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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

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from The Years of Defiance: Discography 1997​-​2000, 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

Released by Little Mafia Records 2023 ... more

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