Television The Drug Of The Nation

<br>Group: Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy<br>Song: "Television, The Drug of the Nation"<br>Album: "Hipocrisy is the Greatest Luxury"<br>One Nation<br>under God<br>has turned into<br>One Nation under the influence<br>of one drug<br>Television, the drug of the Nation<br>Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation<br>T.V., it<br>satellite links<br>our United States of unconciousness<br>Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive<br>the methadone metronome pumping out<br>150 channels 24 hours a day<br>you can flip through all of them<br>and still there`s nothing worth watching<br>T.V. is the reason why less than ten percent of our<br>Nation reads books daily<br>Why most people think Central America<br>means Kansas<br>Socialism means unamerican<br>and Apartheid is a new headache remedy<br>absorbed in it`s world it`s so hard to find us<br>It shapes our minds the most<br>maybe the mother of our Nation<br>should remind us<br>that we`re sitting to close to. . .<br>Television, the drug of the Nation<br>Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation<br>T.V. is<br>the stomping ground for political candidates<br>Where bears in the woods<br>are chased by Grecian Formula`d<br>bald eagles<br>T.V. is mechanized politic`s<br>remote control over the masses<br>co-sponsered by environmentally safe gases<br>watch for the PBS special<br>It`s the perpetuation of the two party system<br>where image takes precedence over wisdom<br>Where sound bite politics are served to<br>the fastfood culture<br>Where straight teeth in your mouth<br>are more important than the words<br>that come out of it<br>Race baiting is the way to get selected<br>Willie Horton or<br>Will he not get elected on . . .<br>Television, the drug of the Nation<br>Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation<br>T.V. is it the reflector or the director?<br>Does it imitate us<br>or do we imitate it<br>Because a child watches 1500 murders before he`s<br>twelve years old and we wonder how we`ve created<br>a Jason generation that learns to laugh<br>rather than abhor the horror<br>T.V. is the place where<br>armchair generals and quarterbacks can<br>experience first hand<br>the excitement of video warfare<br>as the theme song is sung in the background<br>Sugar sweet sitcoms<br>that leave us with a bad actor taste while<br>pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars<br>You saw the video<br>You heard the soundtrack<br>Well now go buy the soft drink<br>Well, the only cola that I support<br>would be a union C.O.L.A. (Cost of Living Allownace)<br>On Television.<br>Television, the drug of the Nation<br>Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation<br>Back again, "New and Improved",<br>we return to our irregularly programmed schedule<br>hidden cleverly between heavy breasted<br>beer and car commericals<br>CNNESPNABCTNT but mostly B.S.<br>Where oxymoronic language like<br>"virtually spotless" "fresh frozen"<br>"light yet filling" and "military intelligence"<br>have become standard<br>T.V. is the place where phrases are redefined<br>like "recession" to "necessary downturn"<br>"crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"<br>"Civilian death" to "collateral damages"<br>and being killed by your own Army<br>is now called "friendly fire"<br>T.V. is the place where the pursuit<br>of happiness has become the pursuit of<br>trivia<br>Where toothpaste and cars have become<br>sex objects<br>Where imagination is sucked out of children<br>by a cathode ray nipple<br>T.V. is<br>the only wet nurse<br>that would create a cripple<br>Television, the drug of the Nation<br>Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation<br>On Television . . .