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Still Relevant

by Manifest

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1.
There's so much hatred in your mind You’d like to change the humankind The ideology has taken over Your life and everything you do Are taken hostage by these few Ideas that are deeply stuck in your head So many systems in this world – you want to fight So many differences in us – tear us apart Things aren't simply black or white – it's time to open up your eyes Time to get real and realise And every day you make new plans Cause every day gives you a chance To put things right just as you have imagined They put ideas in your head And you've heard and what you've read Dig deeper, don't accept it on face value So many systems in this world – you want to fight So many differences in us – tear us apart Things aren't simply black or white – it's time to open up your eyes Time to get real and realise Wake up – open your eyes
2.
Ordinary Man 02:11
He works and he struggles but never achieves Ordinary Man Left with no more than his high hopes and dreams Ordinary man Ruling classes Keep everything to themselves Guarded positions They won't share with anyone else Another day starts and it's all just the same For the ordinary man He’s trying and striving but doesn't get far He’s doing all he can Certain positions Are reserved for the few chosen ones The power and status They won't give it them up without fight Raise your head, raise your head Don’t just accept the state of affairs Sharpen your senses, open your eyes They don't give a damn about people like us Stand against the oppressive state
3.
Newspeak 02:42
The judge and the jury, the lawyer will make off me The threat of a prison, is now very real The freedom is speech, is the freedom to insult I can’t help the way that you’ve decided to feel If hope used to lie in the proles Well now it’s entwined in the blogs Histories marks are now censored satirists Reducing our words, and leading our ignorance We’ll have no emotions, only subjection Telling the truth is becoming too dangerous Being brought up, in confused condition If hope used to lie in the proles Well now it’s entwined in the blogs Histories marks are now censored satirists The words we all use, are our right to abuse Protect yourself, protect yourself, protect your words and the context Protect yourself, protect yourself, stay one step ahead of the conflict Confuse their minds, confuse their minds, and use the language that fits you And don’t lose sight, no don’t lose sight, never lose sight of the issue If hope used to lie in the proles Well now it’s entwined in the blogs Histories marks are now censored satirists
4.
Unity 03:51
Old school, new school, stop the arguing Forget the divisions, remember your roots Punks and hardcore kids together Fighting the system for our own good Where we come from, our history The music, the passion, the fight and the sweat Having good times in the moshpit Those crazy moments we'll never forget Community it's for the community And we're standing strong together in unity Community it's the community And what brings us back together is our community Every gig and every party That friendly hugging and greetings with smile Everybody knows each other Those conversations and shaking of hands Sharing passion for the music The movement, the culture, the circle, the scene Looking out for one another Supporting your friends in a time of need Community it's for the community And we're standing strong together in unity Community it's the community And what makes us stick together is unity Community What we've really got is the community Community We're standing strong together in unity Community Community Community Community
5.
Be the Best 02:16
Staring into the eyes of a nearly dead man He’s coughing and wheezing and it’s done by your hand Blindly following orders, is that really being the best? I’ve seen you piss on dead men’s heads Here’s the instrument of oppression, the plaything of the elite Camouflaged mass muscle march to ministerial beat Death sold to us as defence, the violent docile masses Necessary armed and dangerous A soldier will kill you if he’s told to Let’s all get behind this nationalistic craze Compare everything to soldiers, be compelled to be amazed Let’s destroy the defenceless, kill one, kill two, kill all Is it really any wonder we’re abhorred? Here’s the instrument of oppression, the plaything of the elite Camouflaged mass muscle march to ministerial beat Why put on the symbols if you’re not afraid to kill? To celebrate extinction through rose tinted spectacles A soldier will kill you if he’s told to
6.
