Lyrics
Efficiency and progress is ours once more Now that we have the Neutron bomb It's nice and quick and clean and gets things done Away with excess enemy But no less value to property No sense in war but perfect sense at home
The sun beams down on a brand new day No more welfare tax to pay Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light Jobless millions whisked away At last we have more room to play All systems go to kill the poor tonight
Gonna kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor tonight
Behold the sparkle of champagne The crime rate's gone, feel free again Oh, life's a breeze with you, Miss Lily White Jane Fonda on the screen today Convinced the liberals it's okay So let's get dressed and dance away the night
While they kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor tonight
Kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor tonight
Behold the sparkle of champagne The crime rate's gone, feel free again Oh, life's a breeze with you, Miss Lily White Jane Fonda on the screen today Convinced the liberals it's okay So let's get dressed and dance away the night
While they kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor tonight
Kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor tonight
Kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor Kill kill kill kill kill the poor tonight
The third single off the punk classic Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, “Kill the Poor” portrays a right-wing celebration of neutron bombs being sicced on poor people in the name
[Verse 1] / The sun beams down on a brand new day / No more welfare tax to pay / Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light / Jobless millions whisked away / At last we have more
[Intro] / Efficiency and progress is ours once more / Now that we have the Neutron bomb / It's nice and quick and clean and gets things done / Away with excess enemy / But no less
[Intro] / Efficiency and progress is ours once more / Now that we have the Neutron bomb / It's nice and quick and clean and gets things done / Away with excess enemy / But no less
No Jello Biafra isn’t a kiddie killer like some might suggest. Jello Biafra sings through the perspective of a serial killer who murders children.
According to wikipedia, Jello
Exposes some of the evils that landlords—specifically slumlords—were notorious for in the old days.
Jello Biafra also declares that the physical place that inspired the song is “
Maybe if I quit soda / I'd stop going to Circle K / And wondering what the k stands for / Killing me softly / King of the hill / Kiss my face / King of the beach / Maybe if I quit
After the release of the Dead Kennedy’s first album Neo-Nazi punks started to come to their shows because of their satirical songs that had gained popularity, such as Kill The Poor
[Verse 1] / I don't want to think / Don't make me care / I wanna melt in with the group / I need the balls / To leap out of my shell / And let go with my friends / Can't come up
[Verse 1] / We're sorry, but you're no longer needed / Or wanted, or even cared about here / Machines can do a better job than you / And this is what you get for asking questions
[Intro] / Don't scream / [Chorus 1] / I kill children / I love to see them die / I kill children / And make their mamas cry / Crush 'em under my car / I like to hear them scream
[Verse 1] / Are you believing the morning papers? / War is coming back in style / There's generals here, advisors there / And the Russians nibbling everywhere / The chessboard's
[Verse 1] / Your mommy told you this / And your daddy told you that / "Always think like this / And never do that" / You learned so many feelings / But what is there to that
The song is a criticism of pitiful, self-righteous people and their attempts to tangentially support those less fortunate than themselves by merely mentioning their plight or
The title of this album references how the band sued Jello Biafra for $200,000 and took away the rights to his own songs so that they could sell them to videogames and commercials.
Get all the lyrics to songs on Iguana Studios Rehearsal Tape - San Francisco 1978 and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
The Deaf Club, as the San Francisco Club of the Deaf, Inc. was affectionately known, was an underground hall in San Francisco’s Mission District where bands performed in late 1978
DK’s debut album, released in 1980, is considered a landmark in the hardcore punk genre. With songs offering a searing satirical take on just about everything from war to mental
This is the soundtrack album for James Merendino’s 1999 film starring Matthew Lillard as a punk rock fan staging a lonely rebellion in Salt Lake City in the mid-1980s. The music is
Bedtime for Democracy is an album released by California punk rock band Dead Kennedys in 1986. It ended up being the last album of original material that they’ve produced together
Get all the lyrics to songs on Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
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Genius Q&A
Q:When did Dead Kennedys release “Kill the Poor”?
Dead Kennedys released “Kill the Poor” on September 2, 1980.
Q:When did Dead Kennedys release “Kill The Poor [Disco Version]”?
Dead Kennedys released “Kill The Poor [Disco Version]” in 2004.
Q:When did Dead Kennedys release “Kill The Poor [Demo]”?
Dead Kennedys released “Kill The Poor [Demo]” in 1978.
Q:When did Dead Kennedys release Kill the Poor?
Dead Kennedys released Kill the Poor in October 1980.
Dead Kennedys are widely considered to be one of the most influential punk bands of all time.
The first incarnation of the band formed in San Francisco in the late 70s, flipping
Raymond John Pepperell, better known as East Bay Ray, is best known as the guitarist who brought his surf, rockabilly, jazz, psychadelic and film score influences to the The Dead
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