cigarette companies say they changin the message theyre sendin
how's no more billboards stop 1,200 lives from endin
a day and they say that they "just didn't know"
yet shit from the 70s does nothing but show
that they knew and didn't do anything to stop it
lied to us for years just to make the extra profit
and coffins fill with those that perished
2 packs a day in exchange for years gone by uncherished
nicotine and addiction make it impossible to stop the crave
emphasema and lung disease translate to early graves
could be saved lives that werent in the name of green
how they could just turn their head still remains to be seen
so many brands to choose from newport to marbrolo
in the end you always lose, might as well choose penzoil
toxins that take grip and rip twist reality
wrist to mouth action, reacts and adds innumerable fatalities
yet we still drift down river streams of tears shed
30 years of smoke and one choke creates death beds
and body bags accumlulate as companies continue manipulation
first said the "camel" was innocent in the situation
now its been found that they had lied inaptly
the cartton was directed at teens yet indirectly
they got their message across, evidence: lives lost
and who gets payed? the boss, as we pay the cost
cheif executive officers offer bonuses for dead lives
they say they tryin to help? i still just aint satisfied





now you dont have to listen to the words that i say
but i pray that you realize how many lives are lost each day
as we fight sickness from sneezes to deadly diseases
we got a whole nation dying from shit thats suppose to please us
poverty needs us and we send cash to cig dealers
entrust money to hungry dummies that's life stealers
on september 11 the world trade center was ran into
over 5,000 lives lost to terrorists that had intent to
put fear into us, now we feel we gotta go to war
yet in one week, 5,000 die by takin trips to cigarette stores
so mr. president, chief, why dont we bomb the tobacco leaf?
go in, smoke it all yourself, and then retreat
dont worry george! relief will soon arrive
a whole army of citizens that are willing to die
by simply taking a few puffs, just enough to get a high
until they realize - "shit man! i could fucking die!!"
and the government knows this, wont disclose it till we make em
but that'll never happen, if you believe that you're mistaken
just like the companies wont uncover it so they lie
but i ain't buyin or tryin it, cuz i dont wanna die