Another top quality raging whirlwind of political punk rock goodness for you today.
Class War Kids were from Newfoundland, Canada, and between 2008 and 2010 released a couple of killer albums (A Strong People Need No Leader and Reflection! Rage! Rebellion) as well as Twinkles Last Stand (an ep which includes their version of Joe Strummer's Coma Girl : http://theclasswarkids.bandcamp.com/).
Three members of the band now play in melodic hardcore band Brutal Youth (https://brutalyouth.bandcamp.com/)
The title track of their 2nd album, this is Reflection! Rage! Rebellion......
We're not the ones making threats with tear gas and guns
Who show up with riot shields and batons
Chasing people through the streets with trained dogs
Throwing people in the back of locked cars
Who see fallen tycoons and run to their aid
Breaking up peaceful protests with bullets and grenades
Setting perimeters and barricades
Who's loyalty comes for the highest price paid
But if a riot breaks out in the streets today
You can bet we'll be the ones the state-run media will blame
Reflection! Rage! Rebellion!
On the day they outlaw freedom, only outlaws will be free
I'd rather die on my feet than live here on my knees
We're not the ones privatizing our lakes and our streams
Who make 100 Grand when people need to eat
With hired guns out policing the streets
Driven by power, driven by greed
Looking to ensure the whole world becomes privatised
Who value profit over people's lives
Who will sell off the water that fall from our skies
Who will take all they can and never be satisfied
But when a riot breaks out in the streets tonight
You can bet we'll be the ones who turn the fucking tide!
Reflection! Rage! Rebellion!
On the day they outlaw freedom only outlaws will be free
I'd rather die on my feet than live here on my knees
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