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Cut It Off
01:29
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they won’t cut it off cause the laser didn’t stick
they won’t cut it off cause you used drink
but who really cares when no one wants a piece of this
they won’t cut it off cause the boxes didn’t tick
they won’t cut it off yr gonna die with a dick
but a cunt won’t protect ya when you’re a fucking brick
A humiliate yourself for two letters that don’t matter
do it all again just another year later
jump through all the hoops like the good little girl you are
humiliate yourself for a fucking piece of paper
gatekeeping bastards gave ya self hatred
Not gonna jump thru your fucking hoops anymore
I'll do it myself I'm not asking for permission
gimme the knife, doc, I'm on a mission
where the hell's my dog day afternoon
Still I’ll be hate crimed, it ain’t a chance
With a medical wonder down here in my pants
Maybe I shoulda saved for FFS
Maybe I shoulda saved for FFS
Maybe you fucks should just go get bent
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Collaborators
00:34
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you’re just a disgrace
you sold your soul to them
you think you’ve got a shield
but next they’ll come for you.
special hell for collaborators
they won’t stop before your letter comes up
You’re a kapo and a fucking traitor
You want LGB
Without the fucking T
You’re gonna learn you see
That they won’t stop at me
They’re coming for you next
They’re coming for you next
The boot you licked is on our necks
Now it’s your turn.
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Barks
01:33
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if you feel the safest you should be screaming the fucking loudest
don't get a cookie for repping bumper stickers and fucking badges
People are going to die because of the laws that they created
People are gonna die
because generations of hate and
You tsk and tsk and wonder what could possibly be done
But when the time came for action you us throw under the bus and run
This goes fucking double
for all the cis white queers
Found yrself little palatable
You got yours and you're out of here
Meanwhile brown and black and and trans
indigenous and immigrants
dying here in record numbers
while you're sitting on a fence
What could possibly be done
Political will ain't there
You turned your back on them on us on marginalized and disabled queers
not a political talking point or a football to be tossed and run
Not why you lose elections or flounder in your campaign run
Stand up for those
who are the fucking most repressed
They shut us out they lock us down
you're not even the least upset
[groove]
What will the neighbors think
we've got to be polite
The neighbor's a fucking fascist, Karen
The rules are out, this is a fight
They're making us illegal
And they're standing on our necks
While you ask for apologies and compromise and checks
and balances
with people who have shifted
the window of debate
all restraints have just been lifted
What will it take for you to realize
This ain’t a fucking game
Winners, losers, tired of bruises tired of reading "say her name"
Stop playing nice cause they sure fucking aren't
The dog whistles
are turning into fucking barks
Stop playing nice cause they sure fucking aren't
The dog whistles
are turning into barks
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4. |
Maybe I'm a Separatist
01:06
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I’ve learned not to trust the cis
not as far
as I can throw them
maybe now I’m a separatist
but come on, it’s a fight they started
Your world just makes me sick
how many dead, how many wounded?
said your just asking questions
they’re out looking a final solution
But you
Say that I’m obscene
Push us til we break
We’re just human beings
You
Took the first swing
Then have the gall to tell us what we mean
Tell me what I need
Well what I need
Is to be free
you say I’m just an angry bitch
but you’re the ones who made me this way
I don’t have a fuck to give
Bout folks who’d rather have kids dead than gay
Our demands our simple and they oughta be met
NO MORE HURT AND NO MORE DEAD
Our demands our simple and they oughta be met
NO MORE HURT AND NO MORE DEAD
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Go!
I’m ready!
to fuckinnnnggggg
break!
Still feel his breath on the back of my neck
Still hear him asking what the fuck I am
Still feel his hands on my god-forsaken dick
I shouldn’t have to live this way
One eye on my back
Shouldn’t have to live this way
I’m ready to attack
Go!
I’d like to tell you what you did to me
I’d like to take back what you took from me
I’d like to live my life a just little more normally
So many people have beat me down
From my days in the closet til my future underground
Somehow it’s always seemed to follow me
I shouldn’t have to live this way
One eye on my back
Shouldn’t have to live this way
I’m ready to attack
Go!
I shouldn’t have to live this way
One eye on my back
I’m not going to live this way
I’m gonna take it back
Take it back
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6. |
The Bride
01:12
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things could of worked out sooner
coulda been bride
there coulda been a suitor
hit the road when the wheels start turning
never understood all this fucking yearning
it works out it works out in the end
it works out it works out that you’re not my fucking friend
I wanna live positive
you’re giving me lots of reasons not to
forgive
not to forget
tell me -
are you already over it?
it works out it works out in the end
oh shit
it works out it works out
better now I’ve buried him
makes me sick how I used to always need a bottle
makes me fucking sick and he’s the one I want to throttle
found separation lost crutches lost time
hair down the drain and trying not to fucking mind
this is my femme voice
really what do you mean
what part of my body do you read as obscene
You can’t stop us
we’re fucking indestructable
You can’t turn it back
All this was inevitable
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7. |
We Will Never Die
01:28
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We’ve existed forever
Can’t deny us our truth
This is not a new fashion
It’s not just for the youth
We descend from screaming queens
Who threw bricks and rose from ashes
We’re still standing here
And we stand the fuck up to
You fascists
You think you can take us
Think the world’s on your side
We’ve been here forever
We never fucking
DIE…
We were at Compton Cafeteria
We were at the Stonewall Inn
But we’ve been here before that
For We have always been
Your concept of gender
That you use force to apply
A colonialist construct
One that we will deny
You tried to burn our history
But we're resiliant queers
We learned that from our elders
And we will never disappear
Our gender is beautiful
And it will not supplicate
To the impositions of fascists
To your violence and hate
We will we never die
Never die
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8. |
Passing
01:48
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here’s a million fish that make me feel like a brick
And It’s not their fault that sometimes I feel sick
Dysphoria can be a real fuxking bitch
And passing
just isn’t shit
Don’t let it tear you down
A body is a body
and I love you
Gotta learn to believe in myself
The way I believe in you
Still I see the
look in their eyes
The look on their faces
Makes me want to die
Still I see the look in their eyes
the look in their eyes
the look in their eyes
the look in their eyes
But
Passing
as a concept is shit
And it don’t just hurt the trans, it can hurt the cis
These beauty standards just ain’t fucking it
And frankly
they’re rather racist
Don’t let it tear you down
A body is a body
and I love you
Gotta learn to believe in myself
The way I believe in you
believe in you
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The Obvious Tells Burlington, Vermont
The Obvious Tells is a punk/hardcore/d-beat band of the decidedly queer and trans variety, by Jessica Amelia, a trans woman living in Burlington, Vermont.
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