Body Count
Album • 2017
[feat. Dave Mustaine] This message is transmitted at the request of the President of the United States of America and the Office of Homeland Security. In compliance with the United Nations, the President of the United States has declared Martial Law. Curfew is now in place. Return to your homes. Any congregating of two or more people outside of your homes will result in you being arrested on sight. Anyone possessing a firearm or any item or instrument that can be used as a weapon will be deemed an enemy of the state and will be arrested on sight. UN peacekeeping garrisons have severed all data transmissions and telephone communications for national security. Any violation of martial law will result in immediate arrest and trial for treason. All traitors will be shot. America is now engaged in civil war (Civil war) It's already started, maybe too late to stop It's already on, they shooting the cops They pushing the line, racism is high The country's divided, you know the fuck why The press of the pull, and push of the truth The public is dumb, delusional youth Our leaders are evil, lie after lie The public is armed, and ready to die (Ready to die) (Civil war) What side you on when the shit pops off? Black or white, wrong or right? (Civil war) Rich or poor, urban war Shit might just jump off tonight (Civil war) What side you on when the shit pops off? Black or white, wrong or right? (Civil war) This shit is true Coming soon to a town near you They don't care about nothing, just personal gain These politicians wouldn't mind a war, motherfuck your pain Cops are killing people and never do time In the hood we killing each other like that ain't no crime I'm feeling the tension, don't tell me you don't These fools will get us all killed, don't tell me they won't There's guns on the streets, it's already too late The net's overloaded with pure racial hate The press just instigates: they love a fight Don't give a fuck about who gets hurt, just news that night They try and twist the problem like it's white and black But if you come to shoot me, yo I'm shooting back (Civil war) What side you on when the shit pops off? Black or white, wrong or right? (Civil war) Rich or poor, urban war Shit might just jump off tonight (Civil war) What side you on when the shit pops off? Black or white, wrong or right? (Civil war) This shit is true Coming soon to a town near you (Civil war) What side you on when the shit pops off? Black or white, wrong or right? (Civil war) Rich or poor, urban war Shit might just jump off tonight (Civil war) What side you on when the shit pops off? Black or white, wrong or right? (Civil war) This shit is true
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025
Police are hunting for two suspects in a violent home invasion, they are worried that these men may strike again... I've got no plans for getting loot legal, All black gear on twelve inch suppressor 44 Desert Eagle Layin' in your parking lot, Creeping in your lobby, Resist, No problem pushing holes through your fuckin' body, You can't escape me if I want what you got, You can't evade me no chance to call the cops, I'm doing my job this is just what I do, You makin' money I come and visit you... [2x] I gotta get paid, I gotta get paid, I gotta get paid The ski mask way I'm in your rear view When you leave the club, How cold could I be, You look like food to me, All on Instagram, Showin' that cash off, What you really hope, I don't take this mask off, Don't make me punish you, Don't wanna hurt your wife, Come up off that watch, It ain't worth your life, I have a cool wool, Life has no meaning, We roll late night and Hunt human beings... [2x] I gotta get paid, I gotta get paid, I gotta get paid, The ski mask way OK, you know what the fuck this is Pay attention, Everybody move against that wall, Get down on your knees, Lock your fingers behind your motherfuckin' head, Now I didn't come here for no bullshit, We want what's in that motherfuckin' safe, You, you know the combination, Bring your punk ass over here, I will blow your motherfucking brains out, You're gonna open that safe right now, That's your bitch, grab his bitch, bring her over here, No, I will not shoot you, I'm gonna shoot the bitch, Open the motherfuckin' safe now motherfucker, This is business, nigga... New car, we might come to visit you, Big jewels, we might come to visit you, Flash cash, we might come to visit you, Post pictures, we might come to visit you, Bring spurs, we might come to visit you, Sell drugs, we might come to visit you, Brag a lot, we might come to visit you, Pray to God, we don't come to visit you... [2x] I gotta get paid, I gotta get paid, I gotta get paid, The ski mask way
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
