Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too

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The New Radicals

New Radicals (stylized as Иew Radicals) was an American alternative rock band formed in 1997 in Los Angeles. The band was centered on the duo of Gregg Alexander (lead vocals, guitar, songwriting, production) and Danielle Brisebois (keyboards, percussion, backing vocals), and augmented by session and touring musicians. The band released only one album, 1998's Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, an alternative rock album heavily influenced by the rock and soul of the 1970s, containing—among radio-friendly modern rock tracks and love songs—strong criticism of corporate America. The band is known for their debut single "You Get What You Give". The song topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand, became a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom, and was in the top 40 in t… more »

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1998

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Consider the fact that 
Maybe you've been brainwashed too 
Many will tell you otherwise 
I bet you trust your bank 
Just wait until it tanks 
Your parents had it planned 
We're almost just like them? 
Fun Racist professional sports 
Management gets the real rewards 
Multinational owned evening news 

If we believe we're fools 
You watch 4.5 hours of TV a day 
And we should listen to what you have to say? 
Opinions on life and the world 
You eat at the Hard Rock abroad and you disrespect your girl 

Sexism so ingrained 
That women get the blame 
Is it smug middle class satisfaction you peddle? 
Better hope your car don't breakdown in the ghetto 

Rich companies lobby best 
Use their products, prepare to lose a breast 
Why your sick mother's health insurance got 
"Accidentally" canceled is no mystery 
Somebody's paying the government a lot 
To have access to everybody's medical history 

Greedy banks bought all the farms 
Chemical food, aren't our lives charmed 
Teenagers baited, their money spent 

With credit cards at twenty percent
Too broke to worry about the loan 
Their funkin turning off your phone 
And politics, a fuckin' joke 

Right and left, they're both a hoax 
Just hope the "international" markets don't crash 
Rock 'n' Roll! Some truth? Alas! 
Careerist cowards sucking ass 

Is real investigative reporting dead? 
Of course, but keep watching your CNN 
The glitz, the glamor, all jokes aside 
If a sponsor pays enough, 
They'd turn a blind eye on 3rd world genocide 

"Bro, don't get heavy, the bills are paid!" 
Twice a week (missionary style) we all get laid 
Middle management goes first, your out on your ass 
Most ignorance is bred at home 

Good Christian families? Then why condone 
Petty hatred of anything different or new 
The fat girl hung herself in June 

No love at home, they thought she was strong 
Her classmates made her up her own song 
"Piggy Peggy ate everyone's pie" 

The kids moved on, one teacher cried 
The kids switched targets the week after she died 
Well? human nature won't change much 
Unless we make a shameful bunch 
Of those we see so glaringly 

Who show hate, ignorance and hypocrisy 
Don't be a coward, make a stand! 
Get in their face, act like a ham 
Let people know it's not PC 
To be greedy and judgmental under the guise of religion and democracy 

Get loud and stand up every time 
If you even give a f*ck about mankind 
'cause if human nature don't evolve soon 
Don't kid yourself, you're fucking doomed 
Don't run away from change and growth 
Let's start right now, "I take the oath!" 

But first accept one simple truth 
That maybe we've been brainwashed too 
So cynical, so hip, so full of shit 
They told us to shut the f*ck up and write another hit

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