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The Years of Defiance: Discography 1997​-​2000

by Dominant Minority

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1.
Freedom Fighter 02:12
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This is your class war See the poor loot the poor This is your revolution One more institution This is what you've been needing Masses starving, your friends bleeding Bleeding for you! This is your riot New TV, you didn't buy it No screaming youth burning down city hall No common resistance, not at all Playing commando can be so endearing Fists all raised, everyone's cheering Cheering for you! Now it's over, you're in charge No voices object because you're so large Give them a hero, make them the same Same old system, just a different name My how you've changed since the pamphlet days You've been buried by your violent ways No liberty, just mouths to feed You're the government in this "anarchy" These are your new rules To keep in line your loyal fools This is your raceless world Now we're all covered in blood I don't want this new government The price is too much for us to spend To spend on you! Violence lets you live for a few seconds more, So what the fuck are you living for? Not to protect, just to overthrow Not for us, just for you Power from bastards to bastards Poison water, bombs in baskets Freedom fighter, strong and brave,
2.
Fuel For the Machine 01:10
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"Give me your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" Make them live as slaves to die in factories Pay them almost enough to feed their families once a day So you can drive a Mercedes and dine on your filet Fuel for the machine Stacked in concentration camps, half your "work force" dies You can’t see the class anger ancient, burning in their eyes Just wait until we find ourselves and overcome Then we'll finally be free, and never again will be Fuel for the machine
3.
Crime Syndicate 01:42
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Crime bosses are dictators As ruthless as the rest More powerful than governors, More untouchable than Eliot Ness Just because they break the law Doesn't make it revolution, Just another way to control With money, power, and guns Organized crime, another government Killing cops and mayors, So they can take their place Exploiting common people A different ruler, same police state Same racist methods Same redneck rules for us But still you see dead cops And you give the mob your trust The mafia are fascists Don't ignore the truth Their suits are dark gray and brown Instead of dark blue This criminal overthrow Is not anarchy Just another fucking coup, Another regime No liberty from iron fists No justice from their codes No positive change from their unions That machine is rusted and old. Just resisters with cement feet Plastic bags over our heads As any hope for freedom Is buried with the unknown dead Organized crime, another government
4.
Aryan Cunt 01:05
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Call yourself an Aryan The leader of your race But in my eyes you're a fucking disgrace With your conformist ideology And your quest for genocide, The only thing you have Is fear and ignorance on your side Take your ‘fourteen words’ And your hypocrite tradition Pack 'em in a bullet and stick 'em in a gun. Blow off your fucking head!
5.
13 Faces 02:21
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13 confirmed kills in Iraq from the barrel of my rifle 13 faces spin in my head, keep me awake at night They've ruined my marriage, ruined my family, got me fired from my job Because all I do is sit around and think Of 13 families without a dad 13 faces 13 confirmed kills in Iraq from the barrel of my rifle 13 voices scream in my head, keep me awake at night They've ruined my life, ruined my family, got me fired from my job Because all I do is sit around and think Of 13 mothers without a son 13 faces I think that every politician who sends boys off to kill for him-- To kill for his bankroll, and for words he spouted off-- Should see the face of everyone he kills when he lies scared alone at night. Only then would there be no war. Only then would we see ourselves in those 13 faces.
6.
Fear Tactic 01:33
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Fear tactic! They know you are afraid of their power They know you are afraid of their power You drop your eyes when they beat up your friends They control you because you're a coward Stand together, don't turn your back Spit on their fear tactic Their nightsticks are no match for our will Their nightsticks are no match for our will Lose your fear, they have no weapons at all Resistance is something they'll never kill
7.
Free and Brave 00:39
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Where's the land of the free and the brave When we're turned to corporate slaves? When we're deemed to fascist terms We will not bow down to burn Because when we're subject to concentration It's the beginning of annihilation!
8.
Relentless Control 00:48
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They keep you in line Obey and work, or starve and die Keep a tight leash on you To govern everything you do. Relentless control Your boss is your master Breaks your back to get rich faster Think that you can subvert? Fat chance, get back to work!
9.
Don't Snitch 01:31
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When you call the cops, you're the reason they exist You justify what they stand for, authority and force Do you really need a system that controls your life— What you say, what you do, what you fucking think? Don't snitch to the pigs, don't support the state! Do you trust the hands that beat you down, keep you down, That make possible oppression of the many by the few? Will you trust those bastards when they're no longer serving you But cuffing you and throwing you into your public death camp? You are their life support, the direct supply. You feed this system of coercion and dictatorship. How can you talk of collective existence Then turn right around and uphold excuses of fascists?
10.
Come Home 01:28
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Lawmaker Rival Tune into the madness Snoozing mayor, Sharpen your focus Fight the scandals Fight propaganda Fight the standards Fight the media Come home Lawmaker Rival Tune into the madness Snoozing mayor Break the silence!
11.
Poison For the Youth 02:07
