Choking Victim was an influential ska/punk/hardcore (what they call "Crack Rock Steady," a slight satire on the Rocksteady style of music which Choking Victim's style often included) band from New York City in the 1990s. The band became hometown (C-squat in the Lower East Side of Manhattan where they squatted and frequently continue to inhabit and organize shows) legends for their innovative music and highly political lyrics. At the same time they also became infamous for their Satanic imagery and numerous references to the vagrant lifestyle such as crack-smoking, shoplifting, and squatting. They also, like many other bands in the punk scene, have strong anti-police sentiments in their songs. The band prides itself on its Atheism, often making sardonic references to Satan, for the sole purpose of being offensive, rather than any sort of actual worship of the alleged deity.
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Choking Victim

Things keep getting caught in my throat,
then my face turns blue as I choke.
I throw my arms up as I kick back my chair,
and I gag and gasp as I breath for air.

I am just a choking victim!
I am just a choking victim!
my face the color of plum!
I am just a choking victim!

Things keep getting caught in my throat,
then my face turns blue as I choke.
Dr. Heimlich often saves me from death,
his meneuver often saves me from death.
But this time he is nowhere to be found,
and I choke and I choke until I hit the ground.
Then I'm just a dead lazy bum...
I am just a choking victim.

Many times I choke on poison fumes or food,
it is a bad feeling, so I'm in a bad mood.
A chicken bone, agent orange, zkylon-B, mustard gas;
it only burns for a minute, then it knocks you out fast.
The oxygen halted, can't reach my brain anymore,
so then your sense is cut off and then you hit the floor.
Then I'm just a dead lazy bum,
I am just a choking victim!