People always wanna know The reason for what they consider senseless violence in the hood I'ma break it down for you This is why we ride And this is why we ride And this is why we ride I gotta say this clear, I gotta say this loud I should've been dead, don't know how I'm here now I should've been dead, damn it forty years ago How the f*ck did I survive? Something that I'll never know I played the crack game, gang bang, guns Motherfuckers told me I'd never see twenty one I come from LA, deep in the heart of the hood Every night the bullets fly, this shit ain't Hollywood Could be your best friend, mother or brother dead Cops can't do shit, these streets are blood red So we leave the block and we load the guns And we want revenge, until revenge comes And this is why we ride And this is why we ride I made it out the hood, I got a great life But them bullets fly every motherfucking night Another kid dies every motherfucking night Another mother cries every motherfucking night Ghettoes of deep crack, made to never escape A place to store the poor, made to never escape They're all over the world, people go to die Murders go unsolved, I understand why They remove hope and then we sell dope Pain in poverty has us at each other's throat Families are broken and so we gang bang A bit form of unity but most love some of us ever seen And this is how we die And this is why we ride Oh man, coming up and surviving in the ghetto The smallest argument goes from little drama to big drama Next thing you know, somebody's dead I don't think you can understand if you've never been in your streets And held your best friend in your arms Your child in your arms and watch them breathe their last breath 'Cause somebody shot them dead in the streets You ain't thinking of calling the police You want revenge and you want it now I gotta be honest with you If somebody were to kill me, shoot me right now, My last words wouldn't be peace It would be get those motherfuckers (And this is why we ride) This song is dedicated to all of you who has lost somebody to street violence And this is why we ride And this is how we die
Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025
Interviewer: Ice! Explain Body Count Ice-T: Body Count is a band I put together just to let one of my best friends Ernie C play his guitar. He's always been playing guitar, we all went to Crenshaw High School together in South Central Los Angeles. And I had the idea of let's make a metal band, let's make rock band, because I had been to Europe and I noticed that the kids would mosh off of hip-hop So we put the band together and I used the three bands that were my favourites at the time to set the tone. We used the impending doom of a group like Black Sabbath, who pretty much invented metal; the punk sensibility of somebody like Suicidal, who basically put that gangbanger style from Venice, California into the game; and the speed and the precision of Slayer, one of my favourite groups and always will be Trapped in purgatory A lifeless object, alive Awaiting reprisal Death will be their acquisition The sky is turning red Return to power draws near Fall into me, the sky's crimson tears Abolish the rules made of stone Pierced from below, souls of my treacherous past Betrayed by many, now ornaments dripping above Awaiting the hour of reprisal Your time slips away Raining blood From a lacerated sky Bleeding its horror Creating my structure now I shall reign in blood My sinful glare at nothing holds thoughts of death behind it Skeletons in my mind commence tearing at my sanity Vessels in my brain carry death until my birth Come and die with me forever Share insanity Do you want to die? The waves of blood are rushing near, pounding at the walls of lies Turning off my sanity, reaching back into my mind Non-rising body from the grave showing new reality What I am, what I want, I'm only after death
Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 11, 2026
I spend my life between the light blue lines of loose leaf I spend my time between impressionable minds and true beef I spend my days up, my nights up, it's too hard to sleep Look at my face, it's not the one of someone at peace I carry guns when I don't need to, but my mind's so fucked I see assassins coming out of the rough I keep my doors locked, windows shut, shades down, so pound Waiting on some Satans who may think of invading When I do sleep I dream about pain and unrest About gunfights and dum-dums exploding my chest I see my boys that've died sitting with me again And when I wake I realise that I've lost most of my friends Will my past come back to get me? Will them bosses that we shot come back to wreck me? I'm paranoid, it ain't easy when your lifestyle was grimy and greasy I'm trying to make peace with the karma and the drama God, please believe me
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025
