godspeed you black emperor - bbf3 lyrics
interviewer:
just where ah – just where you coming from?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
well… i don’t like the way the country’s ran, don’t you know, and erm… that’s pretty much what i was expressing in my poem. the governm, th-the american government – they’re sneaky, they’re-they’re very deceitful, they’re-they’re-the liers, they’re cheats, they’re rip-offs. i mean, the american government is one i-is one systematic government that-that n-body can trust. -i- don’t trust ’em myself.
interviewer:
and how long have you been writing for?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
huh?
interviewer:
how long have you been writing for?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
since i was four.
interviewer:
do you do this sort of thing a lot, like, open-mic kinda questions?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
oh, i love open-mic. i love coming here doing open-mic, absolutely.
interviewer:
what kind of reactions do you usually get?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
usually, people are-are pretty much in agreement with what i’m saying.
interviewer:
we overheard you before talking about… you went to court today for a speeding ticket…?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
that’s accurate.
interviewer:
wait, do you wanna tell us that story?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
yes, absolutely, i wouldn’t mind telling you the story. erm… i went to court today for a speeding ticket, and i told the judge, erm… “let me tell you something, and you listen and you listen good, i’m only gonna say this one time and one time only, i don’t repeat myself for n-body,” i said. i says… “i’m here to pay a speeding ticket, not to listen to your lectures and hear you run your mouth for an hour.” i says “i’m here to pay off my speeding ticket, and i’m here to and i’m here to get my fines out of the way and get the f-ck to work.” the judge says “you can’t talk like that in my courtroom, you’re in contempt of court.” then i said, if-i told the judge, “if that’s the best you can do, i feel sorry for you.” i said “why don’t you just shut your f-cking mouth for once and listen.” i said “i’m not gonna take any sh-t.” i said “i’m gonna pay my speeding ticket like i said.” i walked up to the god d-mn judge and i hand him my 25 dollars up and i says “here’s my money, now i am leaving.”
and i left it at that.
i… then, before i left, i turned around and told the judge “i’m here to state who i am and be honest with you.” i said “if they thought i was dangerous on the road like you’re trying to accuse me of, wouldn’t they have taken my license when i first got it? yes they would.” and the judge says “yeah, you have a point,” he goes “you don’t need to get loud,” i said “don’t get loud?” i says “i’ve got every right to get loud.” i says “you can’t do a god d-mn thing about it, because i’m expressing myself in your court, and there is nothing you can do about it. you think you’re god because you have a robe and you can put people up the god d-mn river for 20 years? well you’re not.”
and i left it at that.
interviewer:
did you walk away?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
yes i did.
i don’t like the judicial system, i don’t like the government system, i don’t like the police, i don’t like anything to do with this country’s government. i just don’t like it, bec- i just don’t – they’re sneaky, like i said, they’re deceitful, they’re lying, they’re cheats, they rip the people off. that’s the american government for you. america -is- a third world country, and people don’t recognize it, and i think that that’s pretty godd-mn sad, that they don’t recognize their own country as a third world, third rate, third cl-ss slum.
interviewer:
well… do you have any weapons?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
yes, i do. i own a high-powered -ssault rifle, i own a s- i own a 12-gauge double barrel shotgun, i own a regular shotgun, i own a regular hunting rifle, i own a 9 mm, a 357, a 45 handgun, a 38 special, and, um… i own an m-16 fully automatic ground -ssault rifle…
interviewer:
do you think things are gonna get better before they get worse?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
no way. things are just gonna get worst and keep on getting worst. like i said, america’s a third world country as it is in a way and we’r-we’re j- we’re just basically in a hopeless situation as it stands.
interviewer:
what do you think this country’s gonna look like in the year 2003?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
y’know, i’ll tell you the truth – nothing against you guys, but i don’t wanna answer that question because… i haven’t even got a mind that’s that… that inhumane.
interviewer:
are you ready for what’s coming?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
ready as i’ll ever be.
interviewer:
most people aren’t.
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
there’s a little saying… dates back for generations…
go
be prepared for anything at any time from anybody, don’t take no sh-t, always stand your ground. people wanna come up to me and run their mouth guess what? i’ll throw them through the f-cking window. i won’t think a think a fu – i won’t think a thing of it.
interviewer:
would you mind reciting your poem for us?
blaise bailey finnegan iii:
not at all, i don’t see why i shouldn – i don’t see why i couldn’t.
there’s an evil virus that’s threatening mankind
it’s not state of the art, it’s a serious state of the mind
the muggers, the backstabbers, the two faced elite
a menace to society, a social disease
to brainwash the mind is a social disorder
the cynics, the apathy one-upmanship order
watching beginnings of social decay
gloating and sneering at life’s disarray
eating away at your own self esteem
pouncing on every word that you might be saying
to attack someones mind is a social disorder
the const-tution, the government, martial law order
superficially smiling a shake of the hand
as soon as your back is turned treason is planned
when every good thing’s laid to rest
by – by the governments hate, by the const-tution and their lies
and every time you think you’re safe
and when you go to turn away
you know they’re sharpening all their knives
all in your mind
all in your head
try to relate it
all in your mind
all in your head
try to escape it
without a conscience they destroy
and that’s a thing that they enjoy
they’re a sickness that’s in all of our minds
they want to sink the ship and leave
the way they laugh at you and me
you know it happens all the time
but it only happens in your mind
the rats in the cellar you know who you are…
or do you?
watching beginnings of social decay…
interviewer:
thank you for your time.
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