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Sink or Swim

now i want you all to take a real serious look around
i want you to realize that all this shit is coming down
and no, no, no, not wishfully, this ain't no pipe-dream just cos you refuse to see it
now honestly, this is reality, keep in mind big ships sink slowly
now when the shit falls from the fan to the floor and all the grocery stores close their doors
it's martial law and there's civil war from door to door, shore to shore
when the oil wells run dry and you can't drive, there's no work, no more production line
deceased electricity, darkened cities, oh my, the end of times

and i'll repeat it again and again, your choices; sink or swim
now think, how will you eat and when you're sick what will be your medicine?
winter is coming, without fire you ain't got no heat
there's no running water from that sink, so tell me what you're gonna do when you get thirsty?
now this ain't no scare, this might just become a real life nightmare (or dream come true?)
it could happen anywhere and everywhere, so tell me, will you be prepared?
we're like frogs in pots boiling, boiling, boiling, we're burning up, we just don't realize it
so i'll repeat it again and again and again and again, sink or swim

while the world is burning i'll be singing
to the shoreline i'll be swimming while you're sinking
your failing hope is saving nothing, stuck believing
what your mind is thinking, averting you from action
babylon is falling, can't you see it?
we're living in ruins, begin preparing for its destruction
when it arrives will you be dying or surviving or thriving?
i'll repeat it again, sink or swim

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from Bringin' It Down​!​!​!, released June 21, 2011

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