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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Living The Laws Lyrics

Choking Victim

Lies equal destruction
greed and your eviction

yer living the laws (6x)

blind exploitation
sublime elimination

beside myself, I'm all alone... the lights are on but no ones home.
Your history, laws and policies, y'know they never meant that much to me.
I know it isn't much, I know its all we had... and now it's all spoiled and bad.
In everyday theres hell to pay,
and all I see is wasting away.

facade is sick beneth
crass smile with rotted teeth
living the laws
living the laws
living the lice
living the laws

now you have nothing
now your worth nothing
(yer) living the laws
living the laws
living the lies
living the laws