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white and privileged
02:22
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I've never been to jail
So I guess that's not punk of me
And I never hung out with crackheads
Til I got in recovery
And I have never lived on the streets
Just in a car that my dad bought me but that
Doesn't stop me from feeling empty
Cause my whole family's rich
And they enable me to fuck up my life
And that might sound like the opposite of a problem so I guess I'm alright
And all my friends at the recovery house are complaining that they cant get out cause
They're never gonna get off back rent
No they're never ever ever gonna get off back rent
They're never gonna get off back rent
And I'm never ever ever gonna finish my first step
Whoa, oh
Theres nothing like an NA meeting in the hood to remind you that your problems ain't shit
I, I have a career
And people think it's cool
That I went away to college
Cause I never cut school
I sit in an office chair all day
And complain about life
But really I have no right
And all my friends thing that it's real nice that I grew up with such a privilege
But it's hard to admit that I'm powerless cause if money is power I got plenty of it
But that dont stop me from doing something with my life instead of acting like a spoiled bitch
Cause my daddy is rich and white but his money ain't mine no his money ain't mine
My daddy is rich and white but his money ain't mine so I'm not fucking living like it is
Whoa, oh
Theres nothing like an NA meeting in the hood to remind you that you're white and privileged.
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serenity
02:26
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a song about kool aid
02:21
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So im sitting in this meeting
And im thinking about my feelings
And how i feel like kinda wanna
Kill that person speaking
Cause i dont like the way theyre talking
And i dont like the way theyre smiling
And they say that they are happy
But i feel like they are lying
Cause inside i feel like dying
Yea i really wanna die
And id rather go and kill you before i have to kill myself
And i have no one to blame for that cause im just fuking immature
And my problems are self made like amish furniture
Please tell me theres something more to this
Than drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes
Reading all the same old shit
Sitting around and talking about it
Cause if thats the case then im at the brink
Of losing all my patience
With all of these middle class kids with homeless aspirations
Go out and make something of yourself
Instead of going in and out of the recovery house
And if stepwork was a race
Id be living it up here in last place
So dont get up in my face when i see you at pearl street with your boo love*
And dont you dare say that youre clean & sober one more time cause alcohols a drug**
SAY WHAT!
So you tell me that i gotta drink the kool aid*** to live
But i dont fucking believe you i dont fucking believe you
And ill tell you if i had any fight left to give
I would up and leave you i would up and leave you
So you tell me that i gotta drink the kool aid*** to live
But i dont fucking believe you i dont fucking believe you
And im complaining cause you know that i dont like to admit
That i fucking need you yea i fucking need you !
*this line is a reference to an AA meeting in my area that is notorious for young kids looking to hook up w/ each other
** NA literature says they dont use the word sober because alcohol qualifies as a drug, so saying you are “clean” is sufficient. I used to be a really hardcore NA purist and would get all upset if people used the term “clean and sober” b/c I thought it demonstrated their lack of knowledge in the program and quite frankly I was an elitist asshole when I first got into recovery.
*** this is a joke about 12 step programs being cult-like
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earth people
02:52
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not responsible
01:54
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runaway
01:09
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heading to new orleans
02:16
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the puke song
03:11
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connect the dots
03:45
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people are fat
01:53
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Apes of the State Lancaster, Pennsylvania
folk punk from Lancaster, PA
for booking email
apesofthestate@gmail.com
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Every song on this album is a straight banger. Incredibly inspiring ! Makes me wanna tour with them really bad
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HappyHappy and the PWAC crew really outdid themselves with this one. They gave every song exactly what it needed to truly shine.
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