Genius Meanings
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Dead Kennedys – Kill the Poor
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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
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Dead Kennedys – Kill The Poor [Disco Version]
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[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
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Dead Kennedys – I Kill Children
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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
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Dead Kennedys – Let's Lynch the Landlord
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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 “
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Dead Kennedys – Drug Me
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[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
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Dead Kennedys – Soup Is Good Food
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[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
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Dead Kennedys – When Ya Get Drafted
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[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
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Genius Lists – Songs of Protest and Politics
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Political and protest songs have a long history in music, and some of them are great music as well as political commentary or plea for social change.
This list covers all music
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Dead Kennedys – Nazi Punks Fuck Off!
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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
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Dead Kennedys – Your Emotions
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[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
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Dead Kennedys – I Kill Children [Demo]
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[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
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Dead Kennedys – Stealing People's Mail
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[Verse 1] / We ain't goin' to the party / We ain't goin' to the game / We ain't goin' to the disco / Ain't gonna cruise down Main / [Chorus] / We're stealing people's mail
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Dead Kennedys – Funland at the Beach
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[Verse 1] / Sunny Sunday at the amusement park / See the fat kids spill their pop / Oh, babe, lots of flags and balloons / But someone sabotaged the rollercoaster last night / Ran
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Dead Kennedys – Viva Las Vegas
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A cover of Elvis’s original song recorded by the Dead Kennedys for their debut album. Most of the lyrics are unchanged, although there are some changes made to the second a fourth
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Dead Kennedys – California Über Alles
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The Dead Kennedys describe an exaggerated hippy dictatorship under a Presidency of Jerry Brown, who was Governor of California and a presidential hopeful at the time of recording
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Dead Kennedys – Kepone Kids
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“Kepone Kids” is an early version of the song “Kepone Factory” which would appear on the 1981 EP, In God We Trust, Inc. This song tells the story of a speaker grappling with the
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Dead Kennedys – Forward to Death
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[Verse 1] / I don't need your way of life / I can't stand your attitudes / I can do without your strife / [Pre-Chorus] / I don't need this fucking world / I don't need this fucking
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Dead Kennedys – Ill in the Head
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[Verse 1] / In a desperate mind / Little gardens grow / They grow very wide / They grow very tall / [Chorus] / Why am I alive? / Urban wonderland / By the fence, I stand / In and
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Dead Kennedys – Chemical Warfare
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[Verse 1] / Down at the arsenal, they keep the nerve gasses / Guarded day and night by caged white rabbits / Been sitting there for years, I'm gonna have at it / I cut through the
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Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
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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
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Dead Kennedys – In-Sight
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The song is about a typical loner kid surrounded by a bunch clan minded yuppies. Written from the perspective of a gaggle of yuppies they all talk about how weird he is.
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MC Lars (Ft. Roger Lima & Suburban Legends) – Sublime with Rome (Is Not the Same Thing as Sublime)
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VERSE 1: / Summer time and promoters get sleazy / Summer time, corporate bands get greedy / When they play arena shows with $7 bottle waters / A whole week's paycheck to take your
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Dead Kennedys – Ill In The Head [Live At The Deaf Club]
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[Verse 1] / In a desperate mind / Little gardens grow / They grow very wide / They grow very tall / [Chorus] / Why am I alive / Urban wonderland / By the fence I stand / In and out
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