Channel 3 - Put 'Em Up

 

  Channel 3 formed in Cerritos, California in 1980. I'm assuming many of you are already familiar with them but if you want a good potted history you should visit their site : http://chthree.com/#?=About 

  They've just released a new album called Put 'Em Up which is available on the relaunched TKO Records. They say the album is a statement on the fearful post-Trump apocalyptic era with themes of political oppression and romantic bewilderment. You can get more details here :  https://channelthree.bandcamp.com/releases 

  This is the title track, Put 'Em Up....

It's not the same, these voices have changed 
Once was a discussion but it's now a spitting rage 
Bring us your tired, bring us your poor 
Just drop em off at the prison doors

A call to prayer, you hear a call to arms , A turn to Mecca as a civil alarm 
Out in the fields they all fall to their knees They sign the cross as they pull the weeds

Put em up in the stables boy 
Freeze em out in the snow _ 
We'll build a wall out of ignorance 
And hatred heavy as stone_

Checkpoint, check, put the curfews in place, re open up Manzanar 
Let's concentrate on concentration, put ‘em up in boxcars

So feed your fears and put up your walls 
To block your view of injustice for all

Our melting pot is now a pressure cooker, and here we come to the boil 
You offer your sweat, your food and your culture, but where the fuck is your oil?

The anger that you bury down in the dark, That fecund fertile place 
It pushes up through the soil of your heart, a seed married to your fate

The crack in your heart let the light turn black, the hope all turn to gloom 
What will load each empty chamber, which caliber of doom? 

History is written at night Put up your hands, give up your rights 
History is written at night When they come will you put up a fight?

Put em all away