Anti-Racist Action: The Benefit CD
 

1.  "We Refuse To Believe"
2.  Napalm Death - Unchallenged Hate (Live From The UK)
3.  "Nazi's... I Hate These Guys"
4.  Fahrenheit 451 - Remember Me
5.  Violent Society - Comin' Back For You (Live From CBGBs)
6.  Less Than Jake - ...Automatic (Live From NY)
7.  "Ignorant And Everywhere"
8.  Better Than A Thousand - Poison In Your Brain (LFKB Remix)
9.  Gameface - Sweet Wreck
10.  "Folks Back Home"
11.  The Toasters - Shebeen (Live In Munich 1997)
12.  Ghoti Hook - Where Is My Mind? (The Pixies cover song)
13.  "Never Forget"
14.  Discount - Malorie's Mission (Live)
15.  Good Riddance - Feel Their Pain (Instead cover song)
16.  Jello Biafra - On Mumia (Spoken Word)
17.  Citizen Cope - Old Man vs. Himself
18.  H2O - Nazi Punks Fuck Off (Dead Kennedys cover song)
19.  Citizen Fish - Isolated Incidents
20.  "I'm Made Out Of Steel"
21.  The Suicide Machines - Green World
22.  The Bouncing Souls - East Coast Fuck You (Live In DC)
23.  "He's Alive"
24.  Mike Park - Justice
25.  Ensign - Palehorse (Live From The Roxy)
26.  "Behind The Moon, Beyond The Rain..."
27.  Mephiskapheles - Three Favorite Americans
28.  For The Living - First Person
29.  Creep Division - Automatic
30.  Alkaline Trio - Cooking Wine
31.  "When Good People Sit Down, Bad People Take Over"
32.  The Broadways - 15 Minutes
33.  Acumen Nation - Bleed For You (Verbal Mix)
34.  "You May Be Right Holmes, And I Hope You Are"
35.  "A Word From Tad"
 

"We Refuse To Believe"
we refuse to believe.  we refuse to believe.  we refuse to believe.  we refuse to believe.  we refuse to believe.  we refuse to believe.  we refuse to believe.  we refuse to believe.  we refuse to believe the battle, insufficient funds and the great folks of opportunity of this nation.  so we've come to cash this check.  a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

Napalm Death - Unchallenged Hate (Live From The UK)
a chronic complaint of dimness prevails your profound ideology.  a romantic version of a master race attained through coercive forms of authority.  your observance is negligence.  if you see the threat from difficult cultures.  we're all in this sinking ship.  each of us together.  where does the white man stand?  where does the black man stand?  where do we all fucking stand?  knee deep in shit.  look into yourself and you'll find the real oppressor.  to a life of unchallenged hate.  it's yourself who's the nigger.

"Nazi's... I Hate These Guys"
nazi's... i hate these guys.

Fahrenheit 451 - Remember Me
you say that you're my friend.  you can't seem to form the words that make you look disgusting.  it all sounds just so absurd.  standing in disbelief only to lose one's pride.  to beg and plead for nothing as you're falling last in line.  excuse yourself and listen to those things you said would be.  in time to lose the devils.  no one could ever see those things you said would be.  expectations, those lies you've told.  in tune with those sounds you thought were gold.  look closely and recognize the truth.  beware, stop and listen cause you're far... far from being first.  keep following the lines of people lost in time.  original it seems.  keeps tearing at the seams.  we must try and stick together.  it includes those met in past.  we must try and run forever as we're screaming free at last.  we're screaming free at last.  those things you said you had have past.  did you hear me screaming free at last?  don't you know your time is fading fast.

Violent Society - Comin' Back For You (Live From CBGBs)
caught in a mistake, out to take your life.  get away from the pain you have caused.  wait, we'll be back to reinforce the siege.  never decline on me your misery.  go, go, go.  they're coming back for you.  what i believe, i'll stick to my guns.  your contamination won't exploit me.  violence as a solution?  only a misplaced lie.  an argument you want to criticize.  go, go, go.  they're coming back for you.  tally them in numbers, is this your only strength?  intimidation pegged before your fear.  you're positively wrong, so fuck your racial dream.  you're just a sick menace to society.

Less Than Jake - ...Automatic (Live From NY)
I think I know it all, but can I be sure of the things I've grown to know, and can I say I know it all, when rules just guide me to blindly follow and things are automatic when you see them everyday is it the same routine or my fucked up dreams, that keep me walking mindless all the way?  I think, I think I know it all but is our beliefs just stringing us along and was there something wrong in what I heard, for every hour of the day?

"Ignorant And Everywhere"
i want to enlighten you a little bit on what's been going on in the midwest.  you've been lead to believe that the Ku klux klan is a bunch of ignorant, red neck hicks from the south.  but we're everywhere!

