Shut Up, Be Happy

Embrace Obedience: A Dystopian Anthem by Ice-T
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Lyrics

We interrupt this program with a special bulletin:

Special bulletin interrupting regular programming to announce martial law in America.

America is now under marshall law.

Declaration of martial law with suspension of constitutional rights.

All constitutional rights have been suspended.

Confirmation of the suspension of all constitutional rights.

Stay in your homes.

Instruction to stay indoors during this period.

Do not attempt to contact love ones, insurance agent or attorney.

Warning not to contact loved ones, insurance agents, or attorneys.

Shut up.

Command to be silent.

Do not attempt to think or depression may accure.

Warning against thinking, as it may lead to depression.

Stay in your homes.

Reiteration of the instruction to stay indoors.

Curfew is at 7 PM sharp after work.

Establishment of a 7 PM curfew after work.

Anyone gaught outside of gates of their suveillance sectors after curfew will be shot.

Threat of lethal force for anyone outside their surveillance sectors after curfew.

Remain calm, do not panic.

Call for calmness and avoidance of panic.

Your neighborhood watchofficer will be by to collect urine examples in the morning.

Neighborhood watch officers collecting urine samples in the morning.

Anyone gaught intefering with the collection of urine examples will be shot.

Warning of lethal consequences for interfering with urine sample collection.

Stay in your homes, remain calm.

Reiteration of the instruction to stay indoors and remain calm.

The number one enemy of progress is question.

Stating that questioning is the number one enemy of progress.

National security is more important than individual will.

Emphasis on national security over individual will.

All port broadcasts will proceed as normal.

Assurance that port broadcasts will continue as normal.

No more than two people may gather anywhere without promission.

Limitation on gatherings to no more than two people without permission.

Use only the drugs described by your boss or supervisor.

Directive to use only drugs prescribed by superiors.

Shut up, be happy.

Repetition of the command to be silent and happy.

Obey all orders without question.

Command to obey all orders without questioning.

The comformental mandor is now mandatory.

Mandatory use of the comfort-enhancing mandator.

Be happy.

Reiteration of the directive to be happy.

At last everything is done for you.

Declaration that everything is done for the individual's benefit.

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