ONE SPECIES.

And I scream, cause each one of them there is a part of me.
And I rage, cause I'm locked with them inside that cage.
Cause I don't see a difference between the multitude of species. They feel pain I feel pain. They all just want to live. Just like me.

And when are we going to see, that there's no difference in suffering.
One species, were all the same.
Were all sentient beings.

When they bleed I bleed.
And when they scream I scream.
When they are abused they're doing it to me and you.
And if you want peace then we have to stop supporting.

And when are we going to see, that there's no difference in suffering.
One species, were all the same.
Were all sentient beings.

And how long are we going to go on, with the abuses?
Go vegan, cause the animals don't need your petty excuses.
Imagine if it was your baby that they were taken away.
Imagine if it was your life all your brothers and sisters intensely confined.
Could you imagine being boiled alive?
Could you imagine being slaughtered just for your hid?
Could you imagine being viewed just as a product and in the end being senselessly murdered?

And when are we going to see that there's no difference in suffering?
One species, were all the same.
Were all sentient beings.
And when are we going to see that there's no difference in suffering.
One species were all the same.
Were all trying to avoid pain.

BE THE CHANGE

Watch your TV and kill your brain.
Drink your beer and point the blame.
Smoke your cigarettes down to the stubs.
Getting trashed like a bunch of slobs.
You complain about the government and everything they say,
But don't you realize with your Anheuser Busch and Phillip Morris you're buying in?

Go to school, go to work, go to sleep, pay your rent.
Don't you see you're turning out like your parents?
Go to college, get a job, and buy a house and drive a car.
If you're lucky take your revolution and addictions along.
Have your life with all your thrills pay your taxes pay your bills.
Put yourself deeper into the grave.
Buy the shit that you don't need. Plant the corporate seed.
Can't you see you're keeping yourself enslaved?

Well I don't want to be part of your hypocrisy.
Cause I don't wanna support the things I say I hate,
cause that would make a hypocrite out of me.

See the protesters standing on the street, said they're fighting against global warming.
Then they jump into their cars and they drive away, I guess it's alright to support the things you say you hate.
I see the abortion doctors laying there in their blood, I hear the Christians screaming out "Well it's gods love".
We've got the peace-keeping missiles for fear, cause were fighting this war on terrorism.

You want the world to change, but you're going to stay the same.
You can't expect anything in a world full of apathy.

Like in the famous words of Gandhi, "be the change in this world that you want to see" The revolution doesn't start with your neighbor, the revolution starts with me.
Without the government, without the legislation, without the senate hearings without conglomerations, without the congress man or womyn, without the lobbyist, without the house or representatives, or the president. Without governor, mayor, school board or police, state or county jurisdiction, without your family.
Cause this revolution starts with me.
Cause I've got to be the change that I want to see.
And this revolution starts with me,
Cause I've got to be the change that I want to see.

IT KILLS YOU TO KNOW. Lyrics by ANCHOR.

It feels so unreal that we accept this to go on.
The pain and suffering that so many reduce to nothing at all.
I hold you responsible for the actions that you choose.
Cause you cant claim your innocense when you claim power over their lives.
How can anyone choose death before life?
So you turn your face away from the pictures.
You dont wanna see the horror in their eyes, you wanna go on just like before. Just like always. Putting whatever bodypart you want in your mouth without the moral conflict. I hear their screams, they are endless. I see them in pain from the torture, dying in the murdermachine that you support. Support without guilt or perspective. They once had a pulse, hearts that were beating. They felt, they saw and they lived. So beautiful and unique in their ways.

INDUSTRY OF WAR

War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
Well that's the way it appears to me,
but it's great for the economy
as we're building up this empire society.
Well the media's profiting from the world trade towers tumbling.
They're selling their primetime ads on this patriotic screen.
They're selling inaccuras, their lies and propaganda.
Rebroadcasting images from FOX, feed it to America through the idiot box.
Said War, what is it good for?

Well it's great for big business and building up the system, putting money in the pockets of the dirty politicians, said its great for steel and lumbering and building up this economy, and allowing us to keep our obsessions, bringing us out of this recession.
It's great for plane and automakers, dropping the bombs that keep us in danger. Violence is ripe this year, wouldn't it be great if we could market fear. We've got to clothe and house and feed and clean the military, we've got to give the housing to their workers and their families.

War, is an industry.
War, is part of the economy,
War, aint about diplomacy,
It's about our financial security.

American builders with their contracts,
Building up new homes that we're bombing in Iraq.
We've got the moral-less weapon manufactures,
Creating new disease and spreading the disasters.
Swollen bellies hide behind the curtain,
Filling up the tankers for Halliburton.
The media propagating lies,
Coming up with the new compromise.

