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4th Wave & 2nd Set

by Peg & the Rejected

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1.
everything I touch disaster everything I do is struggle everything I do brings trouble everything I touch catastrophe everyone becomes opposition in an idiocracy every scum vies for position in this lowlife mire hierarchy bad faith the state indoctrination lies our native language we fill our history with annihilation repeating all atrocities can't stand them still cheering these sickening politicians there once was a time when we'd rise in opposition but the brainwashing, the conditioning, repeating more they hope for change the more end up the same when the music hits me melody can move me nothing can get to me Sound So Soothing tonic for my aching soul in captivity drown down drain drinking wages right sick of going out at night some small spark still alive inside cannot submit from 9 to 5 went out for work but work out there never worked out fair or I mighta she smashed my glass broke my beer she shook her ass I slipped in cider made it my business to rouse a rise in resistance dropping jewels & gems in this capitalist pigpen fix on this frequency warned it was all conspiracy but no one willing to listen to me when the music hits me melody can move me nothing can get to me sound so soothing tonic for my aching soul in captivity something just ain't right signed indefinite detention into law on new years night something just ain't right how many will go missing disappearing in the night
2.
Sing It Out At Street Level boost the bass and twist the treble all our leaders lie and employ pure murder do I really have to sing this again? the state we're in I admit it bears repeating authorities exist demand our overthrowing passive populace pretending like they never knowing that hard to forget if you're one hit by empire stray bullet hard to ignore building implode after owner says pull it hard to believe they buried boogeyman's body at sea without one soldier's cellphone or helmet cam snapping one picture to prove it sing it out at street level boost the bass and twist the treble all our leaders lie and produce pure murder are you ready wondering where to begin? first steps rejecting this whole worthless system establishment persists the harder we resist it but ceasing to exist the moment we dismiss it hard to convince significance of working with them in it hard to insist when peace prize prez is keeping a sig strike kill-list expending ammo faster than can even be replenished enduring each side ever extending expanding war that's endless
3.
Straybullets 04:07
aiming in their sights at the other criminals these gangsters with badges lowriding mafioso I said it takes one to know one two sides of the same coin accustomed to taking bribes blinding the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous distorting justice the gangs and governance there's no difference warrantless on wires they're inside spying but backfire could bullseye outside the intended target crimes committed by these criminals but the innocents are catching the stray bullets crimes committed by these criminals but the innocents are catching the stray bullets by definition Stray bullets could only catch the innocent guilty finger pointing trigger and pulling it sitting stooping outside my building viewing at street level I see the military recruiting the poor and unfortunate spreading their disease they ship them overseas to liberate with heavy artillery to motivate free elections? in demonstration of democracy a symphony of hypocrisy & heresy those daily on the sidewalk standing by innocently slugs without the time to duck they never saw it coming they never felt no need for a kevlar vest and neither was it budgeted it's injustice when innocents inherently attract the stray bullets and it's just as indiscriminate as the preemptive attacks led by the U.S. by definition stray bullets could only catch the innocent guilty finger pointing trigger and pulling it Father hear them nightly praying protection to assign angelic generals guard in all directions let the strays deflect and ricochet fall away 'til the day wicked hearts change or become struck down that their destruction is ended ain't insignificant stray bullets could only catch the innocent guilty finger pointing trigger and pulling it
4.
well let me blast abstract vocabulary to counteract, resist-stance the curse i've received slamdance to break trance against this grim grammar no longer learn lessons destined to hammer oppressive Language Of Lies early on in elementary exiled our energies captured imagination confined creativity stung by the spelling, see? in government schooling no longer fooling me no rite to be ruling language of lies exhale these skeletons see that they never live again expel the shell of fictional official stories when little white lie in the middle of beLIEve knowing means nothing anybody learn anything language of lies
5.
crazyleg LaBrea jaywaltz hollywood blvd higher than the haunted hills stepping from star to star silver sister open arm gates unspoken oracles pirate broadcast plundering people's party's portable in our element the ruby world where we reign BANG! only place where soul feels safe to come out of hiding explode on the dance floor half a hundred of us strong clear the room of all hip goons while we sing along to every song still don't know how to party no party people ever talk to me drank my weight in wages local liquid wheat dispensary binary contagion spreading left and to the right of me inticing me inciting me inviting me to partake whose flavor or fascism whose style of statism so we stroll into their shindig to shit into the lampshade kick over the koolaid pissing in the lemonade polarized partisans all actually agree party's over give me my firebird keys Still Don't Know How To Party no party people ever talk to me always over before it started still don't know how to party
6.
Mad Pride 01:50
Mad Pride the only evidence you're still alive modern scam man can't be trusted no healthy measure to be well adjusted society suck your energy each day if that's what they call normal then I'd rather be insane unholy match your money gathered here today to wed these credit debtors bind these two wage slaves when course ends in divorce only children have to pay if that's a happy marriage I prefer to be unhappy let's go crazy mad pride it's evidence you're still alive higher self a sovereign voice inside the head targeted for murder, madmen want 'em dead mad pride
7.
Faithful 04:17
8.
Propaganda 03:07
all we believe is Propaganda all we conceive propaganda all that we see is propaganda infecting for generations infliction of disinformation all we receive straight war propaganda catapulted at us continually have we ever wondered where the conflict come from do we ever consider the sources still do we have one skeptical bone left in this skeletal system or have we surrendered settled, resorted let them warp and contort our perceptions, caked in contaminates started to raise suspicion when every source service the system & every election selected for you to carry water for them into war all we believe is propaganda all we conceive propaganda all that we see propaganda infecting for generations infliction of misinformation fairytale official story fallacy & fantasy lay bare the facts full before me don't bore me with unquestioning belief
9.
the people are going to get justice One Way Or The Other so long they've done us wrong so long they've brought us harm this way so long we've sung this song with tarnished tongues we curse their name the people are going to get justice one way or the other it's inevitable you know you can trust us the people are going to get justice there's something wrong here all the bands are broke but the label owners are millionaires there's something wrong here bubble burst, banks bailed out big bonuses for a bunch of billionaires
10.
Going Down 01:21
again, where to begin? so low down made ambassador to the Agarthans sabotage mission against their soil destroying buried in the litter box these fat cats piss in our existence resistance no other option against this back on the wall now watch em fall they're going down Going Down coming up from the underground decimating everything about your sound you're going down lesser evil just a sequel of the same that came before every agreement been broken all the promises ignored scum rise through the crust of the skin what's gone up come crash ground again
11.
we decree we'll bring no harm to them all can sing along we'll end all fighting factions when all can sing the same song comfort all those who suffering help them sing out strong let unity consume the scene discord give way to harmony got to give them something we can All Sing Along vow we'll help no murdering sing it sure and strong no conquering or dividing them everybody sing along no invasion occupying when we synchronize the same song coming to common ground we all can agree upon
12.
what you hear is not a test, top ranking skanking beats and when they heard of our arrest they we're dancing in the streets if you're dying of boredom Don't Take It Out On Me always raining lead, city of the dead shoulda stayed in bed, gettin' head eyes bleeding red, but instead here I'm up against old enemies again considering them friend until foul weather start falling they want it right away they got no time to wait never enough to say no one listen anyway decide what we allow & what we won't accept what you'll be standing for & what you'll fight against viper sniping still spit venom every session blasting the beats out headbanging all the hessian sexist, racist, xenophobes we make 'em go extinct bashing bigotry while screaming out in unity we'll get em right away don't make us have to wait so many things to say is anybody listening? let me begin by dropping mass acid in & drastically smashing fake plastic facts out of fashion it's what you fear, what you detest, we're top rankin' in these streets & when they heard us at our best, suckers demanding our defeat if you're dying of boredom don't take it out on me
13.
Never Cared 03:46
they Never Cared, no they never shared or shown love they never cared about us they only wanted just to use you they never knew that I could see right through them they only love just to confuse you they only out here just to abuse you they never cared, no they never shared or shown love they never cared about us they never cared they never shared they never played fair, no they never cared about us only aim is just to fool you brutally misuse, accuse, refuse you they do not know how we could see right through them they only need to just uh... huh.. hey! they never cared, no they never shared or shown love they never cared about us
14.
do you really wanna heal all nations? are you ready willing raise vibrations? are we serious in these sensations? now that we fall free from these foundations West Coast Freed The Weed you get to following do you really wanna heal your patients? nature ready made the medication babylon busy build abominations too long in song to list it's endless applications west coast freed the weed you get to follow them better get to following
15.
stare at the sun 'til we can't see anymore the yellow belly of executive agent orange glowing golden arches 'til the gangrene set in black & white binary bury rainbow reflection red, white, black & blew growling grey skies cold blooded blue uniform bullet down the blvd at shades of brown & black ultra violence number one export poor nation population target of our attack Red, White, Black & Blue
16.
King Of Ska 02:39
Take your time, take time for the king is back, Take your time, you've got to know that the king is back Take your time, beware, for he's right on top Take your time, you've got to know that the king is back Don't rush it, man, you will surely lose it I am going to burn your skin like a blazing fire So take your time, take time for the king is back

