Life has Value
Chill Bump Lyrics

I don’t have to tell you things are bad
I think it’s pretty obvious to everyone that things aren’t going too well right now.

Everybody knows things are bad
It’s not just a few people feeling like things are bad; it’s pretty widespread.

The dollar buys a nickel’s worth
The economy is bad and the value of money is decreasing.

Shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter
There’s a sense of fear and danger in society right now.

We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat
Not only is the economy bad and there’s a sense of danger, but even the basics of life like clean air and safe food are getting harder to obtain.

And we sit, watching our TVs
Instead of doing something about the problems around us, we’re just watching them happen on TV.

While some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes As if that’s the way it’s supposed to be
Even the news is just reporting the bad things happening around us as if it’s normal, when it’s not.

We know things are bad… Worse than bad… They’re crazy!
It’s not just that things are bad; they’re actually insane.

It’s like everything everywhere is going crazy
It’s not just one or two things that are bad; everything seems to be spiraling out of control all at once.

So we don’t go out any more
People are becoming more isolated and fearful, so they’re staying in their houses instead of going out into the world.

We sit in our house and Slowly the world we’re living in is getting smaller
As a result of staying in our houses, the world outside is becoming less familiar and more distant to us.

Please at least leave us alone in our living room Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials And I won’t say anything Just leave us alone…
People are becoming apathetic and hopeless and just want to be left alone to their entertainment and things they’re used to.

Well I’m not going to leave you alone… I want you to get MAD!
We can’t afford to just give up and be apathetic; we need to start feeling passionate and angry about what’s happening around us.

Hypnotised by a spreading viral sydrome Sitting silent in a cyber prison, eyes got spinning spirals in’em We're spending our lives pretending, idealising idols singing Worthless simple minded jerks, jerking off at the sight of women…
We’re being manipulated and distracted by technology, music, and entertainment instead of focusing on the real problems.

Someone’s behind it, making the most of it Raping your soul sonny, they’ve made you a slow puppet Enslaved the globe with paper, causing commun, sick behaviour They divide ya, make ya fight, constantly quarrel with your neighbor
There are people or entities responsible for the problems we’re facing; they’ve manipulated us for their own gain, causing division and hostility among us.

You make me wanna wake ya, shout, shake ya out your bed Slap ya back to reality, pound ya, break your drousy head Whether black, brown, white, yellow or blue, whether you Jew Christian, Muslim, Man or Woman, Macho, Feminist too Forget your hatred and beefs, gay or straight relate evenly We can blatantly see we’re ALL getting raped equally People should be eager to put their forces together! The more the better! Forget your pain, y’all important and clever!
It’s time for us to wake up, put aside our differences, and work together to fight against those causing the problems. We are all being affected by the issues equally, so we should be united in addressing them.

(Get mad) Listen bredren, you’re not a little bread crumb Lift your head son, cause you’re a fucking living legend! (Get mad) You’re not a zombie hun, don’t nod when they numb ya You’re not a statistic, nah, not an anonymous number… (Get mad) You are knowledge, wonder, mind, body and soul Flip Big Brother the bird, ‘cause he’s not in control, nope! (Get mad) Strike the power, time to be sour Pile up the cowards’ cadavres after dragging ’em out they ivory tower
We need to stop being complacent and start believing in ourselves again. We all have something to contribute and we’re more than just anonymous statistics. It’s time to take control and fight against the powerful people causing the problems.

I don’t want you to protest I don’t want you to riot I don’t want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn’t know what to tell you to write
Just making noise and causing chaos won’t solve the problems. We need to channel our energy towards effective action.

I don’t know what to do about the depression and The inflation and the crime in the Streets All I know is that first, you’ve got to get mad
The problems we’re facing are complex and overwhelming, but the first step towards solving them is to feel angry and passionate about them.

You’ve got to say: I’m a Human being God damn it!
It’s time for us to remember our humanity and worth, and refuse to be dehumanized or apathetic.