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Give a Monkey a Brain​.​.​. And He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe

by Fishbone

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1.
Swim 04:39
Coming up from the sound It's got you swimming around Metal's crushing your bones As you hit the ground No blood no foul Back into the pool No diving from here Fuck that rule I like to swim Into the mosh Up the side and straight down the middle Jam with Link and Walt just a little Then I'm back in the mix Brain Dead Goliath trying to grab my leg I break that tackle like Bo Then I head for the heads I like to swim
2.
Servitude 05:25
Who, Who do you serve? For whose empire and for whose whims? Is your honor judged by men? Will you lie? Will you lie if they say it's their will? Will you die or continue to kill? Until the generals all ahve their fill Craven Cowards Armchair Warriors You will serve Them well What, what will you write? For whose pleasure, for whose delight? Will your readers see your light? Will you say...That the singer can't blow you away? That we hate people just 'cause they're gay Women and children all stay away To whom, whom do you pray? Do dollars wash your sins away? Does God love cold hard cash? Do you say...If we all just continue to pay All our ailments will go away And our souls will be saved God's not with you "Holy Roller" Your heart dwells in Hell Why, Why do you run? Our awareness has spoiled your fun Our eyes see you too clear Will you hide From the joy of expressing our pride For the leaders and people who've died While combating your genocide Chains are breaking Minds are waking Soon we'll serve no more...
3.
Black Flowers have lost their way They've lost their way again Cursed for their will to dream Raped by mankind again Like the auction blocks of castrated dreams Kills the heart of love Turned into disease And each day I pray Please take me away Please take me away Black flowers have lost their way Black flowers have lost their way Black flowers have lost their way Why does this hatred linger on Voices in my mind remind me everyday And the passing time has healed no wounds Deep inside my heart the pain it lingers still And the love Away the colors Oh the love Fade and blur Has rotted away Outside my window sill And I can't bear this feeling anymore No I won't give into hatred And I'll never stop dreaming And I'll love Oh I'll love Till my very last breath Is taken away "You have to put on your imagination Heart glasses to see the rest!"
4.
Best to bust the dust Of a flour to powder the crust A grain of sand and a gust of wind To stir my stomach And a ground swell to shake The all that it must take To break the headache In my earthquake Git together yo' shit Move your ass to a proper toilet We gonna fuc We gonna phuck We gonna fuque this shit on up Git it like it's posed to be gotten Hear it like it's posed to be heard Shake it loose Shake it loose holy cow Sittin silly like a morning roost Time don't tell no swells Cock-A-Doodle-Do duck or git goosed Cock-A-Doodle-Do duck or git goosed Sittin it on down Sit your ass on down Git together your shit Move your ass to a proper toilet It's the properties of propaganda When your feet don't move and you Don't know where you standda
5.
Unyielding Conditioning Tune out from all that's happening Nobody deserves empathy Nobody feels for me We've all been trained by our worlds I cannot see no one but me No one can feel my emptiness Everybody must fend for themselves We've all been claimed by our worlds But I have heard of ways That say there's light beyond the darkness And everyone can keep their children warm And togetherness will guide us safely Through all Storms Unyielding Conditioning Remove all trace of memory No one needs justice anymore No voices raised in anger We've all been tamed by our worlds But I have heard of ways Where people topple all injustice No one lives their lives on bended knees And all bigotry is like a disease Drowned in the sea And all can hold their head up high!
6.
You don't think for me Or see what I see I will not do the things that you say An explanation if I may I don't like you and by the way May your dogs colon be familiar With the warmth of your breath You don't own my mind Or my black behind And I will not follow the order of the day If you thought it was any other way Listen closely to the word I say May your dogs colon be familiar With the warmth of your breath You're just a pig to me With a dog with fleas Run your kennel! I think the answer is No No No I'm no cow, No herd, No ho I stand firm and will not blow you May your dogs colon be familiar With the warmth of your breath Come here Fido! Hey beautiful dog. Oh it's a Police dog. Here puppy have a nice raw steak and some gravy train, Maybe a little Alpo. Whew he sure eats a lot. How about a mint flavored dog biscuit. Still hungry? Now have this chocolate flavored Ex-lax covered jelly donut, Pigdog Now Now Now May your dogs colon be familiar With the warmth of your breath
7.
I see you setting up your shot I'm gonna git out of your range I'll never sing your sad sorry song Lemon Meringue Sour to the taste and sweet to the teeth Death by saccharination, And the criminal charge is the same A chance to tell the crimes of the cruel A chance to wave the flag of the fool But the cross on your road is twisted And reflects an imageless tool Creepin like a cavity waiting for The time to be, drilled up under the Bridge, Who's looking for oil, who's diggin For Diamonds, Who's diggin For Gold, Lemon Meringue Pie And I must say goodbye. Varmints and vermin writhe down the vine Too wet to whistle, When the moon is rhine Sound asleep when the sun does shine Watchin a clock instead of watchin time You can take away the drum But the beat will never change Evercharge Everlarge Lemon Meringue A windless sail and a waterless sea A rusted ship and a discontinued journey When will you be what you need to see A mile in your shoes may cause swollen feet Pipe dreams sound sweet, that's why The drilling is so deep Lemon Meringue Pie & I must say goodbye Gotta Let the taste buds blossom Sunny side never lost em Easy over born to be clever So I conclude you'll never lose
8.
I had a dream that I was disgusted It was a scene where gold had rusted They took the homes of the people who trusted The one up high be he only lusted Things of material worth & gender Destroy all things that are pure & tender They took my homes and all of my gardens To build a tall building people could work in And now my family lives in the street With lots of pride but nothing to eat They took my dream and now you see what I mean All just because he wanted all the green They all have abandoned their hopes They've discarded their dreams Death to the corporate The yuppie scum cloud up the earth Shine people shine And never abandon your turf You must say Oh No! When the depression hand licks When the depression foot kicks And you're locked in the dungeon When the keys gotten ridden of Sink in a tsunami of sadness Grab onto the key of gladness And don't abandon your hopes for no one Even in the worst of situations Because in this society Which was not made for you or me So They all have abandoned their homes They've discarded their dreams Limitations and almost marshal law And robots with badges and quick draw Just lights and glitter and garbage underneath And the raging oppressed With razor sharp teeth They took him to the city jail Hail the conformist, Hail the bureaucrats Them Ah chase them homeless Them Ah chase them homeless Rat Race City Rat Race City I pray the Lord my soul to take And the ground began to shake And the whirlybirds of death To light atop the skyscrapers To finish off all the rest
9.
In the darkness, I have found my vision I've seen the Queen that thrives on desolation A Queendom that preys on both young and old Open your eyes..... A pain is growing that mocks all the true healers The light of wisdom is making us all turn cold Those who dare to dream can hold no quarter Open your eyes..... Apathy in Babylon Dreams have been deferred so long Those who dwell in misery Ne're receive my empathy 'No one cares for anyone The chorus to her fatal song This woman spites everyone This woman is man... End the Reign!! I have passion, I have faith and reason Yet she decrees I am less than human (The darkness hides within the light...) But it's my soul that satisfies her hunger (The evil's always in your sight...) Open your eyes..... When the pretense starts to fall The 'prefects' make their margin call Will you join the ranks of sheep That will not a soul to keep Their premise is intelligence Profaned by arrogance If you stand against it all... Make the bastards fall... End the Reign!! In the world that you perceive Who are your true enemies? Is it those you do not know... Or the ones you can't control Does joy excite every nerve >From the 'Mistress' that you serve Do you have the strength at all To heed the final call End the Reign!!!
10.
Drunk Skitzo 05:15
M-M-M-M-My Dad's a drunk My My Mom is a skitzo My Dad's a drunk My my mom is a skitzo Dad's a drunk My mom is a skitzo I am a drunk and I am a skitzo My son's a punk My daughter's a lezbo My unc's a drunk I can't make my mind up Why don't it just fade away F-F-F-Fade away F-F-F-Fade away Ooo-oo-Oh Fade away Fah Fah Fade away T-T-T-T-Tah turn the page My bro's my fo My nice is a morfo My wife's a freak My husband's a psycho My sister's a whore I can't take it no more I got bad luck But wait there's more My aunt's a bitch My cuzz is a fuckup My aunt's a bitch My cuzz is a fuckup My aunt's a bitch My cuzz is a fuckup My aunt's a bitch My cuzz is a fuckup My aunt's a bitch My cuzz is a fuckup My aunt's a bitch My cuzz is a fuckup My aunt's a bitch My cuzz is a fuckup ....C-C-Ah C'mon Why can't they just Straighten up SSSSSSAh Straighten up SSSSSSAh Straighten up ---------Sah Straighten up ---------Sah Straighten up SSSSSSAh Straighten up SSSSSSAh Straighten up All because my dad's a drunk My mom is a skitzo My mom's a drunk My dad is a skitzo I am a drunk And I am a skitzo My Grandma's cool Grampa's already gone My Grandma's cool Grampa's already free Grandma flips in and out Of reality My Grampa's free No reality My berath flips in and out Of reality Grandma's free no reality My life flips in and out of reality Why did he have, Why did she have To die?
11.
No Fear 06:02
There's a storm coming But there will be no rain Bringing clouds of anger From a thousand years of pain For some of us there is no shelter From the change in the weather It will find you wherever you run So if you're down for what's right There's no reason to hide For you there is no fear People dying and crying The sound of shattered dreams Drowning the voice of the future With negativity For some of us there is no answer To the change in the weather Cloud's will cover the sun So if you're down for what's right There is no reason to run For you there is no fear Run Run Run Run But you can't hide Run Run Run Run But you can't hide From the storm Lightning from the sky Will strike you down I have no fear I have no fear There's a hurt coming But who will feel the pain And the tears of sadness Falling down like rain Run Run Run Run But you can't hide Run Run Run Run But you can't hide From the storm Lightning from the sky Will strike you down I have no fear I have no fear There's a storm coming But there will be no rain
12.
N - U - T - T - M - E - G Sittin' on a powder keg Waitin' for the thang to bang Meganutt from sea to shinin' sea Press the button I'm nuttin All wound up, When the ladies sang N - U - T - T - M - E - G Sittin' on a powder keg Waitin' for the thang to bang Bust that Meganutt for me Nuttmegg filthy nuttmeg Every Every A multiple musical orgasm Body Body Sittin smack dab on your lap Wanna Wanna A macrocephelous concoction Git a nut Sturretching daddies cap Cummin around the mountain Uppa the cut Just a little time is all it takes To shake that butt That's lookin' for the multiple Meganutt Cummind down the mountain Inna the cut Every Every All wound up to unwind your behind Body Body All wound up to nutt up Wanna Wanna I gotta little hump I likesta grind Git a nutt Strappin 'em in the stirrups Dont' try to wake me up When I'm defnetlee gittin down You ain't dreamin, It's the butter Nut butter, Nut butter, Pee nutt butter sound.

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released May 23, 1993

Columbia CK 52764

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