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Armed with uniformity and an automatic grin You tell me of your enterprise and insist that I join in Such honor and nobility, such elite opportunity To sign my life over to the military No! I don't believe a word that you say No! I won't dig my own shallow grave No! I will not kill for capitalism No! I will not become another victim Open your eyes Accept the truth Your handshake is Poison for the youth State-stamped letters won't convince me to slaughter another And I don't accept collect calls from Big Brother Do you really think I'm dumb enough to swallow your story— A myth of foolish heroism and tragic, empty glory? A 19 year-old soldier lay destroyed in a field Brainwashed then forgotten, sent off to be killed You were there to recruit him with your boastful war songs Did you care when they picked up what was left of him with tongs? You excuse your existence saying only the strong survive You mock logic with your opinions, convinced we must kill to stay alive And I have no choice but to dwell in rage, slowly losing myself nerve by nerve Just waiting for the day when you get what you deserve No! I won’t believe a word you say No! I won’t dig my own shallow grave No! I won’t perpetuate Your endless quest to annihilate Open your eyes Accept the truth Your handshake is Poisoning the youth
12.
Full Wallets, Empty Stomachs 01:55
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Subsidized starvation! Plenty of food growing high in our fields, More than enough to feed every mouth So why do so many go days without eating Competing with their neighbors to stay above the ground? Blame it on the mindset, wanting money before bread Blame it on the bastards who subsidize starvation Fields of wheat unharvested, graveyards for the dead Keep the silos full to subsidize starvation How far some will go to serve their own interests Is money more important than our physical needs? There’s more than enough to distribute everything evenly If a small section of society could control its greed What does it cost to keep the market high? Do you ever wonder if the price is too high? (Do you ever wonder if the price is too high?) The food you need, too high on the shelf? Everything you need, too high on the shelf? Too high for you to take for yourself? They keep it all just out of your reach Your hopes, your dreams, just out of your reach! Before you know, you're up on the shelf Bought and sold like everything else Bought and sold like everything else, bought and sold So will you die waiting for their wealth to trickle down? You cry that they won't give you a single fucking scrap But this food that you stare at so jealously, so hungrily It's ours anyway, I'm taking mine back from those who subsidize starvation
13.
Ashes 01:50
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You sacrifice your rights when you walk through the door You sacrifice your mind, that's what they send you for-- To lose your identity and your innate drive to learn, Your will to try to change this place, your will to watch it burn If you feel like you're trapped, you probably are They keep you locked inside yourself until you explode They leave you no room to discover or improve yourself Just stay so busy you can't think, and do what you're told There's no more time to put aside questions they won't answer You don't need to be taught to think. Torch those stacks of filler And make your own reality, make your own world turn This cage you think they've put you in, It's in your mind, watch it burn Watch it crumble, watch it burn Watch it crumble, watch it fucking burn
14.
Marketplace (Proletariat cover) 02:03
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(The Proletariat, Lyrics by Richard Brown) Believe me it’s not envy Or petty jealousy That makes me despise the lifestyle Of decadence and wealth It’s true they may be sheltered And may have never seen The streets of the inner city Or rural poverty In the marketplace The myth of Horatio Algiers Can still be found in books And is taken as the gospel By the fortunate few If I had a prayer I’d pray for a chance And if I had a chance I’d hope for a change In the marketplace If I had a prayer I’d pray for a voice And if I had a voice I’d ask for a change In the marketplace
15.
Assimilate 02:01
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Examples and quotas set for the police Uneducated masses jailed everyday All these people locked away Because they choose to use substances banned by the state The drug czar controls with an iron fist Working to polish America's morals Demanding that we bow to their force-fed protection Blind to justice, programmed by legislation By the system, for the system Domestic control leads to submission Install fear to control opposition By the system for the system Ruled by the ignorant, A Christian regime Wasting our youth, forcing us to live in crime Arm of the law reaches to take your civil rights Throw a thousand prisons down in their place It's a joke how they say they know what's best for you Then throw you in prison for smoking a joint And this fucking machine is fueled by the victims Making their harmless, personal choice Taken away everyday Justice system locks you up Assuming you've got nothing to say
16.
Mock Trial 02:00
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Fuck your investigations, It's obvious what happened— A swift, brutal answer for questioning the state Tear gassing civilians Burning houses full of children Do you believe the feds can be as clumsy as they say? I want to laugh when I see the mudslinging Then they show footage of 80 people burning Forget the mock trial on TV Take your town meetings to the street Don't forget Waco! Don't forget MOVE! It's become a common practice, a political cliché To draw heat from a massacre by cooking up a threat story Bury the truth when the public is enraged Then leak it years later in a time of apathy You trade away your anger, you get screwed It's all a fucking con! They're not doing this for you Deny your vote of confidence Tell them we won't swallow this shit (So don't go against the norm or dare to speak your mind. They'll call you a cult wacko, a blood thirsty terrorist, invade your home, murder your family, dispose of any possible threat to their power) How long will these thugs keep our throats under their boots Kept alive by catharsis from the media's rhetoric? Will you refuse to be a part of this sick pattern Or be a brainless mark for the ATF? I can't sit back and watch while people die Don't you think life is a basic human right? Forget the mock trial on TV, Let's reclaim our right to be free Don't forget Waco!

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released February 29, 2024

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Dominant Minority Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Tracks 1-10 recorded in the summer 1997 at Bell Labs in Norman, OK

Carl Swart: Guitars / Vocals,

Micah Rowe: Bass / Vocals,

Brian Carrigan: Drums

Tracks 11-16 recorded in the fall of 1999 at Bell Labs in Norman, OK

Carl Swart: Guitars / Vocals,

Brandon Carrigan: Vocals,

Pete Calhoun: Guitar,

Micah Rowe: Bass / Vocals,

Brian Carrigan: Drums

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