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