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Suspension Of Disbelief

by SamWise

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Poli-Talk 01:36
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Meet Mr. Smith, sippin’ a fifth The first ill patient that I got on my list Master politician, top of his class But a terminal growth is killin’ him fast He told many to die, for glory and power Sippin’ on his brandy while the war machine devoured He never thought twice about his evil deeds But in his final hour, forgiveness he pleas I step into his room and see the fear in his eyes So I make him an offer that he cannot deny Unlike your many victims that I’ve treated through the years I can make you cheat the reaper there’s no need to fear Your body will die, but your mind is so much better For 10 million dollars I can make you live forever A simple procedure, I plug in your brain And I upload ya dreams into my mainframe The happiest times, at a customized pace With the bad ones filtered like a whiskey chase He wants to remember, the cheering crowds And the day his mother told him she was so proud He pays the fee, I begin the operation Remove the brain and place it in my lab station Vets without limbs and the dead will fill his mind Over and over ‘til the end of time Another mind added to the collection Only the baddest make the selection I got no name the afterlife is what I sell Mr. Smith, welcome to hell
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Look out! Do you see the flames? Who will survive and who will remain? Will you stay where you are with the seatbelt fastened And calmly await, the fate, that’ll happen? Or will you stand up and rise above the sheep That are led to the slaughterhouse in their sleep Will you learn from those that came before? Life is on the line, the choice, yours “Hello everybody, this is your captain Here to report on what has happened Technical difficulties have kept us on the ground The machines won’t move or make a sound I was cleaning my watch, now the engines won’t start Experts are on it, stay calm, have heart” I wake up, confused as hell What’s going on and why does it smell? The temperature is high and it’s not just me “Sorry ‘bout the heat, we got a busted AC” “Perfect, the situation just got better” I was worried about the time now I gotta watch the weather “Look out the window, that isn’t right The wings are on fire and we ‘bout to take flight!” You’re full of it man that can’t be true This plane was approved by a pro trained crew He points outside I can’t believe my eyes The motor is burning, the pilot is blind I try to warn the people I’m interrupted By the voice on the speaker that should be trusted “Remain where you are this is under control Stay in your seat and do what you’re told” I point to the fire, we gotta get movin’ “The pilot wants to stay, he know’s what he’s doing” We climb over heads and run to the exit “If you need anything ring the flight attendant” Look out! Do you see the flames? Who will survive and who will remain? Will you stay where you are with the seatbelt fastened And calmly await, the fate, that’ll happen? Or will you stand up and rise above the sheep That are led to the slaughterhouse in their sleep Will you learn from those that came before? Life is on the line, the choice, yours Back on the runway, doing fine Compared to those that stayed behind They burned to death strapped to the seat Hands above the head looking down at their feet They want to know how we stayed alive Listen to yourself and maybe you will survive Call me a hero, but I a’int much You can be one too if you know who to trust We got out, cuz we saw the smoke And I can smell it today, coast to coast I warn of the fire, you can choose to listen Edutainment, my duty, my mission Remember this every time they speak You can’t control the ground beneath So be prepared to protect your own When lightning strikes and floods the throne Look out! Do you see the flames? Who will survive and who will remain? Will you stay where you are with the seatbelt fastened And calmly await, the fate, that’ll happen? Or will you stand up and rise above the sheep That are led to the slaughterhouse in their sleep Will you learn from those that came before? Life is on the line, the choice, yours
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Mr. Montel, G in a cell You can tell from the guards and the cigar smell Number two on my list, but not from the smoke Too much blow in his nose he overdosed He once was the boss, many soldiers underneath Now he’s kept alive by the skin of his teeth Rob, murder, sell, anything for the dollar Never thought twice, with his people in squalor Your body, ruined, there is no hope Due to expire when your arteries have choked I got a solution to the problem of death I’m a neuro specialist, I know I can help I can take ya brain, attach it to my machine So you can live forever with your favorite dreams We’ll erase all the nightmares with my device A sound investment at a reasonable price He wants to remember when he first met his wife Before his products ruined her life Another couple digits in the account Time to find out what my practice is about All he can see, the demise of his love Suffocating from the pipe, draining her blood He watches her disintegrate again in his mind Over and over ‘til the end of time Another mind added to the collection Only the baddest make the selection I got no name the afterlife is what I sell Mr. Montel, welcome to hell
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I find a pair of stunnas when I’m walking down the street Sunny sky, they’re fly, damn its good to be me But then I put em on and everything changes All black and white and it is the strangest I’m shocked at first but now I feel refreshed I’m wise to the game you can call it being blessed So I wander, lost like an animal stray When I see a big sign that says obey I take em off, and the color comes back A billboard for the new season of crap Orders all around, the message, the same Pleasant, exciting, embedded in the brain Consume conform, no independent thought Stay asleep and never question what authority has taught I try to run away, no escape So I duck into the diner cuz I think its safe I look at all the glowing eyes and don’t know what to think A bunch of hideous monsters in diamonds and mink Brand new suits, pampered hair Breaking bread with humans they’re everywhere I run outside but it doesn’t make a difference All ages and types they assimilate the gifted I look at the reason why we all have a job Plain and bold, this is your god They live, we sleep They got us all blinded glued to the seat They live, we sleep They run the whole world propaganda discreet Take off the shades they don’t look outta place Put em back on They talk in their watches I duck in the alley I can hear the sirens calling Too late, he’s got a gun so he acts tough “suppose we settle down” he’s calling for back up its one of them, and he has the advantage so I stick out my hands and he grins like a bandit he lets his guard down clothesline in the neck I take away his pistol and I shoot him in the chest He falls, they die like we do Once you wake up the disguise is see through I catch another officer but this one is different He has a human face and doesn’t know he’s enlisted I take away the power, beat ya feet Cock my new shotty and I walk out in the street I look around, at all the other human faces We’ve all got the stunnas cuz we’ve lost our patience Time to kick out these space invaders Who enslaved us with their pieces of paper The aliens are scared, they can’t fight back Their weapons are worthless we’ve ditched their crack We march down the road, the army of the trill And we won’t stop til we reach capitol hill They live, we sleep Time to organize the militia of the street They live, we sleep We’re taking it back right from under their feet
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Viktor Bout, merchant of death Blood is a hustle and he is the best Traffiking illegal weapons, premium trade Chaos, destruction, how to get paid He escaped from the law with political connections But that couldn’t stop the truck at the traffic intersection Head-on collision, massive injuries sustained Internally bleeding, slowly dying in pain The clock is running out, you’ve gotta be scared The other side is a mystery, are you prepared? I always arrive right before you meet death The story can’t end when you draw your last breath I know a way out of the great equalizer I net him in my web like a black widow spider He wants to travel, nature, the passion Without the deals to the rival factions He wants to protect the habitat With the billions made from slangin’ gats A missile explodes, a battle erupts Paradise burns and they can’t get enough The warzone rages, in his mind Over and over ‘til the end of time Another mind added, to the collection Only the baddest make the selection I got no name the afterlife is what I sell Viktor Bout, welcome to hell

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The first release from SamWise. A collection of stories based on "Tales From The Darkside", John Carpenter's "They Live," an airplane crash at Manchester Airport and the love of New Mexican Chili.

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released January 1, 2009

All Music & Lyrics by SamWise except where otherwise noted
Produced by SamWise
Mixed by SamWise & Eric Wulc
Mastered by Eric Wulc
Album cover photo by Ben Durfee
Back Cover photo by Lyle Shanahan
Design by Neil Trager

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