Glock

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Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock
Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock
Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock

English class was a bore today
This kid stood up--he blow me away
Man that sucker's gonna be surprised
When he finds me waiting back of his high-rise

He thinks by now I'm cool on a slab
Pay him back? I might take a stab
These days to be the man of the hour
You better get yourself some firepower

Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock
Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock

All I wanted was a quiet life
Teach in school
Have a nice wife
Now they've made me a Frankenstein
I say, wasting a mind--it isn't a crime
Little I knew when I scheduled a test
It would be on the merits of a bullet-proof vest
Nowadays kids just don't want to learn
So I'll just teach 'em to squirm

Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock
Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock

Sensory burn
Century turn
Sensory burn

Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock
Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock
Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock
Saving up my money gonna buy

Century turn

Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock
Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock
Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock
Saving up my money gonna buy myself a glock

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About The Song

From Pass-A-Fist, The Lighthouse, January 1994:

D: ... "Another song which was an idea that Reno germinated is a song called 'The Glock' which is, 'These days, if you want to be the man of the hour, you better get yourself some firepower.' It's a sardonic social commentary on something that everybody is beginning to find a unanimous voice on--that we need to do something about guns. It's certainly not a new theme, but we thought we would toss another log on the fire to give people something to think about."

From Rebel Artists Become Passafist, Syndicate Magazine, July 1994:

"Glock" is obviously about guns.

Nichols: It's obvious, though maybe a strange point of view. We kind of tell a twisted story. Kind of throwing another log on the fire of awareness. There's also no easy answer. Controlling guns today won't solve all the problems because it's something that is really much deeper rooted.

Perkins: Within the religious community, you get people who adhere to the philosophy that gun control is the beginning of the loss of freedom. We've just gone too far for that to be a consideration.

Nichols: It's a multi-level thing. I mean, murder is sin, something that's in people's hearts. Guns need to be controlled. No doubt. It isn't the answer, the final, ultimate thing. But it's certainly something that should be done.