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Conviction
02:10
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A war of words rulling my destiny,
but my conviction has overcome the power of all those lies.
Selfishness feeds the cycle.
Always searching for the easiest side
in the mirror we created, our guilt is reflected.
It can really hurt, it can really takes lives,
but nothing can put a price on me anymore.
I will never fall!
An endless hope confronts these threats making my devoting last.
This society won´t lead me.
I´ve already untied me from its chains.
I won´t dirty my hands with blood again.
I´ll stay away from my weakness.
The cruelty that blinds people today
Has opened my eyes to empathy
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Behind The Law
02:22
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The beginning of the night announces a covert war.
We know it but we don´t see it, so it goes on ignored.
You´d better be careful with the men behind the law.
To humiliate you, beat you or shoot you they dont need a reason at all.
Born in poor and violent surroundings.
Their school was their streets.
Then, give them a gun and authority.
What should we expect from this police?
Boneheads with the right to kill.
Are they supposed to keep the peace? HA!!!
Or to protect the property and the wellfare of the rich?
They´ll put a gun in your hand and dope in your pocket.
With no punishment for their crimes, how can they ever be stopped?
Execution of blacks and poor minorities without trial.
With this "security" by our side, do we need any enemies?
Amazed by the news, but we know it happens every day.
What is sad is the fact that these bastards will never pay.
In this country where I live.
Human rights are a joke and you´d better remain silent
If you don´t want to be silenced.
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Where´s The Justice?
01:34
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What else will have to happen to make you open your eyes?
Will you have to feel it yourself to take away this disguise?
You don´t need to go far away to see the bad things you watch on your TV
And if you take a look around you someday,
you will see they´re very close to you.
The police behind death squads, animals being slaughtered by human hands.
Corruption among politicians while people live in subhuman conditions.
So, now I´m gonna ask you:
What´s the point of so called democracy if it´s just in defense
Of the powerful and to keep this inequality?
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Your Generation
01:55
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What´s wrong with this new generation?
Have they been too brainwashed (by the rules of this nation)?
Am I too old to understand their needs or even relate?
So caught up in society´s schemes.
Seems they´ve lost all self steem or respect for anyone around:
friends, family, elderly or animals.
Video games from 9 to 5.
Then school destroys what´s left of their brains.
Grunge and drugs to keep them sedated.
Sex, soccer and discos and they´re dead.
Spineless teenagers, zombies for life.
Conform, fit in, kiss your identity good bye.
No questions asked, no rebel spirit.
Obssessed with success, workaholics.
I feel at a low crossing the teenagers blank stares,
but they´re too numb to even care.
In an age where everything seems to go wrong,
what we need is more solidarity,
communication, friendship and sympathy.
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Last Straw
02:01
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I lost patience a long time ago.
Discretion and fear kept my mouth shut,
but this silence is killing me.
I can´t help saying how it sucks.
Every time you light that shit and spread its poison in the air,
your contempt for other people shows you don´t fucking care.
All the pleas made for you not to smoke...
I felt as if they were a waste of time.
"What about my freedom?" Is that a joke?
Demanding your rights while you´re stealing mine.
I don´t want your apologies.
All I want is your comprehension
Years subjected to your oppression made me only regret.
You say we could stand together.
I wish I could believe in it, too, but respect is crucial for unity.
Your smoking keeps me away from you cause every time someone lights it
And blows its poison in my face their comtempt kills my sympathy and another wall is built.
Concealing my feelings would not be sincere.
You made your "choice", so let me set things clear:
All I want is basic respect.
I don´t think it´s too much to ask.
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Walls Of Lies
02:15
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A sea of lies hides the real situation with enough "merchandise" to keep us blind.
A game injecting sexism into people´s heads.
Keeping all this disguise intact.
Pornography - the strongest illusion to minds addicted to lust.
Television, radio and magazines are sexist machines poisoning so mnay lives successfully.
We won´t take part in it!!!
Rapes turning the news into entertainment.
Starting a subliminal violence.
your dignity is broken spoiling the true meaning of respect.
The true meaning of respect!!!
Let´s disengage from this seduction.
Open your eyes in front of all this dirtiness.
In defense of a respectful life, the will to change is gonna rise.
The will to change is gonna inflame!!!
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Overcome
03:38
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Grief burns inside my heart every time I look into their eyes,
But fear has always driven me to turn my back on their miserable lives.
