the 4th branch
immortal technique
and yet the past refuses to rest in its shallow grave
for those who hide behind the false image of the son of man
shall stand before god! it has begun
the voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish
a fake church called the prophet muhammad a terrorist
forgetting god is not a religion
and jesus is the most quoted prophet in the qu'ran
they bombed innocent people
when you gave him those chemical weapons to go to war with iran
this is the information that they hold back from peter jennings
cause condoleeza rice is just a new age sally hemmings
i break it down with critical language and spiritual anguish
the guilt of betraying christ
you murdered and stole his religion
translated in psychologically tainted philosophy
conservative political right wing
the blasphemy of a nation
cause i'm facin' assassination
and the home of the slaves
dancin' offbeat to the rhythm
you really think this country
never sponsored terrorism?
el savador and the contras in nicaragua
you still wanna take me to prison
just cause i won't trade humanity for patriotism
causing your perspective to change
they wanna rearrange the whole point of view of the ghetto
the fourth branch of the government
a bandana full of glittering
fighting for freedom and fighting terror
read about the history of the place that we live in
and stop letting corporate news tell lies to your children
flow like the blood of abraham through the jews and the arabs
broken apart like a woman's heart
embedded correspondents don't tell the source of the tension
and they refuse to even mention
or the massacres in jenin
u.s. manufactured missles
weapon contracts and corrupted american dreams
blocking out the video screens
a continent of oil kingdoms
when the people are starvin'
a desert full of genocide
where the bodies are freezin'
and the world doesn't believe that you fightin' for freedom
cause you fucked the middle east
and gave birth to a demon
it's open season with the cia
trapped in a ghetto region like a palestinian kid
where nobody gives a fuck whether you die or you live
i'm tryin' to give the truth
and i know the price is my life
but when i'm gone they'll sing a song about immortal technique
who beheaded the president
and the princes and sheiks
you don't give a fuck about us
i can see through your facade
like a fallen angel standing in the presence of god
bitch niggaz scared of the truth
when it looks at you hard
causing your perspective to change
they wanna rearrange the whole point of view in the ghetto
the fourth branch of the government
a bandana full of glittering
fighting for freedom and fighting terror
martial law is coming soon to the hood
while you hanging your flag out your project window
yeah. the fourth branch of the government aka the media
seems to now have a retirement plan for ex-military officials
as if their opinion was at all unbiased
a machine shouldn't speak for men
so shut the fuck up you mindless drone!
and you know it's serious
when these same media outfits are spending millions of dollars on a pr campaign
to try to convince you they're fair and balanced
when they're some of the most ignorant
giving that type of mentality a safe haven
we act like we share in the spoils of war that they do
we don't get the contracts to make money off 'em afterwards!
we don't get weapons contracts
we don't get cheap labor for our companies
turn off the news and read