_If you would like to listen to the audio of this text, please click [here](http://listen.openpluto.com/) and click on **Immortal Technique - Ultimas Palabras** on the new windows that pops up._ **[](http://openpluto.com/journal/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Beaten-Up-Flag.jpg)** **A NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN** <!--more--> Not against the forces of a colonial kingdom But a rebellion against an oppressor that has risen among us It is not a foreign invasion we have to fear Rather the threat of a force within our nation That has usurped what was once a dream of having the greatest democracy ever known to man We now live in a world where the population has grown exponentially And the planet is running out of resources to sustain us all We in the inner-city and those struggling in the suburban ghettos may not realize it yet But make no mistake The people who control the technology and run every enterprise that makes up our world Have seen this coming for a long time The ideas of renewable energy Global warming The idea of collectively working Were purposefully bought out, derailed, demonized, or corrupted In favor of an economic structure designed by a monetary caste system In a desperate attempt to convince us that we need to maintain that extravagant existence They’ve pretended we might share in their dream That we can justify any inhumanity in its name Out of this blind ignorance was born the curse of slavery Many of the founders of this nation were themselves Masons That is not a Left wing or Right wing conspiracy theory It is a widely known and accepted fact So then explain to me how a nation founded by men Who not only understood the long and complicated history of Europe But also that of Africa Could permeate such a lie in convincing the American public That one race of men was superior and one inferior When in fact we know that all the early men The men who created civilization and every aspect of what we see today The foundation of all human life Were from Africa The greatest cowardice of course came not with slavery itself Unfortunately But with the excuses for slavery For if America had been as brave as the Roman Empire and all other empires that have come after her And claimed “No, we were just stronger and that’s why we took you” Then when slavery was over racism would’ve probably followed in suit But instead it was the social lie The religious lie that was told That stayed in the mind of people That seperated one human being from another In order to distract us from the issues of class and freedom They created issues around religion and race to dominate the world for centuries to come Some claim that they respect that they respect the culture of life in this country They cry out for indignity of children that are slaughtered before they are born But God has not penetrated their souls For they have no empathy Nothing in their cold hearts for the 100s of 1,000s of lives we have taken in our wars overseas For that which they call “collateral damage” Which the are the burnt and damaged children of the world They have no prayers for them Only snide commentary on the internet and laughter in their hearts And yet you claim to be one with God? Huh We talk about immigration in this country Might doesn’t make right ladies and gentleman It just makes right now What we are saying to the rest of the world Is one day when America grows weak One day when her legions falter On the day when her economy crumbles China, Russia, Europe, whatever power has arisen All you have to do is come here and conquer us in a few military excursions And then you too can set up shop here And in 100 years you can tell every red-blooded American “No, you are an illegal human being I am the true citizen I have all the rights You have no rights" Maybe you forgot how you got this country Maybe you take for granted the blood, the sweat, the tears That the people who live in practical serfdom shed everyday For we may not run America, but we make America run We talk about the Law Yet How many indignities have been legal in the past? How many treaties with Native Americans have we broken? How many international laws have we violated? And Speaking of laws How can a corporation be regulated by a government that is funded and controlled by corporations? How can there be accountability For people who see a profit margin above the lives of Americans? Above the lives of human beings in other countries? We have taken the soul out ourselves and placed them inside machines My words of course Will be marginalized, demonized In typical fashion Anytime you dare to question the power structure they say you hate America No, I love this country I see its beauty everyday in its people And I love it a lot more than those who have abandoned the American worker That have chose to exploit and try to take away benefit she has Those that attempt to make excuses for every atrocity committed In the name of supposed freedom Those who demand accountability from everyone But offer none themselves Who favor contracts over lives Who favor invasion and control over organic democracy overseas The greatest flaw that any intelligent person has is to think they’re smarter than everyone else And so the government has planted its spies amongst us We have planted our spies among them They have infiltrated every branch of the American government They have retrieved names, data, hard numbers The paper trail that will expose those that truly control this country Those that control the political parties Those that control the oil industry The energy Those that stand behind the companies faceless Whose names have never been revealed ―Immortal Technique