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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 rip-offs. |
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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, open-mic kinda questions? |
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Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Oh,I love open-mics, I love coming here to do open-mics, 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 high-powered assault rifle, |
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I own a 12-gauge 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 one-upmanship 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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