Television The Drug Of The Nation - The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

One nation under God' has turned into

One nation under the influence of one **

Television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

On television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

TV, its satellite links

Our 'United States of Unconsciousness'

Apathetic, therapeutic an' extremely addictive

The methadone metronome pumpin' out

150 channels, 24 hours a day

You can flip through all of them

An' still there's nothin' worth watchin'

TV is the reason why less than 10 per cent

Of our nation reads books daily

Why most people think Central America means Kansas

Socialism means Unamerican

An' Apartheid is a new headache remedy

Absorbed in its world, it's so hard to find us

It shapes our minds the most

Maybe the mother of our nation should remind us

That we're sittin' too close

To the television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

On television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

TV is the stompin' ground for political candidates

Where bears in the woods are chased

By Grecian formula'd bald eagles

TV is mechanized politics' remote control

Over the masses

Co-sponsored by environmentally safe gases

Watch for the PBS special

It's the perpetuation of the two party system

Where image takes precedence over wisdom

Where sound bite politics are served

To the fast food culture

Where straight teeth in your mouth are more important

Than the words that come out of it

Race baiting is the way to get selected

Willie Horton or Will he not get elected?

On television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

On television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

TV, is it the reflector or the director ?

Does it imitate us or do we imitate it?

Because a child watches 1500 murders before he's 12 years old

An' we wonder why we've created a Jason generation

That learns to laugh rather than to abhor the horror

TV is the place where armchair generals

An' quarterbacks can experience first hand

The excitement of video warfare

As the theme song is sung in the background

Sugar sweet sitcoms that leave us with a bad actor taste

While pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars

You saw the video, you heard the soundtrack

Well, now go buy the soft drink

Well, the only cola that I support

Would be a Union C.O.L.A., cost of living allowance

On television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

On television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

Back again, 'new an' improved'

We return to our irregularly programmed schedule

Hidden cleverly between heavy breasted beer

An' car commercials

CNN, ESPN, ABC, BCB, TNT but mostly B.S.

Where oxymoronic language like 'virtually spotless'

'Fresh, frozen', 'light yet filling'

An' 'Military Intelligence' have become standard

TV is a place where phrases are redefined

Like 'recession' to 'necessary downturn'

'Crude oil' on a beach to 'mousse'

'Civilian death' to 'collateral damages'

An' being killed by your own army

Is now called 'Friendly fire'

TV is the place where the pursuit of happiness

Has become the pursuit of trivia

Where toothpaste an' cars have become sex objects

Where imagination is sucked out of children

By a cathode ray nipple

TV is the only wet nurse that would create a cripple

Television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

On television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

On television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation

On television, the ** of the nation

Breedin' ignorance an' feedin' radiation