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They All Have Abandoned Their Hopes

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

(1993)

(1999)

Performance Statistics

Performed	First played	Last played
99 times	06 Jul 1985 @ Keystone - Palo Alto (CA-US)	25 Aug 2023 @ Holliday Park - Indianapolis (IN-US)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Dec 18th 2015	Roxy Theatre - Hollywood (CA)
Feb 6th 2016	Velvet Jones - Santa Barbara (CA)
Feb 19th 2016	Saint Rocke - Hermosa Beach (CA)
Feb 10th 2017	One Love Cali Reggae Fest - Long Beach (CA)
Mar 10th 2017	Magic Hat Brewery - Burlington (VT)
Mar 25th 2017	Bud Light Reggaefest - West Dover (VT)
Aug 30th 2017	Rocks Off Boat Cruise - New York (NY)
Feb 1st 2018	Cornerstone - Berkeley (CA)
Jun 29th 2018	Levitt Pavillion - Los Angeles (CA)
Aug 8th 2018	Gebouw T - Bergen Op Zoom (NL)

Found on these live recordings

54 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Oct 5th 1993	Transbordeur - Lyon (FR)	Audience
	Oct 6th 1993	Summum - Grenoble (FR)	Audience
	Oct 7th 1993	Montjoye - Besançon (FR)	Audience
	Oct 8th 1993	Espace Seichamps - Nancy (FR)	Audience
	Oct 9th 1993	Festival du Devenir - Saint Quentin (FR)	Audience
	Jan 28th 1994	Iguana's - Tijuana (CA)	Audience
	Jun 4th 1994	California Hemp Expo - San Francisco (CA)	Audience
	Feb 26th 1997	Fox Theater - Boulder (CO)	Audience
	Sep 22nd 1997	Fox Theater - Boulder (CO)	Audience
	Nov 26th 2003	Viper Room - West Hollywood (CA)	Audience

Found in these videos

Tagged in 5 videos

Found in 6 full show videos

Lyrics

I had a dream that I was disgusted
It was a scene where gold had rusted
They took the homes of the people who trusted
The one up high be he only lusted
Things of material worth & gender
Destroy all things that are pure & tender
They took my homes and all of my gardens
To build a tall building people could work in
And now my family lives in the street
With lots of pride but nothing to eat
They took my dream and now you see what I mean
All just because he wanted all the green
They all have abandoned their hopes
They've discarded their dreams

Death to the corporate
The yuppie scum cloud up the earth
Shine people shine
And never abandon your turf
You must say Oh No!
When the depression hand licks
When the depression foot kicks
And you're locked in the dungeon
When the keys gotten ridden of
Sink in a tsunami of sadness
Grab onto the key of gladness
And don't abandon your hopes for no one
Even in the worst of situations
Because in this society
Which was not made for you or me So
They all have abandoned their homes
They've discarded their dreams

Limitations and almost marshal law
And robots with badges and quick draw
Just lights and glitter and garbage underneath
And the raging oppressed
With razor sharp teeth

They took him to the city jail
Hail the conformist, Hail the bureaucrats

Them Ah chase them homeless
Them Ah chase them homeless
Rat Race City
Rat Race City
I pray the Lord my soul to take
And the ground began to shake

And the whirlybirds of death
To light atop the skyscrapers

To finish off all the rest