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Engineered by John at HNBC Studios, Winston-Salem, NC
"No More Heroes" and "CIAIDS" produced and engineered by Jerry Kee at Duck Kee Studios, Raleigh, NC
Digital editing and sequencing by Kip Williams at Acoustic Creations, Greensboro, NC
Very special thanks to these fine players:
Additional percussion on "Break Away" by Mike Lindenthal
and Jon McNeil
Additional guitars on "Stranded," "Caste," "Downtime,"
"Break Away," and "Affirmation" by Jay Giles Smith,
IV
Additional persussion on "Break Away," "Affirmation,"
"Common Ground," "Stranded," "Caste," "Slip
Again," and "Selfish Edge" by L. Grant Meadows
Guitars on "No More Heroes" and "CIAIDS" by Brian
Tipa
Drums on "Downtime," "CIAIDS," and "No More
Heroes" by Gavin "G-Money" Glenn
Without the Camel City Bomb Squad there would never be a Winston-Salem hardcore scene. To the whole crew goes out very much love. We are nothing without each other.
All words by Rob. All music by Rob except "CIAIDS" by Brian Tipa and "Affirmation" by Noel, Rob, and Jay G. Smith, IV.
N A logo artwork by Cindy Hooten
Live photos by Brian Lowitt
Cover concept by Rob R-Rock and Vegan Action
Layout by Groovecore and Sniff
Just for the record, Rob and Noel insisted we put something here that says "Vegetarianism veganism is a way to avoid much of the cruelty inherent in human society. Please respect our brothers and sisters in the animal kingdom, our environment, and examine these issues for yourself. For further info. see the N A Almanac or your local library.
BREAK AWAY
Because of their imperialistic ways and their lies, like the pages of a book turning another rebel dies One who might have been a catalyst for the oppressed to rise, or the def, dumb, blind masses to finally open up our eyes
CHORUS I'm just one soul who wants to break away From this world of hate Leaders lie and people die and I just want to stop this crazy game before it gets too late
Can you hear the scream of us shouting at each other and insisting that we never will see eye to eye We are all caught up in it, to our prejudice there seems no limit Why must so many die before their time?
COMMON GROUND We can't change the world if we won't change ourselves Won't talk our way out of this one We always shout each other down, never search for common ground We don't realize we're on the same side
CHORUS Spent too much wasted time. Seen too many wasted lives With just a moment of your time, there is so mush common ground that we could find.
Day by day their game just keeps getting harder to play and they're so much better at it They say we're slack as can be but it's just a matter of priorities I have no need for a system based on greed.
To go beyond a vague description of what it is we think is missing, and what it is we're fighting against anyway. You say you want a revolution of the mind, leave all those negative vibes behind. Someone once asked me "Are you kind?" If we just give up all of our control, and we sit back and play the role, the consequences weigh heavy on all of our souls, We are all self-important jerks, we all go with whatever works, I know it sounds funny, but the truth doesn't always have to hurt.
CASTE Hidden lines dividing you and me; conceived in secret and disseminated through society. Ingrained divisions, how will we look past them? These are the questions that the poor but honest man could never ask them.
Social stratification
Here's you classification
One world agenda; global economy. Those who would make unwilling pawns out of you and me There is no sanctity when you lose your sovereignty. Surrender to the oppressor in the name of democracy. Your culture is the thing that blinds you All the lines inside your mind, leave them behind you Stratified society made of chains that bind you. This is the strugle inside the belly of the beast. How will the upper class accept the nuveau riche? Egalitarian ideals a pipedream that won't last. Those who oppose the social norm become a relic of the past.
Social stratification
Here's your classification Social stratification
AFFIRMATION Words flow through live viruses Idea contamination Contaminate the common mind So cold to be outside So cold on the inside Outside the programming I'm feeling resistance building up and it makes me continue the struggle outside the lines that were drawn in the sand. They give no affirmation.
STRANDED Most times life is really hard but it seems hardly real Even if I wanted to I can't change the way I feel I've known so many kindred souls, so many smiling faces, but they can't bridge the gap between these empty spaces
STRANDED IN MY OWN MIND(x2)
I've never seen the day break quite like today, but as soon as the moment happens I'll feel it slip away We all used to be so close to one another, but tell me what have we done to each other now? Walking through a world we barely even know When we turn our backs on one another, where do we have left to go? Where do we go now?
We are all stranded.
DOWNTIME Born into the belly of a system I detest. Power of our own obedience keeps us repressed. I hate the downtime. Twenty-one years living in this shell, understand the proposition of a living hell. Pour your life's blood into someone else's scene, never understand body as machone. I hate the downtime. We do what they say because we believe what they say. We do what they want us to do because they control what we see. We only see what they want us to see. Without obedience they have NO POWER.
NO MORE HEROES My disillusioned self stands idly by watching ideals shatter Moments in time, falsely claimed as mine, to you it doesn't matter There will be, no more heroes, this time around No more heroes, because something real is what I've found. All the kids who looked up to you, don't want to believe it's true I put my trust in you, maybe you were drunk on confidence but now its time for both of us to return to reality The dream has died, but not my rage to live Shattered empty illusions are all that you have left to give Try to clear from my memory, stabbing pains in my back Those days are over now, and I don't even want them back Lessons dating centuries are calling back and warning me From following the footsteps of fools Throughout the course of history the precedence is plain to see The leaders are the ones who break the rules.
C.I.AIDS
Fear, Hate, Biological warfare on our own nation to control the population Taking life into our own hands Play God and kill on command Lifetime ending Covert spending Danger impending Death descending I denounce their lie How many more of us must die Nail us to a cross to die No longer can we close our eyes Plans are made for genocide Until sufficient numbers have died Enemies of the people remain unseen Spreading the plague, while they keep their hands clean How many more of must die? I denounce their lie No longer can we close our eyes.
