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about
Recorded between January and April 1989 at Dr. D's in East Oakland, CA.
Produced by Don Paul and Dr. D. Mixed by Myles Boise and Don Paul at Guerrilla Euphonics in Oakland, CA,1995. Remastered by Don Paul in New Orleans, 2016.
lyrics
Crack / War Goin' On
There's a captive nation
Bein' fed and beat
Brothers killin' brothers
Kept livin' off the street
They're shootin' at red
Shootin' at blue
Somebody got to ask
What makes you smoke you?
Where you think Rock come from
How does it get through
Government spends billions
On contracts for Defense
Then its TV tells you
Just can't stop the flow
Take blind eyes not to see
More here than 'Just Say No'
With Crack and Smack and ...
Lashin' to people's backs
Drugs come down from Master
The ruling class's answer
Coke works like opium
For British on Chinese
And Master got nothing
For most colors now--
No jobs--no housing--no use
Except living' on the street
Sellin' on the street
Dyin' on the street
But there's an army ready
Its enemy not red or blue
Just got to turn against
Those got you killing you
'Cause--there's a war goin' on
They're calling it Epidemics
There's a war goin' on
They're calling it Crack and AIDS
There's a water going' on
Against Blacks, Browns and Gays
There's a war goin on
Across the Hemispheres
There's a war goin' on
Playin' on comforts' fears
There's a war goin' on
And it's striking' down people here
With Crack and AIDS
And Smack and AIDS
And Crack and Smack and AIDS
And Dust and Cat and ...
Hey--Hey--Hey--Hey--
Brothers, sisters--Sisters, Brothers
Let's get these off our backs
Let's turn those guns around!
credits
Don Paul, rhythms, melody, and samples
Henri Flood, congas, timbales, and programmed drums.
Dr. D, electric bass, keyboards, and programmed drums.
Mark Crawford, programmed drums.
Enrique Arias, timbales
Henry Kaiser, electric guitar
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