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RANCID lyrics : "Arrested In Shanghai"

They $$#ured 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 $#&@ing 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
I didn't start no violence, and there was nobody that I killed


So I have a clear account of all the abuses of power
And the memories of my homeland have now gone sour

And I only got one weapon, its so plain for me to see
My only weapon I call.. poetry


And I don't even know why
The truth seems like a lie
In my cell there is no sky

When I was arrested in Shanghai

Into wealth and priveledge, huh, I was not born

But a devotion to freedom and liberty, I was sworn
So every emotion is studdied, watched and controlled
Who gets paid, who gets disciplined, who gets rolled


A transmitter beams my coordinates anywhere on earth
And radio waves, surveilance, satellite burst

Open up your skull and let some knowledge come in
Crack open the cranium and let awareness begin.......

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