Set it Straight started out as a side project band along side members of Till Death in 2004. Sometime after Till Death won some sort of raffle and were awarded 1,000 pressed cd's they had to call it quits for one reason or another. Set it Straight took over as first priority so the 1,000 cd's went to use with the making of "My Favorite Words". Promoting positivity and a drug/alcohol free lifestyle Set it Straight has toured all over the west coast and a full US tour.The band stopped playing in 2007.
Ground Zero
Set it Straight Lyrics
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The lyrics to Set it Straight's song Ground Zero are calling for people to open their eyes and recognize that we are at war, but not a traditional war. The battleground is our own minds and hearts, and the weapon is awareness. The song highlights the insidious methods used by those in power to control and manipulate the public mind. Catchy slogans and shiny distractions are used to keep people passive and easy to control. The lyrics urge listeners to scratch the surface and see that it is US policy to regiment and control the public mind. Propaganda and inane rhetoric are used to keep people apathetic and distracted. However, the song also offers hope. It acknowledges that it is not too late to change our fate and that ground zero is within all of us. We can start an intellectual and evolutionary revolution and be the voice for change.
Line by Line Meaning
It's time to read between the lines, to the meaning.
It's time to look deeper into what's happening around us and understand the true meaning behind it.
Open your fucking eyes. We are at war, and the battleground is familiar turf, but it all boils down to awareness.
Wake up and realize that we're fighting a war on our own land, and the key to winning it is being aware of what's happening.
We can change our fate, I know it's not too late.
We can still change the course of our destiny, and there's still time to make a difference.
Catchy slogans, and shiny things to keep dissenting beings vegetative, easy to maintain.
The government uses flashy slogans and materialistic distractions to keep people passive and under control.
Never counting on the fact it's our heart and minds to fight back... am I the only one who's sane?
The government fails to realize that people have the power within their hearts and minds to resist and fight back, and the singer wonders if he's the only one who sees this.
Scratch the surface and you'll see... it's US policy to regiment the public mind.
If you look beneath the surface, you'll see that the US government's policy is to control and manipulate the minds of the public.
Distract attention, make the tired blind, and they won't know who to trust.
By distracting and confusing people, the government prevents them from knowing who to trust and what to believe.
Words abound like an empty sound. Sedated masses won't try to fight.
The meaningless words of the government are like empty noise, and the sedated masses are too apathetic to fight back.
Propaganda, and inane rhetoric to keep us apathetic, distracted, easy to control.
The government uses propaganda and meaningless rhetoric to keep people passive, distracted, and under their control.
Never factoring the fact, it's in our hearts and minds to fight back, ground zero is within us all.
The government ignores the fact that people have the power within themselves to fight back, and that ground zero for this battle is within all of us.
Their answer's not for me... the tired philosophy of bland futility.
The government's solutions are not enough for the singer, as he sees them as a tired and futile philosophy.
It's the next evolution. And intellectual revolution. I know that it can start today.
The solution lies in an intellectual and revolutionary evolution, and the singer believes that it can start now.
We'll stand as one, we'll be the voice. We know that we all have a choice, and it starts right here.
Together, we will stand and make our voices heard. We all have a choice, and the change starts with us.
Contributed by Connor Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.