Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
2016 · Enemy Soil ES-CD-1601 · Sicilia, Pennsylvania
- Artist
- Vinnie Paz
- Title
- Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
- Release
- The Cornerstone of the Corner Store
- Year
- 2016
- Label
- Enemy Soil # ES-CD-1601
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Sicilia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · East Coast Hip Hop · Hardcore Hip Hop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
"Writings on Disobedience and Democracy" This is the part where I would talk about Vietnam / But me and Rugged Man we already made a song / By the '70s distrust had spread across the nation / Basic discontent political alienation / 55,000 died in the war of moral shame / And then Watergate was added to the hall of pain / The Watergate burglaries was rather complicated / But in the end mostly all of them exonerated / Nixon had CIA and G. Gordon Liddy / Lie about the Democratic National Committee / But eventually they all flipped on him / And told the Senate that they had a lot of shit on him / After that it was a swift and a sudden fall / Nixon resigned before they could impeach them all / They got rid of Nixon but they kept the system / His foreign policy still remains in position / Corporate interests still remained in position / His closest advisors remain in position / Vietnam recession and unrest / All adds up to a motherfucking mess After Watergate and Vietnam / There was a deep economic insecurity in this world of ours / Environmental deterioration took its toll / A cultural violence upon the families took its toll / Problems couldn’t be solved without bold changes / But no…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
Vinnie Paz, East Coast Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop artist, born on 5 October 1977 in Sicilia, Italy, and soon after moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was member of the group Jedi Mind Tricks. His solo songs referencing the Vietnam War included: "And Your Blood Will Blot Out the Sun" (2012), "You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train" (2012), "God Bless" (2013), "Writings on Disobedience and Democracy" (2016), "Ninety Three" (2016), and "Pray for Sleep"(2018). His group, Jedi Mind Tricks, also released a bunch of Vietnam War-related songs: "I Against I" (2000), "The Wolf" (2003), "And So It Burns" (2004), and "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story" (2006) (with R.A. the Rugged Man).This album had two songs referencing the Vietnam War. The track "Ninety Three" (Enemy Soil Records # ES-CD-1601) was another example of using Vietnam to compare to violence back in the US: "inside the concrete jungle... this is a war here, it's Vietnam". Meanwhile, the song "Writings on Disobedience and Democracy" was a political protest, which discussed the Vietnam War, including a reference to a previous collab with R.A. the Rugged Man when part of the group Jedi Mind Tricks, on the song "Uncommon…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Vinnie Paz, East Coast Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop artist, born on 5 October 1977 in Sicilia, Italy, and soon after moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was member of the group Jedi Mind Tricks.
Themes
Anti-War · Nixon · Watergate · K.I.A. · Economic · Family Vet