hide
I was down on my luck working for the salvation army
The shelter is where i reside
- She's Automatic
The way that she moves
Well I was aroused, impowered, impassioned by every move
It's so cold outside, we need a place to hide
Go into the club to thaw out for the night
She's automatic, so automatic
The way that she moves, the way that she moves
She's automatic, so automatic
The way she moves
- Side Kick
(I had a dream I was a Vigilant side kick)
My name is Tim I'm a lesser-known character
(I had a dream I was a vigilant side kick)
Fighting crime in the streets together
Down in Oakland
Off of West Grand
St.Joseph Relief Program
- Sidekick
I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick
My name is Tim I'm a lesser- known character
I had a dream I was a vigilante's side kick
Fighting crime in the streets together
Down in Oakland
Off of West Grant
St. Joseph relief poor program
- Skull City
She's my go-go baby
She's my honky tonk girl
She dances on my table
She dances on a pole
Some cities born,
Some cities burn
Some cities die,
- Solidarity
Solidarity love and unity
Set me free with a bullet and a gun
You said it was nothing
I knew it was something
It was no surprisin' I saw you cryin'
About you
- Spirit of 87
Saturday,
Where else are you gonna go?
Ain't no way,
I'm gonna end up at the disco,
Make my way,
Through fist fights and stilettos,
To rock and roll, rock and roll.
- St. Mary
She's got a ticket and she's waiting at the station
She's got to get away as far as she can
Her problems will arise as sure as the sun shine
She's got to get used to living on the lam
Now Mary's out the door with a loaded forty four in her hand
Shooting down the law that shot down her dear departed man
- Stickin' In My Eye
When i look 'round, i only see outta one eye
As the smoke surrounds my head i hear the voices,
But i can't make out their words saying things,
Saying things that
I got something sticking in my eye
There's something sticking in my eye
There's something sticking in my eye
I feel unusual from thinking
- Stranded
When I walked into the hotel room,
i had an old case in my hand...
It was a 1962, Fender acoustic guitar.
Yeah you've been my friend,
through thick and thin,
where do i begin
to tell you what we've seen.
Together all over the world,
- Tattoo
Yeah
Well I heard you say I need something
About friendship that loyalty's the weapon of the weak
When you can't, can't, can't, can't, can't realize
And the tears comes down and release
My love to you is true
- That's Just The Way It Is Now
Car lights flash my eyes
Blinded, hypnotized
Lord knows I'm living
And I'm never coming back
Now one generation dies
Next one wins the prize
And that's the big surprise
There's demise in all of their lies
- The 11th Hour
Alright
Hey little sister do you know what time it was
When you finally seen all your broken dreams
Come crashing down your door
I say, they demand an answer and they demand it quick
Or the questions fade and the wasted days
Come crawling back for more
And I say do you know where the power lies
- The 11th. Hour
Hey little sister do you know what time it was
when you finally seen all your broken dreams
come crashing down your door
they demand an answer and they demand it quick
or the questions fade and the wasted days
come crawling back for more
do you know where the power lies? and who pulls the strings
- The Bravest Kids
The teleprompter is read
By the telegenic dead
And it goes out across the nation
There ain't no war information
The bravest kids I know
Are the one's that got to go
Fighting over there
- The Harder They Come
Rancid - The Harder They Come
(Originally by Jimmy Cliff)
Well, they tell me of a pie up in the sky
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day you're born and when you die
They never seem to hear even your cry
- The Highway
Night clubs and one night stands, play a show then I'm off again
This is my life living on the highway.
Its all I've ever done, all I've ever known
Just wanna play one more show, make some music with my friends!
I am working class culture, seen the bleak side of the American experience
Scatter in the streets and show me what you got
This is no set of ideas, this is flesh and blood.
- The Wars End
Little Sammy was a punkrocker
You know his mother never understand him
Went into his room and smashed his Billy Bragg record
Didn't want him to hear that communist lecture
Little Sammy was a punkrocker
You know his mother tried to take him to war
War Sammy now the wars over
War Sammy we're at the wars end
- The Way I Feel
Pick me back up just to throw me back down
Apologies too late when you're up against the wall
Compassion heals while duplicity kills
You say that I'm different, you say that I'm different
The only thing different is the way I feel about you
Nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah nah
You moved up the ladder at very rapid speed
- This Place
This place is a tale of terror
This place is a ghost town now
This place has lost its people
This place has lost its charm
The coals on the fire ain’t burnin’ no more
In the lake shore foundries
The workers mislead by corporations
- Time Bomb
If you wanna make the move
Then you better come in
It's just ability to reason
That wears so thin
Living and dying and the stories that are true
Secrets to a good life is knowing when you're through
Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac, yeah
- Tropical London
If you lose me, you lose a good thing, that's one thing I know for sure.
If you lose me, girl, you lose a good thing, that's one thing I know for sure.
When you were sick, girl, I held your hand,
When you were troubled I tried to understand,
Staying with you I did anything I can,
'Cause losing you was not part of the plan.
- Whirlwind
every city got an artery where the blood breaks down
an avenue or a boulevard and a boy who wears a crown
indigant live styles mplies simply lack of means
dogmatical authoritarians dictate the cities remains
a promise
to go to heaven wont put salvation in sight
Whirlwind is coming down on me
when the factory shut down so did the place he lived
- You Don't Care Nothin'
A cat lies awake when it sleeps
Was she conscious of her own miseries
Will the agony of her pain
Win her to enlightenment and set her conscience free
Do you really wanna know what's happening
Do you really wanna know what's going on
Hey girl you better please take a look around
Explore your heart and find out for yourself
- You Want It, You Got It
You want it, we got it
This is the place
Where everyone can belong
You want it, we got it
Kicking up a riot
Won't you all sing along
Can't tell you