Posted on 03/06/2009 1:14:31 PM PST by appleseed
This song opens and closes with famous quotes:
"And in the few moments we have left, we want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand."
This is Malcolm X, from his "Message To The Grass-Roots" speech in 1963. The point of it was to unify African-Americans.
The ending quotes start with John F. Kennedy's famous "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." This is from his inaugural address in 1961:
Look into my eyes, what do you see? Cult of personality I know your anger, i know your dreams I've been everything you want to be I'm the cult of personality Like Mussolini and Kennedy I'm the cult of personality Cult of personality Cult of personality
Neon lights, a Nobel prize The mirror speaks, the reflection lies You don't have to follow me Only you can set me free I sell the things you need to be I'm the smiling face on your t.v. I'm the cult of personality I exploit you still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three I'm the cult of personality Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi I'm the cult of personality Cult of personality Cult of personality
Neon lights a Nobel prize A leader speaks, that leader dies You don't have to follow me Only you can set you free
You gave me fortune You gave me fame You gave me power in your god's name I'm every person you need to be I'm the cult of personality Look into my eyes, what do you see? Cult of personality I know your anger, I know your dreams I've been everything you want to be I'm the cult of personality Like Mussolini and Kennedy I'm the cult of personality Cult of personality Cult of personality
Neon lights, a Nobel prize The mirror speaks, the reflection lies You don't have to follow me Only you can set me free I sell the things you need to be I'm the smiling face on your T.V. I'm the cult of personality I exploit you still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three I'm the cult of personality Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi I'm the cult of personality Cult of personality Cult of personality
Neon lights a Nobel prize A leader speaks, that leader dies You don't have to follow me Only you can set you free
You gave me fortune You gave me fame You gave me power in your god's name I'm every person you need to be I'm the cult of personality
It’s a killer song, a warning about following any “cult of personality.”
Great song. Those guys rock(ed).
The song is good but the guitar solo is awful and just pure junk music.
Call up your local radio station and have them play if for you. Tell them your name is Obama.
I bought the mp3 for the song on Inauguration day. I listened to it at my desk while coworkers watched the blessed event in a conference room.
I like the song, but you are right the solo is just over the top whammy bar crap-ola.
They were fun to see live though.
Should be 21 years ago. Public education - can’t add. Sorry.
I’ll admit I liked this band back in the ‘80’s. Yes, the lyrics really do apply to what’s happening today.
The B side was Bawney Fwank’s version of “It’s Raining Men”...
Great song. I bought it off iTunes.
Wouldn’t it be ironic if the band members voted for Obama?
That is freakin scary!!!
LOL. It was the ‘80’s. It was all scary.
I loved that song when it came out.
I was born in one country, raised in another. My father was born in another country. I was not his only child. He fathered several children with numerous women.
I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no interest in me. My mother died at an early age from cancer.
Later in life, questions arose over my real name.
My birth records were sketchy and no one was able to produce a legitimate, reliable birth certificate.
I grew up practicing one faith but converted to Christianity, as it was widely accepted in my country, but
I practiced non-traditional beliefs & didnt follow Christianity, except in the public eye under scrutiny.
I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young adult, disguising myself as someone who really cared about them.
That was before I decided it was time to get serious about my life and I embarked on a new career.
I wrote a book about my struggles growing up. It was clear to those who read my memoirs that I had difficulties accepting that my father abandoned me as a child.
I became active in local politics in my 30s then with help behind the scenes, I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate for national office in my 40s. They said I had a golden tongue and could talk anyone into anything. That reinforced my conceit.
I had a virtually non-existent resume, little work history, and no experience in leading a single organization. Yet I was a powerful speaker and citizens were drawn to me as though I were a magnet and they were small roofing tacks..
I drew incredibly large crowds during my public appearances. This bolstered my ego.
At first, my political campaign focused on my countrys foreign policy. I was very critical of my country in the last war and seized every opportunity to bash my country.
But what launched my rise to national prominence were my views on the countrys economy. I pretended to have a really good plan on how we could do better and every po or person would be fed & housed for free.
I knew which group was responsible for getting us into this mess. It was the free market, banks & corporations. I decided to start making citizens hate them and if they were envious of others who did well, the plan was clinched tight.
I called mine A Peoples Campaign and that sounded good to all people.
I was the surprise candidate because I emerged from outside the traditional path of politics & was able to gain widespread popular support.
I knew that, if I merely offered the people hope , together we could change our country and the world.
So, I started to make my speeches sound like they were on behalf of the downtrodden, poor, ignorant to include persecuted minorities like the Jews. My true views were not widely known & I needed to keep them unknown, until after I became my nations leader.
I had to carefully guard reality, as anybody could have easily found out what I really believed, if they had simply read my writings and examined those people I associated with.
Im glad they didnt. Then I became the most powerful man in the world. And the world learned the truth.
Who am I?
ADOLF HITLER. (Or Barak Hussien 0bama)
I tell you one and one makes three Im the cult of personality Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi Im the cult of personality Cult of personality Cult of personality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ5SVDYBNrY
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
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