"Year Of Tha Boomerang" lyrics

"Year Of Tha Boomerang"

The sisters are in so check the front line
Seems I spent the '80s in the Haiti state of mind
Cast me into classes for electroshock
Straight incarcerated, the curriculum's a cell block
I'm swimming in half truths and it makes me wanna spit
Instructor come separate the healthy from the sick
Ya weigh me on a scale, smelling burnt skin
It's dark now in Dachau and I'm screaming from within
'Cause I'm cell locked in the doctrines of the right
Enslaved by dogma, talk about my birthrights
Yet at every turn I'm running into Hell's gates
So I grip the cannon like Fanon and pass the shells to my classmates
Aw, power to the people
'Cause the boss's right to live is mine to die
So I'm going out heavy sorta like Mount Tai
With the five centuries of penitentiary so let the guilty hang
In the year of the boomerang

I got no property but yo, I'm a piece of it
So let the guilty hang
I got no property but yo, I'm a piece of it
So let the guilty hang
I got no property but yo, I'm a piece of it
So let the guilty hang
I got no property but yo, I'm a piece of it
In the year of the boomerang

Yeah
Now it's upon you
Now it's upon you

The sistas are in so check the front line
Seems I spent the '80s in the Haiti state of mind
Cast me into classes for electro shock
Straight incarcerated, the curriculum's a cell block
I'm swimmin' in half truths and it makes me wanna spit
Instructor come separate the healthy from the sick
Ya weigh me on a scale, smellin' burnt skin
It's dark now in Dachau and I'm screamin' from within
'Cause I'm cell locked in the doctrines of the right
Enslaved by dogma, talk about my birthrights
Yet at every turn I'm runnin' into Hell's gates
So I grip the cannon like Fanon and pass the shells to my classmates
Aw, power to the people
'Cause the bosses right to live is mine to die
So I'm goin' out heavy sorta like Mount Tai
With the five centuries of penitentiary so let the guilty hang
In the year of the boomerang

I got no property but yo, I’m a piece of it
So let the guilty hang
I got no property but yo, I’m a piece of it
In the year of the Boomerang
I got no property but yo, I’m a piece of it
So let the guilty hang
I got no property but yo, I’m a piece of it
In the year of the boomerang

Yeah
Now it's upon you
Now it's upon you
You
You
You
You
You
You
You
You
Yeah


Writer(s): Timothy Commerford, Zack M De La Rocha, Brad J Wilk, Tom Morello
"Year of tha Boomerang" was originally released on the Higher Learning soundtrack (1994). A re-recorded version of the song was included on the band's album 'Evil Empire' (1996).
This song was premiered live at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson on April 29, 1994.
'All Power to tha people" is a motto of the Black Panther Party.
You May Also Like
Bloodhound Gang - "Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny" You came twice last year like a Sears catalog, Cause your last boyfriend makes love like Boss Hogg, Well now you're seeing me but soon I'll have you seeing God, Cause girl I'll get you panting...
Infectious Grooves - "Turtle Wax (Funkaholics Anonymous)" My my my, your truth is a lie And you help cover it up and you don't even ask why So it goes Funky wunky, the funky junky Funky wunky, ouh (won't you hit them with that) Nooky nooky, you got that...
White Zombie - "Thunder Kiss '65" Well, sweet little sister's high in hell cheating on a halo Grind in a odyssey holocaust heart kick on tomorrow Breakdown—agony, I said "ecstacy" in overdrive Well riding on the world, thunder...
Alien Ant Farm - "Calico" So! So make it real Just make it real That's not the reason to fire me That ain't no real reason It's funny things just cheapen when we disagree If things got any worse then cheap would turn free...
Tool - "Prison Sex" It took so long to remember just what happened I was so young and vestal then you know it hurt me But I'm breathing so I guess I'm still alive Even if signs seem to tell me otherwise I've got my...