My weakness...my worst sickness. I must break free. Break free!
Searching for the strength needed to fight the oppression over their lives.
A driving force prevents me from closing my eyes and leaving my fellow beings alone to die.
My happiness breeds only distress if it cannot be shared with everyone.
Victory is senseless for personal success.
Justice for all must be done!
Can´t even imagine what they feel.
Days, years, a lifetime of pain.
Our comfort compels us to ensure that inequity will not remain.
Fearful, maybe I´ll weaken once more, but I´m really willing to win this war.
One struggles, a hundred ignore.
Joining the few, I´ll fight.
Cries break quietness. Illusion is gone.
Fear feeds selfishness. Overcome.
Pain ignites rage.
Revolution has to come.
A war to show tha peace means justice for everyone.
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Words Of Hope
02:55
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Get ready to the facts!
A whole generation in complete alienation.
Wise enough to change it, but too weak to face the situation.
Possessed with lust, hatred burns within all of us.
Will we let this society turn into dust?
Blinded, we´ve been given a looking glass so that we could see all the self made mess.
Emancipate from such a suicidal state.
Don´t let insanity seal our fate.
Human liberation through drug abstinence.
Doping brings apathy and fear of confrontation.
Sobriety can grant us enough energy to face social oppression and achieve equality.
Seeds of hope.
Animal liberation for Earth preservation.
Veganism is a powerful tool to stop nature´s exploitation.
Abjuring cruelty. Embracing sympathy.
The basis for a civilized humanity.
Future lays in our hands.
It´s up to us to change it and I´m sure we can.
The hands that have built it all will be the same to make it fall.
Let´s make reality out of these words of hope.
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9. |
Um Grito Por Justiça
02:26
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Eu perdi a minha paciência. Não vou mais aceitar.
Esconder meus sentimentos foram sinais de fraqueza.
Minha liberdade perdida devo reconquistar.
Um sentimento sincero. Um grito por justiça.
Um gigante ainda dorme mais precisa acordar.
Talvez você não saiba o poder que tem nas mãos.
Nossa vonta de viver é a melhor arma.
Uma chance de mudança. Nossa esperança!
Apelos por justiça foram negados.
Não podemos permitir, vamos retomar o que de nós foi roubado:
Nosso orgulho, nosso direito, nossas vidas.
Nações inteiras deixadas em chamas.
Pessoas a margem da dignidade.
Sofrimento na face das pessoas.
Opressão e medo parte de um cotidiano.
Já é hora de quebrar essas correntes, nossa revolta é o ponto de partida.
Posicione-se forte, dê um passo a frente para derrubarmos essas barreiras e mudar.
É hora de mudar!
Vamos construir um mundo novo.
Isto com nossas próprias mãos.
Nossa vontade de ferro é o ponto de desequilibrio nesta luta pela dignidade.
O sentimento que contemos em nossos corações é a resposta para a paz do amanhã.
Um mundo onde haja justiça para todos.
Vamos fazer desse sonho realidade.
Um grito por justiça!
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10. |
Unbroken Feelings
02:15
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Strong feelings are breaking chains to end your poisoned ways.
Cleaning all the dirtness from our veins.
Discipline is the weapon of a struggle...
Raised to stay!
Bonds - Unbroken
Proving that the weakness of those who sold out can be overcome.
Sel-assurance feeds and inner flame that gives me strength.
It makes me grow enough.
I´ll never forsake this vow.
Setting myself apart from what decays.
It fortifies me and I won´t break away.
I´ll always live straight edge!
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I have something to say. Many options that I sustain.
I have my causes to stand for. I wanna freedom and much more.
Never give it up.
I have no need of your fears. I had mine, and now I see it clear.
Many doubts have crossed my way
But all this uncertainty just strenghtened me to say:
Never give it up.
You may frighten me putting us down with fear
But we´re not alone and our ideals will never disappear.
We´re just playing a song.
We´re just kids, screaming in a band.
Will we be together in ten years?
Maybe not, but I will still believe in this.
Never give it up.
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Self Conviction São Paulo, Brazil
Self Conviction was a Vegan Straight Edge hardcore band from São Paulo.
Jorel - vocal
Kalota - vocal
Tarcisio - guitar
Andre - guitar
Juninho - bass
Tigrilo - drums
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