[00:00:00] The Winter Of The Long Hot Summer - The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy [00:00:11] It all seemed so idiotic all the accusations of unpatriotic [00:00:17] The fall we'll always remember capitulating silence [00:00:20] Election November before the winter of the long hot summer [00:00:25] Somewhere in the desert we raised the oil pressure [00:00:28] And waited for the weather to get much better [00:00:30] For the new wind to blow in the storm [00:00:33] We tried to remember the history in the region [00:00:36] The French foreign legion Imperialism [00:00:38] Peter O'Toole and hate the Ayatollah were all we learned in school [00:00:44] Not that we gave Hussein five billion [00:00:46] Not of our new bed partner the Syrian [00:00:49] And of course no mention of the Palestine situation [00:00:54] It was amazing how they steamrolled [00:00:57] They said eighty percent approval [00:00:59] But there was no one that I knew polled [00:01:02] No one had a reason for being in the Gulf [00:01:06] We waited for congress to speak up illegal build up [00:01:09] But no one would wake up [00:01:11] Our representatives were Milli Vanilli's [00:01:14] For corporate Dallas Cowboy Beverly Hillbillies [00:01:23] With perfect timing the politicians rhyming their sentiments [00:01:26] So nicely oil gold and sand my sediments precisely [00:01:33] We regretfully support the lunacy [00:01:35] I'm afraid there is no time for more scrutiny [00:01:38] National unity preserve our community [00:01:42] Teflon election opportunities were in profundant abundance [00:01:50] On January second the Bush administration [00:01:52] Announced a recession had stricken the Nation the highest quarterly [00:01:57] Earnings in ten years were posted by Chevron [00:02:06] Meanwhile a budget was placed in our hands [00:02:09] As the deadline in the sand came to an end [00:02:11] So much for the peace dividend one billion a day is what we spent [00:02:17] And our grandchildren will pay for it 'til the end [00:02:22] When schools are unfunded and kids don't get their diplomas [00:02:25] They get used for gun boat diplomacy disproportionately [00:02:30] Black or brown we see bullet catchers for the slave master [00:02:39] Then the conservatives called up reservists [00:02:41] To active service left families nervous but more importantly broke nine Hundred a month but the check came late army red tape you see [00:02:53] This golden opportunity we watched the tube and read the newspaper [00:02:58] The propaganda of the gas masked rape [00:03:01] Was the proper slander to whip up the hatred [00:03:04] The stage was lit and the lights were all faded [00:03:07] The pilots in night vision goggles Kuwaited and generals masturbated [00:03:11] 'Til the fifteenth two days later they invaded [00:03:17] Not a single T V station expressed dissension or [00:03:21] Hardly made mention to the censorship of information [00:03:25] From our kinder and gentler nation blinder and mentaler retardation [00:03:32] Disorientation the pilots said their bombs lit Baghdad [00:03:36] Like a Christmas tree It was the Christian thing to do you see [00:03:45] They didn't mention any casualties no distinction between the real [00:03:49] And the proxy only football analogies [00:03:55] We saw the bomb hole we watched the Super Bowl [00:03:58] We saw the scud missile we watched Bud commercials [00:04:00] We saw the yellow ribbons saw pilots in prison [00:04:04] We never saw films of the dead at eleven [00:04:12] Angela Davis addressed the spectators [00:04:15] And shouting above a rumbling generator said [00:04:18] "If they insist on bringing us down [00:04:20] Then let's shut the whole country down" [00:04:23] Marching through the downtown [00:04:25] A hundred thousand became participants [00:04:29] And we heard the drums of millions off in the distance [00:04:34] Rushing through the cities some of them did things that weren't so pretty [00:04:40] Most were there for primal scream therapy [00:04:45] News men concentrated on the negative liked the jingoists more