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I Spy
No For An Answer Lyrics

I see so many risks we take,
Things that lead to murder, rape,
Things we do to maintain cool,
We point our fingers and we pick our fools,
Yes I...I spy!
Those who feel out of place,
The tortured soul who hides his face,
Afraid to tell how much it hurts,
The pain he's hidden since his birth,
Oh I...I spy!

A universal responsibility,
To extend our hands compassionately,
To catch those hearts before they break,
Lest we drown in backwashed hate,
And I...I spy!
The time has come to set my eyes,
On the brutality that rules my life.

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In the middle of the late-'80s hair rock jungle of Orange County, No for an Answer was making intelligent, confrontational, straight-from-the-heart hardcore punk that couldn't have been more at odds with most of the music coming out of the area at the time. Utilizing a kind of furious speed-rap hardcore style that recalls some early Bad Brains, singer Dan O'Mahoney (later of 411 and Speak 714) ranted, sometimes brilliantly, about social pressure, desperation, and isolation. Read Full BioIn the middle of the late-'80s hair rock jungle of Orange County, No for an Answer was making intelligent, confrontational, straight-from-the-heart hardcore punk that couldn't have been more at odds with most of the music coming out of the area at the time. Utilizing a kind of furious speed-rap hardcore style that recalls some early Bad Brains, singer Dan O'Mahoney (later of 411 and Speak 714) ranted, sometimes brilliantly, about social pressure, desperation, and isolation. The featured track, "Don't Look Away," is a fierce straight-edge manifesto, containing the band's most central message: "Acquiring a taste spells addiction to me/It's safest, it's smartest to live poison free."