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from Marco on the Bass blog: "my album of the year has to go Peg & the Rejectedand their album "4th Wave." Who you may ask? Yes, this California based band who are better known as The Dingees have recorded the best ska album of 2016. Its the first Trump-era album that mixes the best of The Selecter, Operation Ivy/Rancid, Fishbone and The Skatalites Band into an album that any discerning ska fan looking for thoughtful and thought provoking lyrics about the current state of our world will love. Its an album about American life today -- secrecy, lies, fake news, propoganda, income inequality, police brutality, US aggression abroad -- and its effects. There are so many memorable songs, but for me, its the bittersweet"Stray Bullets" which is an instant classic. It features a chorus that could have been written by Pauline Black, who is the best 2-Tone lyricist ever -- "Stray bullets could only catch the innocent/guilty finger pointing trigger and pulling it." Check it out and let me know what you think. Its available on iTunes and Amazon and you can stream it on Spotify."

Do The Dog SkaZine: "One of the USA's best kept secrets are the really rather awesome Peg & the Rejected. This Californian based combo boast a very cool edgy 2 tone ska sound with spiky anti-establishment lyrics that they first brandished in fine style on their excellent debut "4th Wave" album at the end of 2016. New Years Day saw them return to action with an even better follow up, the cunningly titled "2nd Set" mini album. It contains 5 killer cuts that are not to be missed."

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released November 9, 2018

Peg & The Rejected's 4th Wave & 2nd Set
International City Recordings
written by-
Pegleg: lead vocal, rhythm guitar, alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax, synth, samples, artwork
Bean: bass
Aaron Landers: organ, piano, keyboards, lead guitar, backup vocal
Scrodgers: drums, percussion, backup vocal
Ethan Luck: drums, percussion, guitar
DC: throat
JRoss Parrelli: backup vocal
Jenny Falk: backup vocal
Chris Valle: lead guitar
Greg Togawa: lead guitar
Bryan Watson: trumpet
Ian Jacks: tenor sax
ShauntΓ© Palmer: trombone
Wendy Levin: guitar, baritone guitar, backup vocal, audio engineer
recorded at D.M. Gremlin Studios LBC
produced by Wendy Levin & DreadPirateRoberts
additional engineering by Peter Lago at Maui Wave Studios, Kihei HI
B3 recorded by Antoine Arvizu @ Compound studio, Long Beach CA

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