Lyrics for Kill The Poor as interpreted by Ice

Kill The Poor Lyrics
Efficiency and progress is ours once more
Now that we have the neutron bomb
It's nice and quick and clean and gets things done
Away with excess enemy
With no less value to property
No sense in war but perfect sense at home...

The sun beams down on a brand new day
No more welfare tax to pay
Unsightly slums gone up in a flashing light
Jobless millions whisked away
At last we have more room to play
All systems go to kill the poor tonight


Gonna
Kill Kill Kill Kill
Kill the poor...tonight


Behold the sparkle of champagne
The crime rate's gone
Feel free again
O' life's a dream with you, Miss Lily White
Jane Fonda's on thre screen today
Convinced the liberals it's okay
So let's get dressed and dance away the night.

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StrayKattOi
07-01-2002

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im surprised im the first to comment on this song. It kicks ass.....basically i think without a lower class, the upperclass cant survive..who will be the blue collar workers. WHO will build those nice pretty homes away from the harsh realities of the cities. So basically, i guess you can say its a song of anarchy but then again im just full of shit and think to much

OR maybe, hehe Jello just is expressing how cruel and insensitive some redneck-backwatter bastards are and also the how most americans and rich ppl think about the poor ....THEY JUST DONT FUCKIN CARE!

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TheSkankingRat
07-01-2002

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actually, they made this song to sound like the chorus from the ramones' tune "kill the girl" they sound almost exactly alike. jello did it as a joke.

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daycare_abortion
07-10-2002

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[Dead Kennedys] JB: It's about the neutron bomb in American cities. When you're fighting a foreign country, the best way to win a war is to devastate them economically and you can't do that if you leave all their buildings intact, so obviously, they've put this together to use it on us! So that's what the song is about--it's sung from the point of view of one who's going to survive. Sometimes I like to slip inside the villains and speak that way rather than standard protest stuff: "Jobless millions whisked away, no more welfare tax to pay!"


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Emmelstone
09-11-2002

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Hilarious song! Good too!

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sergiaoclash
09-15-2002

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I think this song is about the way the high classed people think about the poor: is easier to kill them than to give them what they need. I'm brazilian, so I'm not used to some expressions in english. Could someone please tell me what's the meaning of redneck?

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natesutter
04-11-2003

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a hick or person from the south who works typically on a farm and gets a 'red neck' from working in the hot sun all day, litteraly.

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natesutter
04-11-2003

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a hick or person from the south who works typically on a farm and gets a 'red neck' from working in the hot sun all day, litteraly.

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DickyDocDog
05-10-2003

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here's my definition - patriotic-nationalist white guys who are ignorant and drink too much whiskey, can be seen at some 'country pit-stop', and hate black people for no good reason whatsoever. i'm sure they only hate them 'cuz ther always on ther property dammit and they look weird'.

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wrinkledPhole
04-29-2004

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This song is about the not only gentrification of American cities but also how private power perceives poor and homeless people: a superfluous population that stands in the way of profit making. It's a hilarious twisted little song that stills has strong relevance today, then again at point in history hasn't the rich been fucking the poor over?

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fuckyouall
05-19-2004

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Good song. Very catchy.
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aleahxox
10-05-2004

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a perfect mix of anarchy and humour

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TheHook
10-05-2004

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The song is essentially the Dead Kennedy's version of "A Modest Proposel" (can't recall the writer, it is how to solve poverty and hunger).

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TaLeNa824
12-28-2004

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the writer Mr. Swift. An awesome story on satire. It's about how the country is sooo poor that they will begin to sell children and people so they can be eaten.

Yeah, song's jsut about how the rich people see the poor. They're the reason for crime, and they're lost money from their paychecks. If we got rid of them, ti'd be so much better. Satire from the DK, they're fantastic at it

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gabirox
01-15-2005

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oh...i love this song!! its funny though...i was singing it while walking my dog...and these people looked at me soo weird...its hilarious!

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bkat004
01-30-2006

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That’s how you start an album! The great thing about Jello was that he used sarcasm to its finest! They were the Rage against the Machine of the Reaganesque Era. I think the song works today. Bush really didnt give a flying F for the poor people of the French Quarter.

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butterroll
05-06-2006

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just to clear things up, the people of the "french quarter" are filthy rich

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Skullcowboy
06-30-2006

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i understand the over all meanings but, who is Miss Lily white? i tried to check online and all i get is a pin up girl from 1999...

"O' life's a dream with you, Miss Lily White"

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Violentpacifist
04-30-2007

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Don't compare the DKs to RATM, they are so much better.

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stogie
06-22-2007

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Skullcowboy- Miss Lily White is the typical upper class "Lily White" girl who's turned on by money and fast cars and plans to screw the poor out of what little they have; kind of the reverse of Maid Marian from the Robin Hood legend

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joefish
06-28-2007

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"You'd be surprised how many people think we're serious..kill the poor was number 4 on the charts in Portugal. We think the government promoted it."-East bay Ray such a funny quote.

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joyce77
07-26-2007

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this song means everything to me that it ment to jello how ever many years ago he wrote it. when feinstein got elected, increased police patrol. and harassment for the less fortunate although i gotta say SFPD is pretty lax compared to portland, seattle, newyork, huston, etc. (in my experience)

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vickevlar
03-24-2008

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This song is a sarcastic rip on how the upper class views the working poor as a problem or a blemish on their pristine society, instead of victims of a fucked up system that is insensitive to their needs, but it also has a more specific point about the neutron bomb.

From what I understand about the design of the bomb, it has a small blast range with a lot less heat and "explosion" than other types of bombs. It still emits powerful radiation, however, which passes through solid materials and kills living cells- essentially, if dropped on a city it would kill people but leave minimal damage on buildings.

First of all, the very idea of something so clearly designed to maximize death counts while minimizing costs is sadistic and disgusting. But beyond that, the point that Jello is making is that this is not a bomb intended to be used in a war, because there isn't any real strategic use of something with a limited range and small effect on structures. The only possible use for this bomb seems to be on small, densely populated areas- for example, urban areas with a lot of low-income residents. Jello is suggesting the disturbing notion that the bomb was built with eliminating America's own impoverished people in mind, at the request of the wealthiest who see the poor as nothing more than an impediment to the development of America into one giant, glamorous, exclusive country club. daycare_abortion's quote illustrates this very well.

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Violentpacifist
03-24-2008

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I like the stuff about Jane Fonda and the liberals. They tried to get the troops out of vietnam but didn't give a shit about the continual boming of vietnam after they left.

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Woodmouse
08-19-2009

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Haha! I reversed this song, and the lyrics sound like "Rape rape rape rape rape the poop" in some parts. xD

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