[Verse 1: Randy Blythe] I fought the darkness that would've crippled most men You've never seen it Disgaged from a poison pen I'm not like you Motherfucker, don't you forget it Walk straight down a venomous road Soak it up just so I can spit it [Verse 2: Ice-T] How can you understand me I don't fucking understand myself How can you even help me I gotta play the fucking hand I'm dealt I fight to control it The monsters inside my brain Decimate my enemies Slow torture, bottomless pain [Chorus: Ice-T] Walk with me into the darkest recesses of my mind where no one is safe Come with me into the darkest recesses of my mind where no one escapes [Verse 3: Randy Blythe] You're staring at me You don't see what I am A deadly viper in the skin of a normal man I dwell in shadows Motherfucker, you are my enemy The eyes of a snake see visions of the end I fall like the night and take you down with me [Verse 4: Ice-T] The beast is unleashed upon victims verse after verse I place my hands on my forehead and the violence pours out like a curse In the day I seem normal and I smile and joke and laugh When I write late at night, I'm a murdering sociopath [Chorus: Ice-T] Walk with me into the darkest recesses of my mind where no one is safe Come with me into the darkest recesses of my mind where no one escapes [Bridge: Randy Blythe] No one is safe No one escapes There's no escape [Chorus: Ice-T] Walk with me into the darkest recesses of my mind where no one is safe Come with me into the darkest recesses of my mind where no one escapes Walk with me into the darkest recesses of my mind where no one is safe Come with me into the darkest recesses of my mind where no one escapes
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025
[Verse 1] Another night I sit alone in the dark I can't remember my name, I stalk streets and parks Shame on the victims whose lifes intersect with mine Massive contusions, rivers of crimson wine Dismemberments is all that I'm remembering Bloodstains, pieces of brains under my fingernails Screams, kicks, fights, bruises, and yells Nobody lives so nobody tells I wake up in my house all alone Bloody sheets, mud on my feet Next to me, utensils of death, I can't front son Knives, razor blades, axes, and guns Look in my chest, I got this ill ass cut I get the needle and thread and sew it up Raise the shades and it's night again You'll hear the shouts [Chorus] Here I go again, check me out Here I go again, check me out Here I go again, check me out Here I go again, check me out [Verse 2] Two ladies out late walking their dogs They're old, the city is damned from the fault I approach from the back with the speed of a shark Cloaked by dark, I rip their backs apart The violence is incredibly sexual to me I'm a blood fiend, makes me bust nuts in my jeans Yeah, I think I want to keep their heads I love to peel off their faces and wear their dead skin to bed The dogs bark and bite at my feet As I leave they drag their headless bodies down the street I make it home, take a bath The water turns red in the aftermath I wake again and it's night I passed out, no doubt [Chorus] Here I go again, check me out Here I go again, check me out Here I go again, check me out Here I go again, check me out [Bridge] Make it stop Make the voices stop Make it stop, please Stop [Verse 3] My mind echoes with voices of terror My next victim is in the mirror Seems like I've seen him before, I can't quite recollect All I know is that the voices say "Slice his neck" I cut off his hand, the blood sprayed from his wrist And burst, it felt warm when it quenched my thirst I stabbed him in the eye with my knife made of surgical steel Oh what a feel Electrical shocks ripped my brain Pain like I never felt before, sweet pain I love it, I love it and I want more Pulled out my straight razor blade in his juggular I'm looking at the ceiling now I wonder where he went and how He couldn't escape, not in that state I transcended through the gates of hell and met my soul mate South of heaven and the devil is my final vouch You'll hear the shouts [Chorus] Here I go again, check me out Here I go again, check me out Here I go again, check me out Here I go again, check me out
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025
[Intro (Ice-T):] It's unfortunate that we even have to say 'Black Lives Matter', I mean, if you go through history nobody ever gave a fuck. I mean, you can kill black people in the street, nobody goes to jail, nobody goes to prison. But when I say 'Black Lives Matter' and you say 'All Lives Matter', that's like if I was to say 'Gay Lives Matter' and you say 'All Lives Matter'. If I said, 'Women's Lives Matter' and you say 'All Lives Matter', you're diluting what I'm saying. You're diluting the issue. The issue isn't about everybody. It's about black lives at the moment. But the truth of the matter is they don't really give a fuck about anybody, if you break this shit all the way down to the low fucking dirty-ass truth. [Verse 1] We say that 'Black Lives Matter' Well truthfully they really never have No one ever really gave a fuck Just read your bullshit history books But honestly it ain't