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Private Army

from EMPIRE GONE by Downcity Armory

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Six years running
since the punk hub shuttered
the city's secret war
of nightstick and nightclub
used see something say something
to get at the kids.
Now the Whitestone Bridge
looks like the Gaza Strip.

No threat, no threat from downtown
was a menace to the mayor
like the bars we'd hang around in.
If it couldn't be safe for the suits and ties
They'd erase urban culture
right in front of our eyes

You say you got a private army?
Well so do I
eight million members had enough with the lies
You say you got a private army?
Well so do I
eight million members now rise

CompStat, CompStat, what's that?
Consolidation and gangland banks.
Not since COINTELPRO
and Geronimo Pratt
have they tried so hard to wipe out our culture
and thin our ranks

So Rudy starts a turf war
Kelly has to keep score
Stopped at a checkpoint while
Bloomy just collects more
Stop and frisk, stop and frisk
became the policy
from AZ to DC via NYPD

You say you got a private army?
Well so do I
eight million members had enough with the lies
You say you got a private army?
Well so do I
eight million members now rise

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from EMPIRE GONE, released April 17, 2013

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Downcity Armory is an industrial band from Providence, RI. They are committed to using their music for the greater good, and will donate all proceeds from download sales to charity.

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