Otep - Smash The Control Machine Lyrics

Prophetic much?

the band is a contradiction in and of itself. Singing of rebellion while bending the knee to its record company. produce hits for profit.

This song is Fuckin right on the mark!!!!!!!

compared to sevas tra and earlier, their newer stuff is pretty lame

this is where maria brink rips off her vocals from

Very deep messages in this song. How many call themselves capitilists, yet agree with her lyrics in this song and don't see any irony in that lol? Capatilists are the rich heads of industry, not people who like or work for money in general, or like to collect it. So the people who dont understand the term and are at the middle or low parts of the stick, will defend capalism and capatilists anytime those groups tell the people there is a threat. The threat is usually someone or some group that wants (scary) better treatment for workers, and the actual capitalists to not exist above the laws and tax codes the rest of the people follow. She's speaking truth.... and I suspect many are just hearing sick guitar riffs.

ite ike she te un oni hikiki tas coupo only no want witch pour witch jus mat on mat no quetes mi a vidas ou mi mente plus mi comidas recioias no maamaas mi clasiics reciois

i dona mi honimatchi saftyas en auotas imidas poursfus gaushun ga un La en Laos

im looking pur mi vatos lokitas homido Yu ite iko

I love this woman 💋😍 give them hell!

The tragedy is that most of my fellow Americans will never break the conscience barrier enough to see the prison we have built for ourselves. We gave up our freedom for the illusion of safety. We deserve the government we have.

Farcry 5

So fuc$*ng true! To this day......the realist Shi I have ever heard!

LOVE THE MACHINE

Essa banda acabou? Ela é muito boa!!!!

right before the blame goes to the immigrants. back when we knew better

Many are afraid to go out of their comfort zones. Period. End of discussion of that one.

Their last great album.

Megadeth

Work,Buy,Consume,Die

those are most excellent lyrics. deep and cohesive, yet they flow. ….most excellent

This is anti-capitalist af. LOVE IT.

Love Otep! ( I know that don’t mean shit, but a totally cool chic and fox)

Touche you idiot...you never had a job...happy coding you silly fools!

So sexy

So my regional targeted add was for car dealer and finance company. Somebody needs to narrow their target market ;-)

The government is better than Otep.

Bailed out the banks but billed me for the loss...😣 haters betrayers liars and thieves....she sold her soul for designer clothes....

yes....but the machine is cool.......its the dumb ass that thinks he is controlling it that is an idiot

That shit....

Derivative drivel.

Some otep would defy your definition. That said, is something that inspires anger worthless, because it's familiar enough to ring?

@Mark Kane I don't understand what you're saying, I'm just saying I think they're boring and derivative. Nothing original here that other bands haven't done better. Also, Otep as a person is a toxic presence to other bands that have toured with her.

Can't argue that one, she's a stone pampered bitch. Funny for a "rebel". I have made a mistake here. Yes, this song is old-hat. Drop an active, it would fit into a Woodstock tape. My point is, if this society is ever going to change, mass-marketable umbrage is the only way to get a power base

Oops. Octave. Auto correct

I love everything about that song and the message it brings!!
🤘😎🤘

We all need to Smash the control machine once and for all.

Y E A H !
f r o m #MrJimX 🃏

This should be the American national anthem. *HAPPY LITTLE SLAVES FOR MINIMUM WAGE!*

None of this is new or profound. Megadeth, Pantera, Rage against the machine, Smashing pumpkins, GWAR, ect ect..... this is just copycat fodder.

Otep was the inspiration for the current Harley Quinn

Heavy Metal Slaves.......This ain't hell, you can see it from here though.

The new group is great but man I miss the old guys. Evil j is so underrated

Marliyn Manson + Slipknot + Greenday

IRL Harley Quinn

this reminds me of a george carlin bit he did he said the same thing where goverments are put in place to give people the illusion of freedom fo choice you dont. you have owners

Saddest song ever written because it is so true. And people who don't see it-- I will never understand.

Far Cry 5 :D

Is that Chris Motionless on drums? lol

the lyrics aren't bad but the music sucks. try using the lyrics to something 38 special would perform. please.

Killer video

Workers of the world, unite!, and smash the state, for we have nothing to lose but our chains. It is time for working class rule!

Shes talking about the elite/illuminati ruling over us, were sheep asleep she says shes wide awake and on the edge, thats how it is when you wake up from the american dream, you see the world completly different.

