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'''What God Wants''' is a song on the [[Roger Waters]] album "[[Amused To Death]]. This song critisizes the church for being a hypocracy. It is split up into three parts, making the total time of the song to be 13 minutes and 48 seconds.
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'''What God Wants''' is a song on the [[Roger Waters]] album "[[Amused To Death]]. This song criticizes the church for being a hypocrisy. It is split up into three parts, making the total time of the song to be 13 minutes and 48 seconds.
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==What God Wants, Part II==
 
==What God Wants, Part II==
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This part of the song is the ninth song on the album, after "Too Much Rope" and before "What God Wants, Part III". This part, much like the first part, tells us that although God wants good, God also wants bad in the world. The song begins by hearing an evangelican priest preaching on television. The priest says the following:
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This part of the song is the ninth song on the album, after "Too Much Rope" and before "What God Wants, Part III". This part, much like the first part, tells us that although God wants good, God also wants bad in the world. The song begins by hearing an evangelical priest preaching on television. The priest says the following:
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The priest not only replaces the word church with "Television audience", but also replaces the word God with "Money" thereby suggesting that God is money. This shows that the priest is twisting the word of God to simply fit his own need. Then, the song says that although "God don't want small potatos", God also wants to associate It self with small towns that are filled with right-winged conservatives. The end of the song states that God wants for people not to find out what is really going on.
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The priest not only replaces the word church with "Television audience", but also replaces the word God with "Money" thereby suggesting that God is money. This shows that the priest is twisting the word of God to simply fit his own need. Then, the song says that although "God don't want small potatoes", God also wants to associate It self with small towns that are filled with right-winged conservatives. The end of the song states that God wants for people not to find out what is really going on.
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Christians Moslems Hindus Jews<br />
 
Christians Moslems Hindus Jews<br />
 
And people of every<br />
 
And people of every<br />
Race creed colour tint or hue<br />
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Race creed color tint or hue<br />
 
Get down on their knees and pray".
 
Get down on their knees and pray".
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Although the media is pumping out propoganda, the line, "But the monkey's not watching" seems to say that humans can, hopefully, be able to overcome the influence of the mass media.
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Although the media is pumping out propaganda, the line, "But the monkey's not watching" seems to say that humans can, hopefully, be able to overcome the influence of the mass media.
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==The Big Picture==
 
==The Big Picture==
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In all three tracks, the Alien profit tells the monkey "Don't be suprised", like it was obvious. In a few instances, the animal does what he is told to do. However, the last time, the monkey simply writes down what is being said, not absourbing it.
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In all three tracks, the Alien profit tells the monkey "Don't be surprised", like it was obvious. In a few instances, the animal does what he is told to do. However, the last time, the monkey simply writes down what is being said, not absorbing it.
     
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