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what are you going to do
your air conditioned officesand your three martini lunches?and you lose your mercedes,and your mansion on the hill,your escorts and your servants,your cocaine, and american express?are you going to scrub for bolgnawith the rest of us?are you going to sleepunder the bridge, or in the alley?gonna sell blood for a loaf of bread,and a pint of…
gonna march barefoot on Washington,
gonna stand on the steps,take off my hat,and tell then that common folksare still about!gonna sing them a song about working,something they dont know much about!show them a picture of my house and family,a picture’s all that’s left.gonna hand them a dollar bill,make them read,‘in God we trust’…ask them what this god looks like!gonna, gonna,…
We who sacrifice,
By struggle carved.By seasons bent.Who love as breath,Beyond all choice.Who follow no one,Yet walk beside all.Who born of grief,By joy purged.Take of the cup,And swallow deeply.Who formed from dirt,To dirt return.Then turn the wheel,By silent song!
they busted a young man,
of meat at the grocery store,and running…but they stole his chances…for a job, for an education,for today, and for tomorrow!now his wife and baby sit alonein a bare apartment with no electricity…they stole their hope!who’s guilty?
You are the sound
FlappingIn a limitless sky.The peel of thunderBefore it rains.The sharp intake of breath,That hurts….Tin tearing at my lips.The grunt of the rose,In bloom!
we live in the most intense time
governments and economies arecaving from within… the veryair we breathe is polluted, thewater we drink has been defiled.sea life is being destroyed, andthe world food situation worsensat an alarming rate… millionslive and die in poverty, millionsare homeless, without medical care…masses of workers are unemployed,children grow up on the streetswithout hope, and end up in prison.human…