Coo Coo

A nation of sheep ruled by wolves

"it's still we the people, right?"
-peace sells by megadeth

Panteresque

This is one of my absolute favorite songs ever. The video is now one of my absolute favorite videos ever with the song. The song and the video are the best!

i am so not the target audience for this, 47, middle class, British, i fucking love this tune!!!

SMASH IT!!

She tell the true

😁🏳️‍🌈💚

I was pleasantly surprised when I found this on the radio in far cry 5 after liberating a outpost lol awesome

Rock and metal are the music of strong people!

Smash the donald trump machine🎶

HYPE JACK Zalgo Oh stfu.

welcome to socal ripoffs

Heeeeeeellllllll Yeeeeeeaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Still a talentless angry methlesbian I see ...god damn you were better when i was kid also old as shit then what are you like 60 now an still trying lol

She's only in her late 30s to early 40s, bro.

I wonder if Ben Shapiro will ever do a Deconstructing The Culture on Otep?

Far Cry 5 brought me here.

こんなカッコイイバンドの存在を今頃知るなんて。日本にもいいバンド沢山あるけどね。

This song fits so well on far cry 5!

Rip Otep

Far cry 5 anybody?!

I was looking for this comment. Recognised her and Greta Van Fleet's voice right away!

Far Cry 5! So many cool songs in 1 game...dayum.

Far Cry 5🤘🏼🎮

rocking in 2018

I couldnt be farther away from oteps political viewpoints yet they still kick ass!!!!

(With the perfect hair
And the perfect wife
And the perfect kids
And the perfect life
I will finally be somebody...)

(Let's play born-again American, resistance is the game!)

Two pigs wearing suits
Brought the news
That I'm wanted by the bank

They say the rent is due
Caesar's onto you
So you better remember your place

Then they outsourced my job
And gave a raise to my boss

Bailed out the banks
But billed me for the loss

They say we must submit
And be one with the Machine

Because the Kingdom of Fear
Needs compliance to succeed

So waterboard the kids for fun
It's all the rage

And play born-again American
Resistance is the game

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Happy little slaves for minimum wage

(The revolution will be monetized
And streamed live via renegade WiFi)

The clinic said I'm sick
Toxic..... and impure

But there isn't any cure
For the poor or uninsured

So we live our digital lives
On multiple screens

And we forget that
The blood of the workers
Grease the machines

In the Psalm of the Fiends
Love ...... discriminates

While the fat cats feed the rats
Their daily dose of cake

So waterboard the kids for fun
It's all the rage

And play born-again American
Resistance is the game

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Happy little slaves for minimum wage

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Haters, betrayers, liars, and thieves

(America)

She sold her soul
For designer clothes

For the perfect lips
And the perfect nose

The winner in the end
Always owns the most

Reality tv told her so!

(Mammonites)

Money changer!
Greedy bankers!

This is the Peoples House!

My minister has a sinister plan
To save my soul with a credit card scam

Exploitation is contagious
For the selfish & self-inflated

Start a war, use the poor,
Watch our profits soar & soar

We've become a nation of wolves
Ruled by sheep

Owned by swine
Overfed & put to sleep

And while the media's elite
Decrees what to think

I am wide awake
On the edge
And on the brink

So when Atlas shrugs
And The Fountainhead bleeds
And when Walstreet Apostles
Preach a gospel of greed

I'll renounce the fame of this gluttonous age
And be a Born-again American
Resistance is to blame!

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Haters, betrayers, liars, and theives

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
A nation of wolves - ruled by sheep!

Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation............

Well...is the 99 ready to rage against the 1 percent that makes up the control machine.

Can anybody find me a form of government that doesn't grease the wheels of the system with the blood of the worker? Its kinda of a nessacary evil. If nobody did the work then what the fuck what would ever get done?

HOOOOO MMMMMY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDD THIS IS AWESOME, GG ^^

adoro essa musica

I had hoped for her voice to be heavier... I am starting to think that the fault is in my headphones, but there's nothing wrong with them...the music is a great background to scream and growl over, but she doesn't do it and I am wondering why not...!

So hard to applaud and not sound insincere

Machine still now smashed... damn.

TNA Final Resolution 2009

love this jam

Sounds like the songs from the wii game madworld!!! Love that game!!!

Man, What a bad bitch! I love this chick!

there's a WHOLE LOT of anger in this lady...

Happy Birthday to The Spartan

OTEP / POET

(With the perfect hair
And the perfect wife
And the perfect kids
And the perfect life
I will finally be somebody...)

(Let's play born-again American, resistance is the game!)

