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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You Ought To Die Lyrics

Choking Victim

You ought to die,
and the reasons why:
One thousand starving nations from U.S. intervention,
and your pathetic lies.
When I was 16 years older,
Your greed woke me up and your mind made me sober.
You hide behind religion,
but your morality is based on money and division.

You are the governing power...
Your ethics get weaker as you grow stronger by the hour.
You are so fucked and greedy,
you make your money by exploiting and/or killing off the needy.
One thousand starving nations yield to your destruction,
and we don't know cause you have media control.
We are a mindless mass, can't think for ourselves
but when we do, your heads are gonna roll (around).

When I was 14 years made,
the lies I believed about this country's foreign aid;
I was an ignorant youth,
but it didn't take long for me to figure out the truth.
18 years and 8 months in October,
I often try to numb myself but you still keep me sober.
You build an army base, your foreign aids a roust,
you say you're sending food, as it rots in a warehouse...