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So i bolded all the lines i think we should discuss, let me hear your opinions...



Artist: Immortal Technique
Album: Revolutionary Volume 2
Title: Cause of Death


[Talking]
Immortal Technique
Revolutionary Volume 2
Yeah, broadcasting live from Harlem, New York
Let the truth be known..

[Verse 1]
You better watch what the fuck flies outta ya mouth
Or I'ma hijack a plane and fly it into your house
Burn your apartment with your family tied to the couch
And slit your throat, so when you scream, only blood comes out
I doubt that there could ever be...a more wicked MC
'Cuz AIDs infested child molesters aren't sicker than me
I see the world for what it is, beyond the white and the black
The way the government downplays historical facts
'Cuz the United States sponsored the rise of the 3rd Reich
Just like the CIA trained terrorists to the fight
Build bombs and sneak box cutters onto a flightWhen I was a child, the Devil himself bought me a mic
But I refused the offer, 'cuz God sent me to strike
With skills unused like fallopian tubes on a dyke
My words'll expose George Bush and Bin Laden
As two separate parts of the same seven headed dragon
And you can't fathom the truth, so you don't hear me
You think illuminati's just a fuckin conspiracy theory?That's why Conservative racists are all runnin' shit
And your phone is tapped by the Federal Government
So I'm jammin' frequencies in ya brain when you speak to me
Technique will rip a rapper to pieces indecently
Pack weapons illegally, because I'm never hesitant
Sniper scoping a commission controllin the president

[Hook]
Father, forgive them, for they don't know right from wrong
The truth will set you free, written down in this song
And the song has the Cause of Death written in code
The Word of God brought to life, that'll save ya soul..

Save ya soul motherfucker...save ya soul..

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
I hacked the Pentagon for self-incriminating evidence
Of Republican manufactured white powder pestilence
Marines Corps. flak jacket vest, with the guns and ammo
Spittin' bars like a demon stuck inside a piano
Turn a Sambo into a soldier with just one line
Now here's the truth about the system that'll fuck up your mind
They gave Al Queda 6 billion dollars in 1989 to 1992
And now the last chapters of Revelations are coming trueAnd I know a lot of people find it hard to swallow this
Because subliminal bigotry makes you hate my politics

But you act like America wouldn't destroy two buildings
In a country that was sponsoring bombs dropped on our childrenI was watching the Towers, and though I wasn't the closest
I saw them crumble to the Earth like they was full of explosives
And they thought nobody noticed the news report that they did
About the bombs planted on the George Washington bridge
Four Non-Arabs arrested during the emergency
And then it disappeared from the news permanently
They dubbed a tape of Osama, and they said it was proof
"Jealous of our freedom," I can't believe you bought that excuse
Rockin a motherfucking flag don't make you a hero
Word to Ground Zero
The Devil crept into Heaven, God overslept on the 7th
The New World Order was born on September 11
[Hook]

[Verse 3]
And just so Conservatives don't take it to heart
I don't think Bush did it, 'cuz he isn't that smart
He's just a stupid puppet taking orders on his cell phone
From the same people that sabotaged Senator Wellstone
The military industry got it poppin' and lockin'
Looking for a way to justify the Wolfowitz Doctrine
And as a matter of fact, Rumsfeld, now that I think back
Without 9/11, you couldn't have a war in Iraq
Or a Defense budget of world conquest proportions
Kill freedom of speech and revoke the right to abortions
Tax cut extortion, a blessing to the wealthy and wicked
But you still have to answer to the Armageddon you scripted
And Dick Cheney, you fuckin leech, tell them your plans
About building your pipelines through Afghanistan
And how Israeli troops trained the Taliban in Pakistan
You might have some house niggaz fooled, but I understand
Colonialism is sponsored by corporations
That's why Halliburton gets paid to rebuild nations
Tell me the truth, I don't scare into paralysis
I know the CIA saw Bin Laden on dialysis
In '98 when he was Top Ten for the FBI
Government ties is really why the Government liesRead it yourself instead of asking the Government why
'Cuz then the Cause of Death will cause the propaganda to die..

[Man talking]
He is scheduled for 60 Minutes next. He is going on
French, Italian, Japanese television. People
everywhere are starting to listen to him. It's embarassing

Clever lines or truth? Niether. Just some douchebag tin foil hat wearing idiot trying to sell some CDs.

There's more to starting your own little debate/discussion over American politics than some crappy song that nobody seems to know. For instance, you could actually express your own views on the topic....you could ask what others happen to know on certain topics....just some pointers.

What a piece of pathetic, vulgar bullshit. This is your preferred vehicle for starting debate?

Sounds like your average NSer after a few lines of coke actually.

Sounds like your average NSer after a few lines of coke actually.
I wasn't under the impression that the "average NSer" and a few lines of coke ever really had run-ins.

Simonist']I wasn't under the impression that the "average NSer" and a few lines of coke ever really had run-ins.

And your impression is likely accurate. This would explain why we don't get drivel of this caliber very often. :)

As poetry, it reeks.
As rap, it's off-metered and lame.
As political commentary it's paranoid and reactionary.
As insight, it's typical victim mentality ranting.

In short, it's your average "message" rapper trying to inflame a subject in order to sell records. Kinda like 2 Live Crew was.

Simonist']There's more to starting your own little debate/discussion over American politics than some crappy song that nobody seems to know. For instance, you could actually express your own views on the topic....you could ask what others happen to know on certain topics....just some pointers.

I apologize for the bad presentation of this post. I was in a hurry to get to a x-mas eve dinner. As for what discussion i wanted; i was hoping to spark discussion on the apparent "facts" in the song, maybe some explanation of the illuminati conspiracy theory, and/or a discussion on the mingling of music and politics, and the effects it has on the american youth. Does a song like this fuel an unjust hate of our government?


p.s. This is just one song of his, all of which on this cd discuss issues such as prisons, social classes, race, and international politics.

Rappers talk about crazy stuff all the time. Kanye West believes that AIDS was created to kill black people, or at least he articulates it in his most recent album on the track "Heard 'Em Say".

It's about attention.

TRA/Skapedroe/Stop Banning Me Mods rises again.
Everyone got their lines o' salt? ;)

Anything is better than glorifying the gangster lifestyle and rapping about nothing but sex. Many of Immortal Technique's songs are less extreme and less risky.


Usually if someone hears something which sounds like a conspiracy theory, they'll yell at you and throw tin foil hats all over your village, so it's best not to bring them up.


Immortal doesn't care about that though, he has his message and he tries to spread it. Plus he isn't trying to just sell CDs and make money, and he definetely doesn't trust the corperate media at all. ("I'll bootleg it, and sell it on the streets myself" -"Obnoxious" -Immortal Technique, talking about his music of course)


I honestly do like a lot of his stuff, but for the sake of sanity and not turning paranoid I over look some of his more ridiculous ideas.


(Kanye West has the best dumbass-lines of any popular rapper out there)