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Servitude

Published on these records

Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the center of Universe

(1993)

(1993)

Fishbone Familyhood Instructional Visional Guide Ofishal Bootleg Video

(1996)

Live in Bordeaux

(2009)

Official video

Performance Statistics

Performed	First played	Last played
176 times	21 Jul 1992 @ The Riverside - Newcastle (GB)	10 May 2025 @ L'Entrepôt - Arlon (BE)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Aug 14th 2019	Hodi's Half Note - Fort Collins (CO)
Dec 11th 2021	Bossanova Ballroom - Portland (OR)
Dec 14th 2021	Bottom Of the Hill - San Francisco (CA)
Dec 31st 2021	The Venice West - Venice (CA)
Sep 3rd 2022	Bottom Lounge - Chicago (IL)
Sep 9th 2022	State Theatre - Falls Church (VA)
Sep 11th 2022	Le Poisson Rouge - New York (NY)
Dec 10th 2022	El Corazon - Seattle (WA)
Dec 15th 2022	Great American Music Hall - San Francisco (CA)
Apr 23rd 2023	Gramercy Theatre - New York (NY)

Found on these live recordings

83 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Apr 25th 2002	Lee's Palace - Toronto (ON)	Audience
	Oct 16th 2003	Cruise-In - Lackawanna (NY)	Audience
	Feb 16th 2005	Le Nouveau Casino - Paris (FR)	Audience
	Feb 25th 2005	Le Botanique - Brussels (BE)	Soundboard
	Feb 25th 2005	Le Botanique - Brussels (BE)	Audience
	Mar 4th 2005	Le Noumatrouff - Mulhouse (FR)	Internet stream
	Apr 26th 2005	Pop's - Sauget (St Louis) (IL)	Audience
	May 31st 2005	The Haunt - Ithaca (NY)	Audience
	May 31st 2005	The Haunt - Ithaca (NY)	Audience
	May 31st 2005	The Haunt - Ithaca (NY)	Professional capture

Found in these videos

Tagged in 7 videos

Found in 8 full show videos

Lyrics

Who, Who do you serve?
For whose empire and for whose whims?
Is your honor judged by men?
Will you lie?
Will you lie if they say it's their will?
Will you die or continue to kill?
Until the generals all ahve their fill

Craven Cowards
Armchair Warriors
You will serve Them well

What, what will you write?
For whose pleasure, for whose delight?
Will your readers see your light?
Will you say...That the singer can't blow you away?
That we hate people just 'cause they're gay
Women and children all stay away

To whom, whom do you pray?
Do dollars wash your sins away?
Does God love cold hard cash?
Do you say...If we all just continue to pay
All our ailments will go away
And our souls will be saved

God's not with you
"Holy Roller"
Your heart dwells in Hell

Why, Why do you run?
Our awareness has spoiled your fun
Our eyes see you too clear
Will you hide
From the joy of expressing our pride
For the leaders and people who've died
While combating your genocide

Chains are breaking
Minds are waking
Soon we'll serve no more...