‘Building 7’ emerges from countless dialogues over 18 years with scholars, university students/researchers, and soldiers and sailors who maintain a robust skepticism of official mythologies regarding the baffling un-investigated oddities of September 11, 2001 and obvious efforts made in various media to obscure the full picture and to marginalize voices calling for an independent unbiased inquiry of the events of that fateful day. The song is an integration of observed phenomena and a call—inspired by Martin Luther King—to ‘raise our voices’ and pursue truth for its powers to set free the captives.
Players:
Robert:backing vocals, drum programming, drums, melodica, sampling, sound engineering
Pedro: bass
Daniel: lead vocals
MC Fluff: vocals
Derek: visuals and images
Critical Responses:
When original pieces like this start appearing about Building 7, I realize the freshness of this social movement is still with us—still alive. This is crucial, since we are entering a time when some of the old guys, like me, are fading away and the really young folks don't remember 9/11. It is so important for the rest of you to keep open the doors of inspiration ... and maintain a vigorous tradition of sparkling dissent. —Graeme MacQueen, 2019
Lyrics
verse 1
Building seven, oh, where did you go?
Forty-seven stories from ground zero
Made in red masonry, and occupied
By Giuliani’s indestructible lair
The zealous cows that lead the team
To inquire of your whereabouts
Said you collapsed from raging fires
A buckled i-beam vaporized your floors
chorus 1
Cognitive infiltration
Dulling the minds of the masses
Time for manipulation
Dominating the lower classes
verse 2
Servile sycophants and media goons
Crushing voices that question the tale
Supplied us all with a mass of lies
Mesmerizing and to hypnotize
bridge
A genius in mass persuasion
Cass is sun stein
Pushing a new kind of Kool aid
chorus 2
Cognitive infiltration
Dulling the minds of the masses
Time for manipulation
Dominating the lower classes
outro (feat. mc fluff)
Building 7
Where did you go?
Made you go up
Made you go down
