taken from the 'Sound Mirrors Remixes' album, released 30 October 2006 on Ninja Tune - Directed by Ne-O
"THEY DEVELOP EYES MUCH BETTER THAN 2020"
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Lyrics
*** http://www.kget.jp/lyric/132813/The+State+We%27re+In+%28feat.Lu+Grady%29_Coldcut%2C+Lu+Grady
DAG IT'S A GAG,
THEY GOT YOU,
BLOCKS LOCKED DOWN,
NOT YOU,
AND THEY ALREADY GOT PROOF,
IT'S HARDER N HARDER EACH DAY TO KEEP SANE,
EITHER FORGET OR WE GET MORE'N MORBID,
EYES WIDE LIKE ORBITS OR POOR LIGHT-SOURCES,
FORCES'LL FIGHT OVER MORE RESOURCES,
FRAUDS CONNECTED TO THE BOARD OF EXECUTIVES,
N THE PARENT OF THE KID WHO WAS JUST BORN TO BE PRESIDENT,
THIS GENERATION GETS SO MANY PENNIES,
THEY DEVELOP EYES MUCH BETTER THAN 2020,
SKY GOT MACHINES THAT CAN READ YOUR MIND,
AND THAT'S WHY THE POWERFUL SEEM LIKE GODS,
HOLD THAT,
TAKE THAT,
MAKE THAT,
CREATE THAT,
REALISE EVERYTHING YOU MAKE THEY TAKE BACK,
WHO PULLS THE TRIGGER THEY GOT SATELLITES,
BUSH SAY THE WORD'N YOUR PEOPLE DROP OUTTA SIGHT.
SHOW IT UP,
BLOW IT UP YO,
LET ME KNOW WHAT'S UP,
CHECK THE REVOLUTION,
AUTO-MATO COLDCUT,
ME,
I SPY WITH BOTH EYES SHUT,
CROSS,
LIKE YOU DIDN'T SEE THE BOY HAD TOUCH,
GIFTED TO THE POINT HE CAN AVOID ANY PUNCH,
DIVINE TOUCH THO' MY THOUGHTS GET MURDERED,
THE BEST DRESSED PRISONER JUST GETS CONVERTED,
TRAVELLIN TO CALIFORNIA,
HARLEM'IN HIS HEART,
HE DON'T BE THE REAASON WHY THE REVOLITION STARTS,
POLITICIANS TALKING BUT HE DON'T BELIEVE A WORD,
FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE THE WORLD IS MEANT TO BURN WHO PULLS THE TRIGGER?
IS IT JUST A FIGURE?
LOOK THROUGH THE TV,
SEE SOMEBODY BIGGER,
CONTROL,
POWER,
RESOURCE'N MEDIA,
KEEPIN US CONFORMED TO WHAT THEY NEED TO SEE IN YA,
DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE LIVIN'IN THE POT 'TIL THEY HEAT IT UP IT DOESN'T
TAKE A LOT TO MAKE A KODAK CHANGE,
NO THEY DON'T SHOW THAT FRAME GETTING PARALYSED WILL MAKE YOUR MIND INSANE,
BECAUSE SOLDIERS DON'T GROW BACK BRAINS,
(SCRATCH)
AAH HA AND YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT DAMN SMELL
TOILET WATER ON THE GROUND LIKE GUN SHELLS,
THESE LITTLE CHOICES DAILY THAT'S GOING ON,
THESE LITTLE DECISIONS WE MAKE WHEN WE GO TO WAR,
GOD-DAMN,
SO MUCH OF IT'S IN GOD'S NAME,
WE GO TO HELL LIKE DANTE,
IT'S A DAMN SHAME,
GOOD LORD,
THESE RICH FOLK HAVE REALLY LOST IT,
DIVIDE LIKE THE LANDMINES AS THEY WALK ACROSS IT,
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SLICE OF MY,
LEW GRADE IN THIS LIFE OF MINE IS TOO CRAZY,
MAYBE A BOMB BUT LATELY IM SAYING PAY ME,
MAYBE,
AMEN,
I FEEL A DEEP CHANGE SAMPLE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE USED IT TO INSPIRE YOUNG
PEOPLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET UP ON TO THE FLOOR AND DANCE,
DANCE TO THE BEAT OF A VERY DIFFERENT DRUMMER (REPEATED 4 TIMES)
(SCRATCH) "CHECK THE REVOLUTION, COLDCUT"