Better Than A Thousand - Poison In Your Brain (LFKB Remix)
suck it in your senses, drink it down your throat.  hooked on their addiction, is there any hope?  in a sex wrapper, in a gilded cage.  we've been captured animals, but we should be enraged.  poison in your brain.  earth and air and water will never be the same.  sold for sake of progress for so little gain.  a pill for pleasure, a pill for pain.  take a pill for... for self esteem, they're fucking with your brain.  poison in your brain.

Gameface - Sweet Wreck

"Folks Back Home"
them folks back home is a countin' on ya.  by golly, we ain't about to let them down.

The Toasters - Shebeen (Live In Munich 1997)
there used to be a shebeen, next to the laundromat where i used to live, in london town, in london town, if you know what i mean.  and there was an old man, who used to bring up the sound.  he kept those beats, he kept those beats, from when prince buster was around, and he said...  "pick up & dance.  come on now rude boy, come on drop with the beat.  if you can take a chance, we can do it now.  man to man."

Ghoti Hook - Where Is My Mind? (The Pixies cover song)

"Never Forget"
and the important thing is not whether or not you win the first fight.  not whether or not you lose a given step in the struggle.  you continue to fight.  you continue to rouse thousands, then millions of people in your support.  and then what is the ultimate lesson that we must never forget.  and that's a lesson out of the 60's and out of the struggle in the nixon period, that ultimately we can win.

Discount - Malorie's Mission (Live)
malarie's mission.  she's walking down the highway.  she's listening for him.  she'll listen.  she'll listen.  she filed the papers that were necessary for his removal.  so she could go home, so she could sleep alone now.  malarie's mission.  free herself from his disaster, his bottled nights, his stranger premonitions.  her life was a waste land, held up to drive him away.  she dreamt of promises, awoke to lies and mistakes.

Good Riddance - Feel Their Pain (Instead cover song)

Jello Biafra - On Mumia (Spoken Word)
this is only supposed to happen in the movies.  henry fond in the wrong man.  harrison ford in the fugitive.  an innocent person, when they least expect it, falls into an unbelievable chain of events and finds themselves accused of a crime they could not possibly have committed.  every step in the justice system goes wrong.  all seems hopeless as the death chamber looms, until finally, at the very last minute, the authorities are proven wrong and the accused is set free as a result to live happily ever after as the credits roll.  after all, this is america.  where these nightmares do not happen, because our justice system works.  our justice system is fair.  now imagine, you are a respected, award winning, and courageous journalist who's news reports are sometimes critical of a notoriously violent and corrupt police department.  suddenly the nightmare happens to you.  shot through the liver at the scene of a crime.  the cops beat you instead of helping you as you lie wounded on the sidewalk.  and allegedly beat you again inside the hospital.  not in china, not in haddie, but in the united states of america.  when you wake up from surgery the nightmare is still there.  you are the one accused of what the corporate media portrays as the ultimate sin, killing a police officer.  you have no criminal record.  ballistics' tests don't add up.  there is plenty of evidence that you did not and could not commit this crime.  but the nightmare just gets worse.  evidence that could clear you disappears.  witnesses disappear.  a judge who has sentenced more people to death than anyone else in the united states denies you competent council and the right to defend yourself.  appeals are denied by the very judges who ruled the opposite way in almost identical cases.  not in mexico, not in darkest africa, but in the united states of america.  and unlike the movies, this time a headline hungry governor salivates like a giggling crocodile eager to put a black man to death with the stroke of a pen as a trophy to enrich his political career.  why is our government so hell-bent on killing mumia abu-jamal?  why are they so afraid of him?  of his voice?  of his way with words?  to the point where even a poem written about him and the frightening government lawless in his case is banned from national public radio.  is it what he says about our country and ourselves in words so powerful and eloquent that our children may well one day study his now banned radio commentaries in school the same way some now study the last words of bartolameo van zetti, before he and nicole essoco where executed by the u.s. government in 1927 for a crime they did not commit?  the real crime being they were anarchists.  they were labor union activists.  and if that's not enough, they where immigrants.  what have we become?  what are we letting ourselves become?  this isn't the movies, this is what america has become.  a 1995 fbi investigation leads to 6 philadelphia police officers pleading guilty to assult, stealing money, framing defendants, lying to obtain search warrants and more.  resulting in more than 100 criminal convictions being overturned, yet still no new trial for mumia abu-jamal.  and what of all the other wrongfully convicted human beings who don't have mumia's high profile and gifts for communication who lie caged like animals in our mushrooming prison industry system.  waiting to be murdered by our own government to satisfy generation execute america's sick thirst for human sacrifice and modern slavery.  when nigerian environmental and native rights activist ken sarowawia was hanged on trumped up murder charges, the nigerian government and shell oil where condemned all over the world as outlaws.  now we are the outlaws of the world in the case of mumia abu-jamal.  what i've been through for expressing my views can't even begin to compared to this.  yet, as more and more wealth is sucked upward by those who don't need it.  and mass rage toward corporate america swell closer and closer to the boiling point.  the official response is to keep the lid clamped on, tighter and tighter, through more and more police state actions, like the ones we fought in world war II to eliminate from the face of the earth.  if this is allowed to keep going, what has happened to mumia abu-jamal could happen to other innocent people.  if allowed to go far enough it could happen to anyone.  it could happen to you or me.  for prison radio, this is jello biafra.