Do you want to allow yourself to be electrocuted, beaten down and cut open? Shackled ankles, hands in chains, stripped and searched, property seized with no reason. No suspicion, no evidence against you Taken in an unmarked van, to be turned to an unperson, Kept in rooms, on your own, under mental duress, Now you no longer believe, what you thought you’d believed. If we allow torture, the criminal won’t win But the Government wins, because we’ve given in If we bestow a death sentence, the paedophile won’t win But the Government wins, because we’ve given in If we allow secret trials, the terrorist won’t win But the Government wins, because we’ve given in If we give up our rights, then no one will win But the Government wins, because we’ve given in Why would you want to give up your rights? Is it through fear or PR machinations? Media Circus got your brain? Who do you think they’re trying to control? If we suppress our dissenters, extremists won’t win But the Government wins, because we’ve given in Lower the burden of proof, the deceitful won’t win But the Government wins, because we’ve given in Disallow some men the vote, so the stupid can’t win But the Government wins, because we’ve given in If we give up our rights, then no one will win But the Government wins, because we’ve given in Why would you want to give up your rights? Is it through fear or PR machinations? Media Circus got your brain? Who do you think they’re trying to control? If you never question authority, be prepared to live in fear Fear of busses, trains, shops, planes and people standing near Just imagine all those threats and your subconscious makes it real Who needs terrorists now they’ve controlled how you feel? Human rights are a sheath on the sword of Damocles A last line of protection against a biased weighted system We must fight to the death, we must fight to the death Because it’s us that they want to control
7.
She wants to be famous Whatever it means The money, the glory, The manic crowds' scream She wants to be famous Whatever it takes She wants to be famous He wants to be famous Whatever the score He wants to be famous While asking for more He’d do anything For popularity He wants to be famous His pictures in tabloids His face on TV He wants to be famous Whatever it means He wants to be worshipped He wants to be known He wants to be followed Has nothing to offer No talent, no skills Just pure egocentrism No hard work put in Emerged as a star In reality show For being a tosser Our World Has gone completely mad It makes me sick, It makes me angry and sad You want to be Famous for nothing And you have nothing Nothing interesting on offer
8.
Just take a proper look at our modern world How wonderful it is with so much to explore Come on, let's take a ride and let me be your guide Make sure you pay attention to achievements of humankind The modern world So let me introduce you to hunger, war and pain 1% of population owns 40% of wealth This inequality is hard to understand – I know Greed driven exploitation of our natural world The modern world Growing population Dying from starvation Children with no future What is the solution?
9.
Money keeps a man in power, and makes evil of good people And a man with no emotion is the biggest evil of all Greed, insatiable greed, it’s not the root, it’s the seed They sow their seeds on all your hopes and dreams The moustache and monocle chill my spine, more than a criminal every time The pen and the check is his weapon, and his signatures his sign People want to be him and to emulate his plans While the carrot dangles further from your tired blistered hands We lost our way, we’re getting screwed, and we’re watching fellows fall That we enabled our recession the biggest crime of all Leaving our money in the system makes them more and more and more While people waste their days in hope, for that one massive windfall With our essentials getting scarcer and our luxuries extinct We could take the power back if we’d only stopped to think Find every card you own every bank account you can Go from Black to Red to through overdraft, for each and every man Hang on to everything you’ve got, don’t let them have the chance To wallow in the muck of avarice
10.
The Yes Man 02:09
You have to understand, the importance with which you sold yourself, There’s a broken string where your spine used to be, Lies damn lies, I bought them, Lies damn lies, I bought them, Allowed myself a dream of better things I bought them, Lies damn lies, I bought them, At least a drunk could stand up for himself Eraser manifesto, recycle all your promos Cower under the blue banner now the yellow banner is cowardice Rose garden handshake time-bomb, given pretence of power, A conman in a suit and tie Career politician, with no cause left to fight At least a drunk could stand up for himself Lies damn lies, I bought them, Lies damn lies, I bought them, Allowed myself a dream of better things I bought them, Lies damn lies, I bought them, At least a drunk could stand up for himself

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Still Relevant is a collection of diatribes about The Left, The Right and The Middle, Celebrity, Avarice, Apathy, Arms, Information, Saturation, Unity and Solidarity.

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released October 19, 2013

This is a totally DIY Project. The only think we didn't do was physically manufacture the CD's. We did burn them though!

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Manifest Manchester, UK

Manchester Hardcore Punk band Manifest. Brought together by commonality, motivated by malice and held together by conviction, Manifest are Old Core Hard School Punks with a Heavy duty sound filled with explosive vocals and strong string and stick work.

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