A tenet is one of the principles on which a belief or theory is based. Tenet may also refer to:
George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) was the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, and is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University.
Tenet held the position as the DCI from July 1997 to July 2004, making him the second-longest-serving director in the agency's history–behind Allen Welsh Dulles–as well as one of the few DCIs to serve under two U.S. presidents of opposing political parties. In February 2008, he became a managing director at the merchant bank Allen & Company.
Tenet was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, the son of Evangelia and John Tenet. His father was born in Albania. His mother was from Epirus. His father worked in a coal-mine in France before arriving in the United States. Tenet was raised in Little Neck, Queens where he and his brother Bill worked as busboys in their family's diner (later renamed Scobee Diner). He attended Public School 94, Louis Pasteur Junior High School 67, and Benjamin N. Cardozo High School (he was a classmate of Ron Jeremy and actor Reginald VelJohnson). Tenet graduated from Georgetown University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science degree in foreign service and received a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University in 1978.
YOU NEVER KNEW ME, YOU LOOKED RIGHT THROUGH ME
TO YOUR OWN ENDS, I WAS ONLY A PAWN
IN YOUR SHADOW GREW A PASSIONATE ANGER
A CHILD OFTEN KNOWS MORE THAN HE LETS ON
I’VE GOT A BULLET…COME AND GET IT
THESE WORDS ARE HOLLOW POINT AND AIMED AT YOUR HEAD
FROM THIS PEN, COCKED, READY, AND LOADED
I WRITE YOUR NAME, AS ‘PUT TO DEATH’
LIE DEAD…UNNAMEABLE
I’VE WAITED SO LONG, I’VE HATED SO STRONG
BLINDING FURY IS THE BEAST ON MY BACK
WHAT KIND OF COWARD DARES TO THREATEN MY MOTHER
TELLING HER, YOU’LL DANCE ON HER HEAD
I UNDERSTAND NOW, THE PAST IS RIGHT NOW
THE THINGS YOU SAID ARE NOW COMING BACK
YOU TOLD MY FATHER THAT YOU’D BREAK BOTH HIS LEGS
MAKES ME FEEL LIKE SNAPPING YOUR NECK
LIE DEAD…YOUR EPITAPH, READS BLACKENED…AND UNNAMEABLE
AS A YOUNG CHILD, HIDDEN IN THE DARKNESS OF YOUR
SHADOW…
I GREW INTO THE POWER, I GREW INTO THE KNOWLEDGE...
THAT BEFORE YOU, THERE WAS ME…THAT BEFORE YOU, I WAS
FREE
FREE TO BE THE CHILD, THIS CHILD WAS MEANT TO BE
NOW AS AN ADULT, I’VE LEARNED THE DEPTH OF YOUR LIES
THE DEPTH OF YOUR DECEPTION...
AND SO YOUR NAME LIES DEAD…FORSAKEN…FORGOTTEN…FOREVER
LIE DEAD…YOUR EPITAPH, READS BLACKENED…AND UNNAMEABLE
LIAR
IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME, BUT IT’S THE LAST TIME
THAT I SPEAK OF YOU IN ANY WAY
TIME IS TAPPING AT THE CHIP ON MY SHOULDER
AND I DON’T NEED THE MISERY
I’VE GOT A BULLET…COME AND GET IT
THESE WORDS ARE HOLLOW POINT AND AIMED AT YOUR HEAD
FROM MY PEN, COCKED, READY, AND LOADED
DON’T EVEN THINK I EVER GAVE A DAMN
I AM MY FATHERS SON
You never knew me, you looked right through me
To your own ends, I was only a pawn
In your shadow grew a passionate anger
A child often knows more than he lets on
I've got a bullet... come and get it
These words are hollow point and aimed at your head
From this pen, cocked, ready, and loaded
I write your name, as 'put to death'
Lie dead... unnameable
I've waited so long, I've hated so strong
Blinding fury is the beast on my back
What kind of coward dares to threaten my mother
Telling her, you'll dance on her head
I understand now, the past is right now
The things you said are now coming back
You told my father that you'd break both his legs
Makes me feel like snapping your neck
Lie dead... your epitaph, reads blackened... and unnameable
As a young child, hidden in the darkness of your shadow...
I grew into the power, I grew into the knowledge...
That before you, there was me... that before you, I was free
Free to be the child, this child was meant to be
Now as an adult, I've learned the depth of your lies
The depth of your deception...
And so your name lies dead... forsaken... forgotten... forever
Lie dead... your epitaph, reads blackened... and unnameable
Liar
It's not the first time, but it's the last time
That I speak of you in any way
Time is tapping at the chip on my shoulder
And I don't need the misery
I've got a bullet... come and get it
These words are hollow point and aimed at your head
From my pen, cocked, ready, and loaded
Don't even think I ever gave a damn
Do you know what it's like to be me
Yeah, you do, but can you relate
All these pussies, singing about nothing
Fuck them, let's sing a song of hate
Of wanton hate... a song in pain
One more time, on the never go round
Then I thought, yeah... I thought I'd be free
All these years as a slave to your grind
For once... I do this for me... from me
I saw it coming for a long time running
Saw it coming around
I knew this shit was going to crash and burn
Knew we were going down
One man... looks hard at himself... he searches deep
For a heart of gold
And a wise man... looks hard at himself... he searches deep
For that heart of gold
That wise man... takes stock in himself... on his sleeve
His heart of gold
A proud man... takes a look at his friends... on their sleeves
The same heart of gold, right?