Citizen Cope - Old Man vs. Himself

H2O - Nazi Punks Fuck Off (Dead Kennedys cover song)
h2o go!  punk ain't no religious cult.  punk means thinking for yourself.  you ain't hardcore cause you spike your hair.  when a jock still lives inside your head.  nazi punks, nazi punks, nazi punks, fuck off!  nazi punks, nazi punks, nazi punks, fuck off!  if you've come to fight, get outta here.  you ain't no better than the bouncers.  we ain't trying to be police.  when you ape the cops it ain't anarchy.  nazi punks, nazi punks, nazi punks, fuck off!  nazi punks, nazi punks, nazi punks, fuck off!  ten guys jump one, what a man.  you fight each other, the police state wins.  stab your backs when you trash our halls.  trash a bank if you've got real balls.  you still think swastikas look cool.  the real nazis run your schools.  they're coaches, businessmen and cops.  in a real fourth reich you'll be the first to go.  nazi punks, nazi punks, nazi punks, fuck off!  nazi punks, nazi punks, nazi punks, fuck off!  you'll be the first to go, you'll be the first to go, you'll be the first to go unless you think...

Citizen Fish - Isolated Incidents
in the silence of next door lives a man fought in the war.  wary eyes through parted curtains, seems ok but can't be certain.  uneasy feeling uninformed or out of touch.  it's, well, abnormal.  maybe chat with that chap later.  meanwhile, need to read the paper.  sex and fashion, competitions.  popstars praising politicians.  amusement park for our derision.  so assured of our position.  none of it to do with us.  and now the turning of the page produces yet another bomb.  distorted children's faces freeze.  where's the next one coming from?  isolated incidents.  everyday events.  bombs and guns in daily doses.  fashion nation with psychosis.  public trials of private loners.  staring blank into the cameras.  feeds a need for reassurance.  civilization's working for us.  takes a bomb to show the cracks, and all we see is more distraction.  headlines - violence, war and sex.  disintegration, nothing left of civilization.  here's the news.  it's what we get accustomed to.  unaware of getting used to being scared of other people.  if the world is going crazy, staying in could be essential.  where've i seen that face before?  someone new moved in next door.  next in the line of next door neighbors.  maybe get to meet him later.

"I'm Made Out Of Steel"
there's something very wrong here.  you made a terrible mistake.  i'm made out of steel.  you understand that i'm made out of steel?

The Suicide Machines - Green World

The Bouncing Souls - East Coast Fuck You (Live In DC)
You may think we're weather martyr's but snow and ice makes us rock harder punkers should be pale and pasty the pizza here is fierce and tasty East Coast! Fuck You! we go out west and play some shows then we know it's time to go.  Pack the truck and head on back, New York's better and that's a fact.

"He's Alive"
where will he go next?  this phantom from another time.  this resurected ghost of a previous nightmare.  chicago, los angels, miami florida, vincens indiana, syarcous, new york.  any place, everyplace where there's hate, where there's pregust, where there's biggotry.  he's alive.  he's alive so long as these evils exsist.  remember that when he comes to your town.  remember it when you hear his voice speaking out through others.  remember it when you hear a name called, a minority attacked.  any blind unreasonable assult on a people or any human being.  he's alive because through these things we keep him alive.

Mike Park - Justice
wake up, eyes wide.  this is the day that i've been looking for.  i try to wake up mom and dad, so i can open up my presents yeah, yeah.  pictures, music, something that you kinda started.  think about the homeless man, is he getting fed today now.  i can't wait, let's be quick.  wanna see what presents i got.  i've been good this year.  i've been so good this year now.  family, singing lots so the smile on my face.  homeless, hungry.  still i complain about the things i don't have.  justice, feelings really need to come together.  fight for our minds to be clear enough to see the problem.  i can't wait, let's be quick.  wanna see what presents i got.  i've been good this year.  i've been so good this year now.

