This track originally appeared on the 2016 E.P. "Jakarta Punk City".
lyrics
With boots on the street,
In the tropical heat
This city’s our hope and our home
We may not fit in
(but) we take it on the chin
It’s the only home that we’ve ever known
Justice ain’t fair,
We get jailed for our hair,
We’re beaten and stripped of our pride
We stand and oppose,
But we’re no heroes,
It’s all about the right to survive
In a carbon copied state
Where everyone’s living a lie
Is a system to sedate
To oppress and repress the why
But there’s still a place to go
Where punk didn’t die!
Jakarta, punk city, ini kota kami
Jakarta, punk city, ini kota kami
Yeah!
The system’s corrupt,
But we won’t give up,
We march to our own fucking drum
We fight for reform,
We will never conform,
We refuse to live under their thumb
Punk is our voice,
It’s our life, our choice,
We live by our own set of laws
Blood may be spilled,
But ideas can’t be killed
Cuz YOU’LL be there to take up the cause
CITIZEN USELESS
Dang Dut, Made Vomit, J.Sin, Yudah
Track Produced by Citizen Useless and Uzeless Rekordz
Executive Producers - Dang Dut, J.Sin, and Citizen Useless
Mixing and Mastering by Jeffry Hataru at 88 Studio (Jakarta, ID)
Additional Drums by: Jeffry Hataru
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