One People

people call us naive, backwards pet water bottle rocket science
march with them picket signs made of pizza boxes
oxytocin intoxins 
drum circle live from zuccotti park to the port of oakland 
where did they come from, comfort of their homes 
take it to the red zone, rubber bullet to the dome 
suckers spying the web like they used to tap phones 
hellfire missiles dropped by predator drones 
700 billion a year for defense huh
more like offensive on the 99 percent that
still shop at stores named 99cents
so I'll chip in my two for the popular dissent

for the people
for the people
for the people
one people

this one's for
for the people
for the people
for the people
one people

get off the couch to the parade to the general assembly 
springing up like bamboo shoots in monsoons 
fooled once, duped twice, bamboozled for strikes 
it's time for your conscience to put up a fight 
motherhuggers, real lovers know what it's worth, yes 
price tags can't have enough zeroes to purchase 
every little thing that you can bake in your pie 
you can try to divide but impossible like pi
occupy this speech, besieged 
land property seized improperly 
you can break the monotony 
bored of living on a board of monopoly 
this game of life is still odd to me 
a dream is a lot less brighter than it ought to be 
poverty spread like a tumor on top of the
average income pulling household economy
taxed out the gate, gotta topple the authority 
truth almighty on this side of the barricade
doesn't matter which one us you interrogate
wanna bet what changed since the watergate
Juliet told Romeo to serenade

for the people
for the people
for the people
one people

this song's for
for the people
for the people
for the people
one people

so my power point being are we ever gonna have
peace of mind, body, and soul 
not likely if remotely controlled by the psyche of the flag 
shipping off labors and disturbing our neighbors 
distributing rations of irrational behavior
trapped in an orthodox, looking for a savior 
he ain't second coming when u guessing his name
xavier onassis, minute hour day month year time elapses
neuron fire lapses
the war intensifies overseas white lies 
life of a butterfly, better yet a sacrifice lamb burger
lettuce and tomato on top with the curly fries 
hot sauce burn your upper lip 
truth makes you bite your tongue
here's a serum take a sip 
real activists show more heart than a click of a hactivist
who cares about evidence of relevance 
self-governance or face detriment
let freedom ring Tahrir to Tiananmen 
so would you keep mum when they hush 
or would you paint your own picture with a brush 
so would you keep dumb when they crush
when your button is pushed

by the people
by the people
by the people
one people

this one's for
for the people
for the people
for the people
for the people
one people

 

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