Ensign - Palehorse (Live From The Roxy)
Point the finger, shake your head, denial in your eyes.  Explain away images, propaganda, and lies.  Justify the wrongs committed, hide behind the lies.  Cover up another truth, hope the story dies.  What's worth the risk.  To expose the lies, to find the truth, just to survive.  Ignorance is so much safer, I just won't be blind.  You can't keep me down when I can use my mind.  Crawl into tomorrow, I can face the day.  Armed with all the knowledge you tried to take away.  What's worth the risk.  To expose the lies, to find the truth, just to survive.  What's worth the risk.

"Behind The Moon, Beyond The Rain..."
some place where there isn't any trouble.  do you suppose there is such a place toto?  there must be.  it's not a place you can get to by a boat or a train.  it's far, far away.  behind the moon, beyond the rain.

Mephiskapheles - Three Favorite Americans

For The Living - First Person
comfort is a place i know too well.  it reminds me of a place i call hell.  it traps me complacent.  ignore my problems, cannot face them.  kills my inclinations, and all my dreams go with them.  so i stand up now and actualize myself, never throw in the towel.  take any challenge that is dealt.  and i continue to dream all of these things, realizing that effort is the only form of pleasure.  take what is given and when you give your best.  choose to gain the more, never settle for anything less.  let no one in your way.  every obstacle is a wasted day.  if your intentions are right you may have to stand up and fight!  i'll never throw in the towel.  make this boring life lived worth while.  stand strong enough to actualize myself, help who i can to better understand.  searching for something, something to see.  i've got to believe in myself so others will believe in me.  believe in myself!

Creep Division - Automatic

Alkaline Trio - Cooking Wine
sorry i'm late.  i was out spoiling my liver.  i couldn't wait... the sun was up for far too long today.  and i can't see straight, but the two of you look awfully pretty.  and i couldn't wait... been awake for far too long today.  and is it strong enough to burn away the cooking wine?  and i'm just tired enough, if i closed my eyes i'll sleep for days, i'll sleep for days...  sorry i'm late.  i was out spoiling my liver.  i couldn't wait... the sun was up for far too long today.  and i can't see straight, but the two of you look awfully pretty... you're fucking beautiful.  and is it strong enough to burn away the cooking wine?  and i'm just tired enough, if i close my eyes i'll sleep for days, i'll sleep for days...

"When Good People Sit Down, Bad People Take Over"
i believe that when good people sit down, bad people take over.

The Broadways - 15 Minutes
all down the streets the signs read cheaper and better technology this capitalist vision is my nightmare, put up a sign in my face, what the fuck happened to this place, i think we made a wrong turn now look at the lovely concrete, i drove to my stupid job today, got stopped at an intersection, 15 minutes of my life just rolled away i looked at the guy next to me didn't look too happy no ones happy but everyone's too busy to see, lets go shopping today, drive our fancy cars to the fancy malls and for lunch we'll have big macs i wish i could turn the clocks back back to when i was ten, when i wasn't scared of everything and everything wasn't so fucking crowded and i wonder if my kids will ever see a horizon untouched by billboards and shopping malls and i wonder if this crazy world thinks i'm the one who's crazy what if i'm the one who's crazy, what if i'm the one who's crazy, i'm not crazy just frustrated.

Acumen Nation - Bleed For You (Verbal Mix)

"You May Be Right Holmes, And I Hope You Are"
you say holmes, you let poor little sally throw away her fortune.  my dear fellow, i had nothing to do with it.  the girl, more power to her, acted on her own.  grand gesture, one she will regret.  i don't think so watson.  there's a new spirit abroad in the land.  the old days of grab and greed are on there way out.  we are beginning to think of what we owe the other fellow, not just what we're compelled to give them.  the times coming watson, when we shant be able to fill our bellies incombant, while other folk go hungry.  or sleep in warm beds, while others shiver in the cold.  and we shant be able to kneel and thank god for blessing us before our shinning alters, while men anywhere are kneeling in either physical or spiritual subjection.  you may be right holmes, and i hope you are.  and god willing, we'll live to see that day watson.

"A Word From Tad"
it may already be evident to you, but we wanted to add an explination point to the ideas put forth on this cd.  anti-racism isn't a message for one group, one scene, or one click.  it's a message that everyone needs to hear and that everyone needs to be exposed to.  education is our weapon.  a casual sexist comment among friends.  a person being murdered due to thier sexual orientation.  or a man being dragged to death behind a pickup due to the color of his skin.  these events are still occuring at the dawn of the new millenium.  and its up to us to make a change.  take the inititave to make a difference in this world.  my world, your world, our world.  volunteer in a rape crisis center.  have a benefit show to collect canned food.  voice your distain over anti-immagration legislation.  work aside a community run organization.  there are countless ways to combat racism in your everyday life.  the point is to get active and get involved.  hopefully you will turn off this cd and decide that now is the time.  be young, have fun, and smash racism.
 
 
 

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