2020 by The Herd Lyrics
[Verse 1 Urthboy]
It's not as if you didn't get the warnings
You got the transcripts and recordings
History was a way of sunning herself in the morning
But you're a late starter make it easier to ignore it
Later not recall it, yo
You had unfettered access to the facts
But the fact is your back was turned to the atlas
Nothing like not being in the crash test
To help you make your mind up
Unknowingly the young sign up
The enemy of our enemy is still our enemy
So why are we arming them? Is this insanity?
That's how the Taliban began
Watch em as they turn around and aim their weapons at Americans
How's it feel to be a widowmaker?
Taker of the father of the family
Your tragedy is fate, that's the stakes
So scoff at the Saigon link
Flash those pearlies take us way past the brink
[Bridge 1 Urthboy]
And we knew you were frauds
But onwards we went to war
Nothing could be said to convince you
We've already see it before
[Chorus Jane & Urthboy]
Someone could've told you it would end like this
We did, you didn't listen you can't take a trick
Lookin back 2020 mistakes I got many
And the truth is that I'll probably do it again
No one could've ever hoped to sway your mind
We've been there before but it's not that time
Lookin back 2020 mistakes I got many
And the truth is that I'll probably do it again
[Verse 2 Jane]
There's something familiar about the story you told me
The way that you mouthed it was not what you sold me
Well yes I'm one of many yet you ignored the signs
You made it personal don't spin me that line
You can't relax, cause it occurred on your watch
History will judge you cause you're all that we've got
Is anyone listening? Are you fucking insane?
Am I to sit watching as it plays out again?
[Verse 3 Ozi Batla]
The truth is we knew this, people aren't stupid
You play the innocent because you think we let you do it
If we think you're too ruthless
Show you where the point of the boot is
It's all about where the fuck your proof is
Keen an eye on that new kid
He's liable to do shit
If you don't keep a check on it, beyond your electorate
Peace in Iraq, man stay in Afghanistan
Looking for Osama, getting killed by the Taliban
War on drugs? War on terror, 9-11?
We knew where Johnny stood, where's Kevin?
Don't get me wrong, alarm clocks from heaven
Going off when the country woke up in '07
But there's no letting up
Yo we're just getting up off the canvas
That very fact demands that
We stay as vigilant as can be, transparency?
Another AWB, well let's see
[Bridge 2 Urthboy]
Even as we applaud
And we show them the door
Thought we'd warn you that we're wary
Cause we've already seen it before
[Chorus]
It's not as if you didn't get the warnings
You got the transcripts and recordings
History was a way of sunning herself in the morning
But you're a late starter make it easier to ignore it
Later not recall it, yo
You had unfettered access to the facts
But the fact is your back was turned to the atlas
Nothing like not being in the crash test
To help you make your mind up
Unknowingly the young sign up
The enemy of our enemy is still our enemy
So why are we arming them? Is this insanity?
That's how the Taliban began
Watch em as they turn around and aim their weapons at Americans
How's it feel to be a widowmaker?
Taker of the father of the family
Your tragedy is fate, that's the stakes
So scoff at the Saigon link
Flash those pearlies take us way past the brink
[Bridge 1 Urthboy]
And we knew you were frauds
But onwards we went to war
Nothing could be said to convince you
We've already see it before
[Chorus Jane & Urthboy]
Someone could've told you it would end like this
We did, you didn't listen you can't take a trick
Lookin back 2020 mistakes I got many
And the truth is that I'll probably do it again
No one could've ever hoped to sway your mind
We've been there before but it's not that time
Lookin back 2020 mistakes I got many
And the truth is that I'll probably do it again
[Verse 2 Jane]
There's something familiar about the story you told me
The way that you mouthed it was not what you sold me
Well yes I'm one of many yet you ignored the signs
You made it personal don't spin me that line
You can't relax, cause it occurred on your watch
History will judge you cause you're all that we've got
Is anyone listening? Are you fucking insane?
Am I to sit watching as it plays out again?
[Verse 3 Ozi Batla]
The truth is we knew this, people aren't stupid
You play the innocent because you think we let you do it
If we think you're too ruthless
Show you where the point of the boot is
It's all about where the fuck your proof is
Keen an eye on that new kid
He's liable to do shit
If you don't keep a check on it, beyond your electorate
Peace in Iraq, man stay in Afghanistan
Looking for Osama, getting killed by the Taliban
War on drugs? War on terror, 9-11?
We knew where Johnny stood, where's Kevin?
Don't get me wrong, alarm clocks from heaven
Going off when the country woke up in '07
But there's no letting up
Yo we're just getting up off the canvas
That very fact demands that
We stay as vigilant as can be, transparency?
Another AWB, well let's see
[Bridge 2 Urthboy]
Even as we applaud
And we show them the door
Thought we'd warn you that we're wary
Cause we've already seen it before
[Chorus]