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Interviewer: Just where ah... just where are you coming from? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Well... I don' t like the way the country' s ran, don' t you know, and, erm... |
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That' s pretty much what I was expressing in my poem. |
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The governm, the American government they' re sneaky, they' re very deceitful, they' re the liars, they' re cheats, they' re ripoffs. |
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I mean, the American government is one systematic government that nobody can trust. |
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I don' t trust ' em myself. |
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Interviewer: And how long have you been writing for? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Huh? |
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Interviewer: How long have you been writing for? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Since I was four. |
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Interviewer: Do you do this sort of thing a lot, like, openmic kinda questions? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Oh, I love openmics, I love coming here to do openmics, absolutely. |
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Interviewer: What kind of reactions do you usually get? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Usually, people are... are pretty much in agreement with what I' m saying. |
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Interviewer: We overheard you before talking about... you went to court today for a speeding ticket? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: That' s accurate. |
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Interviewer: Right. Do you wanna tell us that story? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Yes, absolutely, I wouldn' t mind telling you the story. |
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Erm... I went to court today for a speeding ticket, and I told the judge, erm... |
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" Let me tell you something. " |
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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. |
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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." |
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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." |
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The judge says " You can' t talk like that in my courtroom, you' re in contempt of court." |
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Then I said... I told the judge, " If that' s the best you can do, I feel sorry for you." |
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I said " Why don' t you just shut your fucking mouth for once and listen." |
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I said " I' m not gonna take any shit." |
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I said " I' m gonna pay my speeding ticket like I said." |
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I walked up to the god damn judge and I hand him my 25 dollars and I says " Here' s my money, now I am leaving." |
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And I left it at that. |
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I, before I left, I turned around and told the judge |
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" I' m here to state who I am and be honest with you." " |
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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? |
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Yes they would." |
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And the judge says " Yeah, you have a point," |
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He goes " You don' t need to get loud," |
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I says " Don' t get loud?" |
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I says " I' ve got every right to get loud." |
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I says " You can' t do a god damn thing about it, because I' m expressing myself in your court, and there is nothing you can do about it. |
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You think you' re god because you have a robe and you can put people up the goddamn river for 20 years? Well you' re not." " |
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And I left it at that. |
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Interviewer: Did you walk away? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Yes I did... |
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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. |
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I just don' t like it, because... they' re sneaky, like I said they' re deceitful, they' re lying, they' re cheats, they rip people off. |
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That' s the American government for you. |
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America is a third world country, and people don' t recognise it... |
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And I think that that' s pretty god damn sad, that they don' t recognise their own country as a third world, third rate, third class slum. |
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Interviewer: Well... Do you have any weapons? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Yes, I do. |
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I own a highpowered assault rifle, |
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I own a 12gauge double barrel shotgun, |
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I own a regular shotgun, |
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I own a regular hunting rifle, I own a 9mm, a 357, a 45 handgun, a 38 special, |
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And, erm... I own an M16 fully automatic ground assault rifle... |
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Interviewer: Do you think things are gonna get better before they get worse? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: No way. Things are just gonna get worse and keep on getting worse. |
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Like I said, America' s a third world country as it is and... and we' re just basically in a hopeless situation as it stands. |
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Interviewer: What do you think this country' s gonna looklike in the year 2003? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Y' know, I' ll tell you the truth nothing against you guys, but I don' t wanna answer that question because... |
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I haven' t even got a mind that' s that... that inhumane. |
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Interviewer: Are you ready for what' s coming? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Ready as I' ll ever be. |
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Interviewer: Most people aren' t. |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: There' s a little saying... Dates back for generations... |
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Interviewer: Go on... |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Be prepared for anything at any time from anybody, don' t take no shit, always stand your ground. |
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People wanna come up to me and run their mouth guess what? |
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I' ll throw them through the fucking window... I won' t think a thing of it. |
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Interviewer: Would you mind reciting your poem for us? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Not at all, I don' t see why... I don' t see why I couldn' t. |
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There' s an evil virus that' s threatening mankind |
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It' s not state of the art, it' s a serious state of the mind |
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The muggers, the backstabbers, the two faced elite |
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A menace to society, a social disease |
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To brainwash the mind is a social disorder |
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The cynics, the apathy oneupmanship order |
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Watching beginnings of social decay |
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Gloating and sneering at life' s disarray |
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Eating away at your own self esteem |
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Pouncing on every word that you might be saying |
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To attack someone' s mind is a social disorder |
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The constitution, the government, martial law order |
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Superficially smiling a shake of the hand |
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As soon as your back is turned treason is planned |
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When every good thing' s laid to rest |
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By the governments hate, by the constitution and their lies |
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And every time you think you' re safe |
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And when you go to turn away |
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You know they' re sharpening all their knives |
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All in your mind |
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All in your head |
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Try to relate it |
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All in your mind |
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All in your head |
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Try to escape it |
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Without a conscience they destroy |
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And that' s a thing that they enjoy |
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They' re a sickness that' s in all of our minds |
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They want to sink the ship and leave |
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The way they laugh at you and me |
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You know it happens all the time |
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But it only happens in your mind |
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The rats in the cellar you know who you are... |
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Or do you? |
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Watching beginnings of social decay... |
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Interviewer: Thank you for your time. |
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