《Television The Drug Of The Nation》歌词

[00:00:00] Television The Drug Of The Nation - The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

[00:00:31] One nation under God' has turned into

[00:00:36] One nation under the influence of one drug

[00:00:41] Television, the drug of the nation

[00:00:44] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

[00:00:47] On television, the drug of the nation

[00:00:49] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

[00:00:52] TV, its satellite links

[00:00:55] Our 'United States of Unconsciousness'

[00:00:58] Apathetic, therapeutic an' extremely addictive

[00:01:03] The methadone metronome pumpin' out

[00:01:06] 150 channels, 24 hours a day

[00:01:09] You can flip through all of them

[00:01:11] An' still there's nothin' worth watchin'

[00:01:14] TV is the reason why less than 10 per cent

[00:01:17] Of our nation reads books daily

[00:01:19] Why most people think Central America means Kansas

[00:01:22] Socialism means Unamerican

[00:01:25] An' Apartheid is a new headache remedy

[00:01:31] Absorbed in its world, it's so hard to find us

[00:01:34] It shapes our minds the most

[00:01:37] Maybe the mother of our nation should remind us

[00:01:39] That we're sittin' too close

[00:01:42] To the television, the drug of the nation

[00:01:45] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

[00:01:47] On television, the drug of the nation

[00:01:50] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

[00:01:53] TV is the stompin' ground for political candidates

[00:01:57] Where bears in the woods are chased

[00:01:59] By Grecian formula'd bald eagles

[00:02:04] TV is mechanized politics' remote control

[00:02:08] Over the masses

[00:02:09] Co-sponsored by environmentally safe gases

[00:02:12] Watch for the PBS special

[00:02:15] It's the perpetuation of the two party system

[00:02:19] Where image takes precedence over wisdom

[00:02:22] Where sound bite politics are served

[00:02:24] To the fast food culture

[00:02:26] Where straight teeth in your mouth are more important

[00:02:29] Than the words that come out of it

[00:02:31] Race baiting is the way to get selected

[00:02:34] Willie Horton or Will he not get elected?

[00:02:37] On television, the drug of the nation

[00:02:40] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

[00:02:42] On television, the drug of the nation

[00:02:45] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

[00:02:59] TV, is it the reflector or the director ?

[00:03:03] Does it imitate us or do we imitate it?

[00:03:05] Because a child watches 1500 murders before he's 12 years old

[00:03:11] An' we wonder why we've created a Jason generation

[00:03:13] That learns to laugh rather than to abhor the horror

[00:03:21] TV is the place where armchair generals

[00:03:24] An' quarterbacks can experience first hand

[00:03:26] The excitement of video warfare

[00:03:29] As the theme song is sung in the background

[00:03:33] Sugar sweet sitcoms that leave us with a bad actor taste

[00:03:37] While pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars

[00:03:43] You saw the video, you heard the soundtrack

[00:03:46] Well, now go buy the soft drink

[00:03:48] Well, the only cola that I support

[00:03:51] Would be a Union C.O.L.A., cost of living allowance

[00:03:54] On television, the drug of the nation

[00:03:57] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

[00:04:00] On television, the drug of the nation

[00:04:02] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

[00:04:17] Back again, 'new an' improved'

[00:04:18] We return to our irregularly programmed schedule

[00:04:22] Hidden cleverly between heavy breasted beer

[00:04:25] An' car commercials

[00:04:27] CNN, ESPN, ABC, BCB, TNT but mostly B.S.

[00:04:35] Where oxymoronic language like 'virtually spotless'

[00:04:41] 'Fresh, frozen', 'light yet filling'

[00:04:44] An' 'Military Intelligence' have become standard

[00:04:49] TV is a place where phrases are redefined

[00:04:52] Like 'recession' to 'necessary downturn'

[00:04:55] 'Crude oil' on a beach to 'mousse'

[00:04:58] 'Civilian death' to 'collateral damages'

[00:05:02] An' being killed by your own army

[00:05:04] Is now called 'Friendly fire'

[00:05:11] TV is the place where the pursuit of happiness

[00:05:15] Has become the pursuit of trivia

[00:05:17] Where toothpaste an' cars have become sex objects

[00:05:22] Where imagination is sucked out of children

[00:05:26] By a cathode ray nipple

[00:05:28] TV is the only wet nurse that would create a cripple

[00:05:34] Television, the drug of the nation

[00:05:36] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

[00:05:39] On television, the drug of the nation

[00:05:41] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

[00:05:44] On television, the drug of the nation

[00:05:47] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

[00:05:50] On television, the drug of the nation

[00:05:52] Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation