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The Better Bomb

from Building the Better Bomb by Rabbi Darkside

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lyrics

The better the bomb the redder the dawn
The lines are drawn so you better get on
One side or the other
The rebels are on
A feather pen’s what I wave
Against a metal baton

If the internet is the new printing press
And the Dipset is the new intellect
And the television is the new dinner guest
And Republicans is the new Democrat
And the dirty bomb is the new domestic threat
The Taliban is the new guerrilla Viet
Iraq is the new
GuataSalvaChinaNamCubaGuamGuantanamoBayofPigs
JapaneseGermanShermanTankBatteramSouthBronxburning
Turban is a skin color
Peace is Copernicus
Center of the universe is an urban myth
Cause the sun don’t shine
Cowboys are the new Superman
Indians are the same working man
Mars gonna be the new fertile land
The next world war’s waiting for a Ferdinand
Minimum wage is a murder plan
Biblical days are resurging fam
Insurgents are the nervous twitch that keeps
Itchy trigger fingers on the murder switch
Smoke screens are used as tourniquets
Bedroom house the new journalist
Turning 2 is the new turning 6
Which leaves 13 year olds turning tricks

The better the bomb the redder the dawn
The lines are drawn so you better get on
One side or the other
The rebels are on
A feather pen’s what I wave
Against a metal baton

There ain’t gonna be Social Service checks
And all the toxic air will leave us nervous wrecks
The rain forest gonna be burnt to crisp
No newspaper left for the current events
No sidewalks anywhere to curb your pets
A quarter of our young will be returning Vets
Maybe we can pinpoint a certain executive
officer who crossed into this perfect mess
Freedom fighters gonna be the villains again
It might look something like the Children of Men
Censorship’s a rampant tool for killing our zen
You’ll need corporate sponsorship for chilling with friends
The easy way out might be a pill or a patch
Or there might be no escape behind the wheel of a hatch
Civic government stopped dealing with rats
Except the ones who keep the glass ceiling intact
You’ll hear the end is coming till you’re sick of the rumors
Plugged into oblivion and sticking to humor
Coma to the crisis like there’s missiles in Cuba
Wake up to find out Guiliani’s slicker than Junior
A freestyle is a high-risk maneuver
In this the not-so-distant future
Unless we enlist all our gifts to tutor
Those who exist within the grip of the fuehrer
The better the bomb the redder the dawn
The lines are drawn so you better get on
One side or the other
The rebels are on
A feather pen’s what I wave
Against a metal baton
Before another 4 and before another war
Figure out exactly what you’re fighting for

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from Building the Better Bomb, released July 19, 2008

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Rabbi Darkside (né Sam Sellers): MC/DJ/Beatboxer/Educator. Chart-topping songwriter. Champion freestyle artist. University Hip Hop Professor. One of NYC’s favorite and most versatile DJs. Master improviser. Global Hip Hop Ambassador. Label CEO. Wedding officiant. From MTV to NYTimes, HipHopDx to Blue Note Jazz Fest you may have crossed his path. New album new era in 2022 ... more

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