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Lyric:
You're the ones who voted in a crook
Shouldn't be surprised ya gettin took
You're the ones who voted in a rapist
Now ya wanna get all up in ya escapist
You're the ones who voted out of hate
See how you did it to yaself? Too late!!
(Open your eyes, don’t refuse to look!!!)
Tried to tell you leopards don't change spots
You just wanted to hate and fire shots
Now sluggishly move federal courts
Slower still congress, legislative cohorts
Corporate lobby funding their campaigns
All conflict of interest, national shame
Workers now dodge the Doge,
The un-elected, slimy gamboge;
Suits filed against this coup’s excision
May a certain, toxic immigrant find abscission
Many still hold hope of an intervention
Many more are ready to call for a convention
Tried to warn you it was going to hurt us all
All you care about is a front seat to watch us fall
Now we’re telling you to stop handing oligarchs money
You really need to sit back down and listen this time, honey
Shop local, not online, and not big billionaire-own at all
Work locally, build sufficiency, mutually, none blackball
Identity is declared, not classified nor assigned
Welcome all, kill fear, THEN human rights are enshrined
Understand hate can’t exist if there is no fear
Make it OK to be curious, in this we are compeer
We build our future, both in what we do and do not say
Speak up for one another, communities get built this way
This is a song meant for me and for you, too
We’ve never forgotten -- this is how we all should do
When we make ourselves the focus, exemplify our truth
The causes reveal themselves, our shared agreement, proof.
When we act together, consistently, in this way,
Our voice becomes much louder, and our power, ours to sway.
You know of such loud voices, many call one of them a ‘union’;
Look for and join those you can, across groups, power is trans-union
(Oh, look, a pun!)
A hopeful bop designed to be listened to on repeat
An intentional design to benefit all, make repertoires complete
Do your part, share the art, and make the merit rise and ascend
Now run the track, feel the love, never let THIS end…