just black It's yellow, it's brown, it's red It's anyone who ain't got cash Poor whites that they call trash [Pre-chorus] They can't fuck with us Once they realise we're all on the same side They can't split us up And let them prosper off the divide They can't fuck with us Once they realise we're all on the same side They can't split us up And let them prosper off the divide [Chorus] Don't fall for the bait and switch Racism is real, but not it They fuck whoever can't fight back But now we gotta change all that The people have had enough Right now, it's them against us This shit is ugly to the core When it comes to the poor No lives matter [Verse 2] America's always been A place that judge my skin And racism is real as fuck Ain't no way to play that off And in the eyes of the law Black skin has always stood for poor This is basic shit They know who they fucking with [Pre-chorus] They can't fuck with us Once they realise we're all on the same side They can't split us up And let them prosper off the divide They can't fuck with us Once they realise we're all on the same side They can't split us up And let them prosper off the divide [Chorus] Don't fall for the bait and switch Racism is real, but not it They fuck whoever can't fight back But now we gotta change all that The people have had enough Right now, it's them against us This shit is ugly to the core When it comes to the poor No lives matter [Spoken (Ice-T):] You never see them pulling rich people out of their cars in their neighbourhoods, because they know they got lawyers. They know they'll sue their ass. They can tell who to fuck with. Unfortunately, black or brown skin has always meant poor. They're profiling you kid. They know you can't fight back. But we about to. [Bridge (News Reports):] Investigators say they are reviewing body camera and dashcam video of Tuesday's shooting. Police say that Keith Lamont Scott did have a gun in his hand when an officer shot him. But a new picture of the scene shows something at Scott's feet. A source tells our Charlotte affiliate it may be a gun, but people in the neighbourhood say the father of four was holding a book instead. Officer Vinson was in plain clothes when the shooting happened. He was not wearing a body-worn camera. But we are told that three other officers wore theirs. The department is under increasing pressure to release police videos from the shooting. But the police chief says he will not do that right now because of the investigation. Ladies and gentlemen. This shit is deeper than racism [Chorus] Don't fall for the bait and switch Racism is real, but not it They fuck whoever can't fight back But now we gotta change all that The people have had enough Right now, it's them against us This shit is ugly to the core When it comes to the poor No lives matter This shit is ugly to the core When it comes to the poor No lives matter This shit is ugly to the core When it comes to the poor No lives matter
Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025
[Intro] Since the beginning of time, humans have killed each other because they disagree The human is the only animal that actually kills for sport The ability to kill is as innate as our ability to love When someone hurts me I want revenge, I want them in pain, I want them dead [Chorus] I've got a sickness, bloodlust I've got a sickness, bloodlust [Verse 1] I'm a carnivore, I can eat meat raw I destroy almost everything I touch I got a quick fuse, trip and I murder you And forget you, more bullets the better I can't explain it though, it makes me feel good Zombie apocalypse, I live for the gore Give me suicide, serial massacre Execution yo, I always want more I love the punishment, I love to dish it out I want blood, motherfuck a submission It's deep inside of me, violent tendencies Like a scalpel when it makes its incision [Chorus] I've got a sickness, bloodlust I've got a sickness, bloodlust [Bridge] I've got a love (It's a lust for blood) I've got a love (It's a lust for blood) I've got a love (It's a lust for blood) [Interlude] Sometimes I wonder am I somehow aroused by this shit Then I wonder why certain people are pleased by others' pain [Verse 2] I've always had this, this ain't nothing new This fucking sickness, probably the same as you I love brutality, it makes my pulse rot I mean fatality, bodies in dark skies It's in my DNA, I don't care what you think It's running through my veins, animal instinct Make me mad, I want you to die Different politics, millions of homicides I get my rocks off letting these Glocks off Cross me wrong, get your ass crossed up I'm the human species, the most violent on Earth I killed my own planet, I'm so sick that it hurts [Chorus] I've got a sickness, bloodlust I've got a sickness, bloodlust I've got a sickness, bloodlust I've got a sickness, bloodlust
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025
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