1895 |
From seed to tree I grew so tall, through wind and rain I could not fall. But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't offer poetry to men of song. |
The Beach Boys, |
A Day In The Life Of A Tree |
1896 |
Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor, that's what the Statue of Bigotry says. Your poor huddled masses, let's just club them to death, and get it over with. |
Lou Reed, |
Dirty Boulevard |
1897 |
Give us this day our daily discount merchandise. |
Billy Joel, |
No Man's Land |
1898 |
God bless little children while they're still too young to hate. |
Tom T. Hall, Old Dogs, Children, |
And Watermelon Wine |
1899 |
Got thirteen channels of shit on the TV to choose from. |
Pink Floyd, |
Nobody Home |
1900 |
Gotta be more than grabbing nines to buck tin in, gotta be more than just to lust women, gotta be more than platinum Rolexes. |
Puff Daddy, |
Best Friend |
1901 |
Gotta follow the footsteps of the homies in the hood, and where's the role model? |
MC Eiht, |
Str8 Up Menace |
1902 |
Gotta get myself a million, gonna turn that into a billion. |
Nelly, |
The Dem Wrappas |
1903 |
Grandma carries a can of mace and she'll stick a .45 in your face. |
Salt-N-Pepper, |
Heaven Or Hell |
1904 |
Grandpa, everything is changing fast. We call it progress, but I just don't know. |
The Judds, |
Grandpa |
1905 |
Greed is the six sense. |
Limbomaniacs, |
Pavlov's Frothing Dogs |
1906 |
Handing out joints to the kids in school, giving out pictures and porn and pills. |
Fugs, |
Dirty Old Man |
1907 |
Hard times come, hard times go, in between you hope and pray the scars don't show. |
Styx, |
Why Me? |
1908 |
Has the world changed or have I changed? Some nine year old tough who peddles drugs. |
The Smiths, |
The Queen Is Dead |
1909 |
Hate's the only thing we have in common. |
The Kinks, |
Hatred |
1910 |
Have no time to look around, just run around, run around and think why? |
Chicago, |
Does Anybody Know What Time It Is |
1911 |
He asked me if my mother wore stiletto heels and rubber, and I realized that this poor soul was more confused than me. |
Alan Parson Project, |
Sects Therapy |
1912 |
He blew his mind out in a car, he didn't notice that the lights had changed. A crowd of people stood and stared. |
The Beatles, |
A Day In The Life |
1913 |
He smiled to the world, but his heart fell below his pain. |
Guster, |
Fall In Two |
1914 |
He wants to do you in cause the color of your skin. |
Frank Zappa, |
Trouble Everyday |