Two pigs wearing suits
Brought the news
That I'm wanted by the bank

They say the rent is due
Caesar's onto you
So you better remember your place

Then they outsourced my job
And gave a raise to my boss

Bailed out the banks
But billed me for the loss

They say we must submit
And be one with the Machine

Because the Kingdom of Fear
Needs compliance to succeed

So waterboard the kids for fun
It's all the rage

And play born-again American
Resistance is the game

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Happy little slaves for minimum wage

(The revolution will be monetized
And streamed live via renegade WiFi)

The clinic said I'm sick
Toxic..... and impure

But there isn't any cure
For the poor or uninsured

So we live our digital lives
On multiple screens

And we forget that
The blood of the workers
Grease the machines

In the Psalm of the Fiends
Love ...... discriminates

While the fat cats feed the rats
Their daily dose of cake

So waterboard the kids for fun
It's all the rage

And play born-again American
Resistance is the game

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Happy little slaves for minimum wage

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Haters, betrayers, liars, and thieves

(America)

She sold her soul
For designer clothes

For the perfect lips
And the perfect nose

The winner in the end
Always owns the most

Reality tv told her so!

(Mammonites)

Money changer!
Greedy bankers!

This is the Peoples House!

My minister has a sinister plan
To save my soul with a credit card scam

Exploitation is contagious
For the selfish & self-inflated

Start a war, use the poor,
Watch our profits soar & soar

We've become a nation of wolves
Ruled by sheep

Owned by swine
Overfed & put to sleep

And while the media's elite
Decrees what to think

I am wide awake
On the edge
And on the brink

So when Atlas shrugs
And The Fountainhead bleeds
And when Walstreet Apostles
Preach a gospel of greed

I'll renounce the fame of this gluttonous age
And be a Born-again American
Resistance is to blame!

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Work, buy, consume, die

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
Haters, betrayers, liars, and theives

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE
A nation of wolves - ruled by sheep!

Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation............

I don't know ,but suddenly " I'm the slime" pops in my mind ....different musically ,fdifferent times,the same content maybe? this is the first time I hear this music ,this band ,or this girl..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHaXDWqpHy8

👏👏👏👏

"smash that local bands merch table"

I become lesbian everytime i see her <3

It's hilarious that this is on VEVO, this is like the monetized, white version of "staying woke," before that phrase was abducted into popular culture.

The best Otep song.

Let's play born-again american, resistance is the game!

Two pigs wearing suits brought the news
That I'm wanted by the bank
They say the rent is due
Ceaser's on to you
So you better remember your place

Then they outsourced my job and gave a raise to my boss
Bailed out the banks, but billed me for the loss
They say we must submit and be one with the machines
'Cause the kingdom of fear needs compliance to succeed

So waterboard the kids for fun, it's all the rage
And play born-again american, reistance is the game
Smash the control machine
Work, buy, consume, die
Smash the control machine
Happy little slaves for minimum wage

"The revolution will be monetized and streamed live via renegade wi-fi"

The clinic said I'm sick, toxic and impure
But there isn't any cure for the poor or uninsured
So we live our digital lives on multiple screens
And we forget that the blood of the workers grease the machines
In the psalm of the fiends, love discriminates
While the fat cats feed the rats their dose of daily cake

So waterboard the kids for fun, it's all the rage
And play born-again american, resistance is the game

Smash the control machine
Work, buy, consume, die
Smash the control machine
Happy little slaves for minimum wage
Smash the control machine
Work, buy, consume, die
Smash the control machine
Haters, betrayers, liars and thieves

She sold her soul for designer clothes
For the perfect lips and the perfect nose
The winner in the end always owns the most
Reality tv told her so

Money changer, greedy banker, this is the people's house
My minister has a sinister plan to save my soul with a credit card scam
Exploitation is contagious for the selfish and self-inflated
Start a war, use the poor, watch our profits soar and soar

We've become a nation of wolves, ruled by sheep
Owned by swine, overfed and put to sleep
And while the media elite decrees what to think
I am wide awake, on the edge and on the brink

So when atlas shrugs, and the fountainhead bleeds
And when wall street apostles preach a gospel of greed
I'll renounce the fame of this glutinous age
And be a born-again american, resistance is to blame

Smash the control machine
Work, buy, consume, die
Smash the control machine
Haters, betrayers, liars and thieves
Smash the control machine
A nation of wolves, ruled by sheep

Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation is contagious
Exploitation

more relevant than ever