Melancholic Processors

[Interview]
[Well, where are you coming from?]

Well, I don't like the way the country's ran,
don't you know, and um, that's pretty much
what I was expressing in my poem.

The government, the American government,
they're sneaky, they're very deceitful,
they're liars, they're cheats, they're ripoffs.

I mean, the American government is one
systematic government that, that nobody
can trust. I don't trust them myself.

[And how long have you been writing for?]

Huh?

[How long have you been writing for?]

Since I was four.

[Do you do this sort of thing a lot,
Like, open mic kinda questions?]

Oh I love open mics, I love coming
here doing open mics, absolutely.

[What kind of reactions do you usually get?]

Usually, people are, are pretty much
in agreement with what I'm saying.

[We overheard you before talking about
You went to court today for a speeding ticket?]

That's accurate.

[Right. Do you wanna tell us that story?]

Yes, absolutely, I wouldn't mind telling you the story.
Um, I went to court today for a speeding ticket,
and I told the judge, um,

"Let me tell you something, and you listen
and you listen good. I'm only gonna say this
one time and one time only. I don't repeat
myself for nobody," I said. I says,
"I'm here to pay a speeding ticket, not to listen
to your lectures and hear you run your mouth
for an hour." I says,
"I'm here to pay off my speeding ticket, and I'm
here to get my fines out of the way and get the
fuck to work."

The judge says, "You can't talk like
that in my courtroom, you're in
contempt of court."

Then I said, I told the judge,
"If that's the best you can do, I feel sorry for you."
I said, "Why don't you just shut your fucking
mouth for once and listen."
I said, "I'm not gonna take any shit."
I said, "I'm gonna pay my speeding ticket like I said."
I walked up to the goddamn bench and I
handed him my 25 dollars and
I says, "Here's my money, now I am leaving."

And I left it at that...

Then before I left, I turned around
and told the judge, "I'm here to
state who I am and be honest with you."
I said "If they thought I was dangerous
on the road like you're trying to
accuse me of, wouldn't they have
taken my license when I first got it?
Yes they would."

And the judge says "Yeah, you have a point,"
He goes, "You don't need to get loud.

I said, "Don't get loud?"
I says, "I've got every right
to get loud." I says, "You
can't do a goddamn thing
about it, because I'm expressing
myself in your court, and
there is nothing you can do
about it.
You think you're god because
you have a robe and you can
put people up the goddamn
river for twenty years? Well you're not."

And I left it at that...

[Did you walk away?]

Yes I did. I don't like the judicial system,
I don't like the government system,
I don't like the police, I don't like anything to do
with this country's government. I just don't like it,
because, they're sneaky, like I said, they're deceitful, they're lying,
they're cheats, they rip the people off.
That's the American government for you.
America is a third world country, and people don't recognize it,
and I think that that's pretty goddamn sad that
they don't recognize their own country
as a third world, third rate, third class slum.

Album: Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada
Year: 1999

[Well, do you have any weapons?]

Yes, I do. I own a high-powered assault rifle,
I own a 12-gauge double barrel shotgun, I own a regular shotgun,
I own a regular hunting rifle, I own a 9mm, a .357, a .45 handgun,
a .38 special, and um, I own an M16 fully automatic ground assault rifle.

[Do you think things are gonna get better before they get worse?]

No way. Things are just gonna get worse and keep on getting worse.
Like I said, America's a third world country as it is and you know what,
We're just basically in a hopeless situation as it stands.

[What do you think this country's gonna look like in the year 2003?]

Y'know, I'll tell you the truth, nothing against you guys,
But I don't wanna answer that question because,
I haven't even got a mind that's that, that inhumane.

[Are you ready for what's coming?]

Ready as I'll ever be.

[Most people aren't.]

There's a little saying, dates back for generations.

[Go on. . .]

Be prepared for anything at any time
from anybody, and don't take no shit,
Always stand your ground.
People wanna come up to me and run
their mouth, guess what, I'll throw
them through the fucking window.
I won't think a f. . ., I won't think a thing of it.

[Would you mind reciting your poem for us?]

Not at all, I don't see why I sh. . ., I don't see why I couldn't.

There's an evil virus that's
threatening mankind.
It's not state of the art,
It's a serious state of the mind.

The muggers, the backstabbers,
The two faced elite,
A menace to society, a social disease.

To brainwash the mind is
a social disorder.
The cynics, the apathy
one-up-manship order.
Watching beginnings of social decay,
Gloating and sneering at life's disarray.

Eating away at your own self
esteem,
Pouncing on every word that
you might be saying.

To attack someone's mind is
a social disorder.
The constitution, the government,
Martial law order.
Superficially smiling a shake
of the hand,
As soon as your back is turned
treason is planned.

When every good thing's laid to
rest by the governments hate,
By the constitution and their lies,
And every time you think you're safe
and when you go to turn away,
You know they're sharpening
all their knives.

All in your mind
All in your head
try to relate it.
All in your mind
All in your head
try to escape it.

Without a conscience they destroy,
And that's a thing that they enjoy.
They're a sickness that's in all
of our minds.
They want to sink the ship and leave.
The way they laugh at you and me
you know it happens all the time.

But it only happens in your mind.
The rats in the cellar
you know who you are. . .
or do you?
Watching beginnings of social decay. . .

[Thank you for your time.]