War, is an industry.
War, is part of the economy,
War, aint about diplomacy,
It's about our financial security.

TOTAL LIBERATION. Lyrics by GATHER.

for every life for liberation / we're dedicated to bringing freedom for all enslaved / tear the blindfold from over your eyes / forget all that you thought you once knew / after 10, 000 years of telling lies / dedicated to spreading the truth / taking pride in this path that we tread / in defense of the earth / speaking out so the words of the voiceless can finally be heard / now's the time to take action for freedom / and justice deserved / FIGHT FOR LIFE / take a stand / for truth and compassion / there's no time to wait for change / show dedication / through your words and your actions / together we can end their suffering / TOTAL LIBERATION / smash hierarchy / don't buy into authority / strive for sustainability / resources are running out / discontent because we're not free / oppressors act out of greed / compassion and equality / are both necessary / reject the myths we were taught to believe / it's time to deprogram ourselves / question stereotypes and traditions / follow no gods, no masters / look at the root of racism, sexism, speciesism / and you'll see, it's all been fabricated to keep us apart / BREAK DOWN / THE BARRIERS / THAT ENSLAVE US ALL

PONO

Born into a cruelty industry.
Taken from his mother and sold into captivity.
Kidnaped at a few days of age to spend the rest of his life stretched out on a chain.

But your light is what will make them see.
Your light is what will set you free.
Your life will bring the change.
And your life will break that chain.

Left and abandoned, mistreated and abused.
So unsure of what would become of you.
And even though you were crying inside, your love still shone so bright

But your light is what will make them see.
Your light is what will set you free.
Your life will bring the change.
And your life will break that chain.

Your loneliness and craving for love, created a friend who just couldn't give up.
He made a promise staring into your sad eyes, that he couldn't just let you die.

And your light is what made him seen.
Your light is what will set you free.
Your life will bring the change.
And your life is what will break that chain.

Tirelessly he worked to set you free.
Doing anything he could to gain your liberty.
Cause to that promise he couldn't forget,
Cause for you it was a matter of life and death.
Well you pulled on his heart strings, you made his eyes tear,
you said "Marasia please don't leave me here. I don't want to die today. Please take me away."
So with strength and resolve and determination, he got your freedom, Animal Liberation.

And now you're free again. Returned to family and friends. And through it all came determination, to end this exploitation.

Pono we Love you. And Pono we know you Love us too.

INK UNDER YOUR SKIN.

Well, I've seen these friends, they've come and gone.
I watched their X's fade when sobriety lacked being fun.
They made a choice and a commitment, to forever remain drug free, for themselves, their family's their friends.

Even with Straight Edge tattooed across your chest,
the ink under your skin is the only thing remaining true till death.
You sold yourself like it was a fucking trend.
Now you've turned your back, so for us this is the end.

What does it feel like to be the person you said you hate?
And how do you deal with it every single day?
And I can't understand why you made the fucking change.
but now you've turned your back on everything.

People say to me, "lighten up, it's a personal choice."
That's where I shake my head and I raise my voice.
How can you say that this means nothing?
I'll show you why I forever remain Drug Free.

For every person killed by a drunk driver,
I remain Straight Edge.
And for every kid beaten by his alcoholic father,
I made this commitment for them
And for every home torn apart by a drug addict.
I remain Straight Edge.
And for every rape and molestation.
I remain Straight Edge.
I remain Straight Edge.
You turned your back on them, for that I will never forget.
You turned your back on the countless victims, for that your guilty.

FOR THE INNOCENT.

And I can not sit quiet while the these murders and tortures persist.
You will hear my voice ring out against the injustices.
For every innocent being who lost or never had a voice, my strength of freedom can't be ignored.

Chorus.
For the blood spilt of the innocent.
Who lost their lives to the ignorant.
With the malice of a laboratory worker.
For the billions senselessly murdered.
I am vegan.
For the innocent, who lost their lives to the ignorant.
With the callus of a slaughterhouse worker.
For the billions senselessly murdered.
I am Vegan.

And for those who would bury their heads in the sand rather than coming to terms with the violence they are supporting, my message will grow that much more important.
I don't preach for preaching is based on belief. Mine's a message of fact and truth, By eating meat, dairy and eggs you are directly supporting murder.

Chorus.
So for the blood spilt of the innocent.
Who lost their lives to the ignorant.
With the malice of a laboratory worker.
For the billions senselessly murdered.
I am vegan.
For the innocent, who lost their lives to the ignorant.
With the callus of a slaughterhouse worker.
For the billions senselessly murdered.
I am Vegan.

I am Vegan for the innocent.
I live Vegan for the environment.
I live Vegan to help myself cleanse.
I live Vegan to bring this suffering to an end.
I live Vegan until the end.
I live Vegan.