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The Politics of Starving by Against Me!

Lyrics

Against Me!

The Politics of Starving

From Reinventing Axl Rose2002

Written by James Bowman, Laura Jane Grace, Warren Oakes

Produced by Rob McGregor

Lyrics

The Politics of Starving

[Verse 1] It's time for some real world politics Economics, history, math and English Born and raised and bred walking a thin line Between lost and succeeding and don't ever care about The rules aren't changing it if you really tell it like it is Threats always been there, terror always happens [Chorus] For all the fights, for all the songs, all we said All we have is these pictures of us If it doesn't matter now then it never really did And without this we might as well be dead [Verse 2] They're all black and white people And that doesn't have anything to do with us After all these years it's still an arms race After all these years they still don't fucking get it Lives and cultures matter more than capitalist interest It's the FBI; it's the CIA; it's the ATF, the IMF, NBC, CBS. Fuck you [Chorus] For all the fights, for all the songs, all we said All we have is these pictures of us If it doesn't matter now then it never really did And without this we might as well be dead [Verse 3] When you are so hungry that you'd believe anything Well they're selling you the politics of starving And what the fuck does that really mean to us?

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About this track

"The Politics of Starving" is a song by Against Me! from the album Reinventing Axl Rose, released in 2002. The song was written by James Bowman, Laura Jane Grace, Warren Oakes. It was produced by Rob McGregor.

Against Me! profile →Reinventing Axl Rose album →Track profile →

Contributors

  • Rob McGregor— 24 credits as producer →
  • James Bowman— 83 credits as songwriter →
  • Laura Jane Grace— 322 credits as songwriter & producer →
  • Warren Oakes— 28 credits as songwriter →

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