Pride... it's all we have, it's all we've got
You can't touch that
I saw it coming for a long time running
I saw it coming around
I knew the plan was going to crash and burn
Knew we were going down
A simple thing... we called it family
I'm sorry... was I wrong?
What started out as a hate song
EVER FURIOUS
NEVER HEART LOST
AND ALL I’VE GOT
IS MY EVERYTHING FOR YOU
CHANGING, DRIFTING YEARS, I’VE SPENT ALONE
FROM FAR AWAY COMES A PEACE I’VE NEVER KNOWN
YOU ARE THE FLAME
WATCHING YOU BURN
BURN…
WATCHING YOU
BURN…
I LIT THE FLAME
IN YOU I BURN
YOU ARE THE FLAME
FOR WHOM I BURN
CHANGING, DRIFTING YEARS AND NOW I’M KNOWN
MY DREAM, NOW FLESH, HAS EYES…MY YEARNING SOUL
YOU ARE THE FLAME
WATCHING YOU BURN
EVER FURIOUS
NEVER HEART LOST
AND ALL I’VE GOT
IS MY EVERYTHING FOR YOU
Fate, bring, me, peace
No one ever knows, no one ever feels
The power that's been inbred
It really doesn't matter, it's the way I'm supposed to feel
The rush goes straight to my head
Talk is cheap, you follow like sheep
Even though there's nowhere to go
Dancing dead on empty heads
Transparent, yet in vogue
Famine in the eyes, bleeding your disguise
Even though I really don't care
Pick a symbol, sow the seeds, choose the lies, reap the cash
Now you've got flair
Blame it on the women and the children
What do you feel
The innocence to calm and oppress us... merciless
I'm your crown of thorns
All the words thrown to the wolves
And now what's left is empty and hollow
Thinking truly blessed, you really are obsessed
The worst of the fucking lot
666 is your fairytale, and satanic by default
Listen to you say heresy, so selfish in your pride
Drink the wine and choke on the bread
Dressed in dirty whites
On your way
Try as you might, you can't suppress it
I'm your crown of thorns... you're bleeding
Crown of thorns... you're pleading
Crown of thorns
Take a long line
... of yourself
Take a long line
... breathe it in
Egos fly, and egos soar
And all this time, you don't know what you're looking for
My ego tries, your ego soars
After all these years, tell me what you are looking for
Where are the promises you made
Who are the heroes that you've saved
I wrote the book, I have the power
And I embrace the rage
Take a long line
... of yourself
Take a long line
... breathe it in
Egos fly, and egos soar
At every turn, our faith was beaten to the floor
To the blood we shared, I am sworn
For that my thanks and I'll just wish it could have been more
Where are the promises you made
Who are the heroes that you've saved
I wrote the book, you have no power
And I embrace the rage
Take a long line
... of yourself
Take a long line
YOU WANT IT ALL, YOU’LL HAVE IT ALL
THE WORLD WILL STOP, THEN TURN AROUND YOU
YOU’RE FEELING TALL, SOME MEN MAY FALL
AND OH…THE SMELL OF SHIT SURROUNDS YOU
HEY! HEY!
HAIL! HAIL!
STILL THE ICE IN MY VEINS, I HATE THAT NAME
THE MOLD YOU MADE AND TRIED TO POUR ME THROUGH
TO LIFE FULFILLED, I’M TAKING FILL
HEY…YOU’VE ALWAYS SUCKED, AND YOU ALWAYS WILL
YOU LET ME DOWN
FAILED
YOU LET ME DOWN
I GREW ALONE, MY EVER CHANGING HOME
NO TIME FOR PLANTING SEEDS, MY FRIENDS
THAT CHILD YOU LEFT BEHIND, THAT CHILD YOU LEFT IS
BLIND
TO YOUR NAME AND TO YOUR KIND
FEEL, FEEL, FEEL...FAILED
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN...YOU LET ME DOWN
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO FAIL
YOU LET ME DOWN
YOU KNOW, IF I EVER SAID ANYTHING NICE ABOUT YOU
I TAKE IT BACK…I TAKE IT ALL BACK
YOU WANTED IT ALL, YOU’VE GOT IT ALL
THE WORLD OF SHIT, IT HAS ABSORBED YOU
YOU DARED IT ALL, DARED THE AXE TO FALL
AND NOW THE CURTAIN CALL IS ON YOU
HEY! HEY!
HAIL! HAIL!
Wonders, I have seen through these eyes
But all the sounds I heard were lies
Failing, file my hopes under dreams
Set it all die
Indulge me my senses, indulge me my vices
Forgive my rant and... indulge me
Right now, it's too hard to let go
So many songs to sing
Tomorrow, the wind could blow it all away
Am I just wasting time
I say I must hate, it's my faith, my sanity
I love my hate, and it loves me...
If you ever made a mistake
Tell me, would you tell me
So indulge me, while I speak my mind
It never rains, you know, it fucking pours
Hold fast your spirit... it never lies
Don't let it go, don't let me go
Indulge me my senses, indulge me my vices