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For the People

by Rad Radical

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1.
I know I’ve got to play the long game Short term, it’s much too much to bear So I’ll take, it’s only fair, One more dare I know I’m supposed to hide all of this dark shame That I’m supposed to have it figured out I won’t say, when most might shout, I’m filled with doubt And I know it won’t save face To expose this toxic place Now the day starts over But I don’t want to rise As the fear takes over I don’t want to rise Yeah it’s driving forward And I’m not going to lie Now the day is over I know I’ve got to rise When you take a trip inside your own mind Scale the walls you built around yourself The price you pay for all the help Feels like hell But I know it won’t save face To expose this toxic place   Now the day starts over But I don’t want to rise As the fear takes over I don’t want to rise Yeah it’s driving forward And I’m not going to lie Now the day is over I know I’ve got to rise And I know it won’t save face To expose this toxic place Now the day starts over But I don’t want to rise As the fear takes over I don’t want to rise Yeah it’s driving forward And I’m not going to lie Now the day is over I know I’ve got to rise I’ve got to rise
2.
Eric Garner, Michael Brown Trayvon Martin all cut down From coast to coast, and town to town The families never heal Oscar Grant and Sandra Bland Walter Scott, no gun in hand Philando, Tamir, it never ends Racist cops, no appeal We all let Charles Kinsey down Shot by cops while on the ground From most of us, not a fucking sound Much less a show of grief So stand up now and clear a path A righteous march that’s borne of wrath Through the flashbangs and tear gas Just to fucking breathe Hands up! Don’t shoot! Hands up! Don’t shoot me! Hands up! Don’t shoot! ‘Cause I can’t breathe Militant cops roll their tanks Trying to break through the ranks Those ARs sure ain’t filled with blanks The people on the run What goes around, it comes around ‘Cause Ferguson is every town We’ve got more boots on the ground But they’ve got all the guns Hands up! Don’t shoot! Hands up! Don’t shoot me! Hands up! Don’t shoot! ‘Cause I can’t breathe Communities are under siege Citizens brought to their knees And executed in their streets With impunity There’s no accountability For cops and their brutality Turning black towns into DMZs Then given immunity Hands up! Don’t shoot! Hands up! Don’t shoot me! Hands up! Don’t shoot! ‘Cause I can’t breathe I can’t breathe
3.
Dear mother, I’m writing to keep you abreast That I’m dreaming of being a capitalist So I went out and bought myself lots of new friends While the workers bought candles to burn at both ends I’ll build up that wall just to keep wages down And I’ll close all the factories in our old hometown Though I may have betrayed the public trust I’ve only a few more unions to bust Like the bankers, I’ll never see time in a jail And I don’t care about those too small to fail Dear mother, tell me. Aren’t you so proud of me? At truck stops and restaurants and down at the mall I’ve really got these workers backed up to the wall ‘Cause my company’s a person with all of the rights And the workers just capital with no strength to fight Like the bankers, I’ll never see time in a jail And I don’t care about those too small to fail Dear mother, tell me. Aren’t you so proud of me? They’re passing their laws up on Capitol Hill Against their own interests and constituents’ will They’re not brothers nor sisters, misters nor misses They’re an unfortunate cost of the capitalist system Like the bankers, I’ll never see time in a jail And I don’t care about those too small to fail Dear mother, tell me. Aren’t you so proud of me? Your little capitalist Now this all might sound like I’ve gone insane Just know that I won’t be a part of this game Dear mother, I wrote you this letter in jest ‘Cause I’ve no dreams of being a capitalist So let’s round up the bankers and send them to jail ‘Cause I’m singing for those too small to fail Dear mother, tell me. Aren’t you so proud of me? Your little socialist
4.
As the dangers increase They’re trying to deny it We’re fighting for our future We’re fighting for the climate It ain’t about the light bulbs It’s about the death of our soil And how will we feed ourselves And not our addiction to oil Strike for the climate Strike for your health Strike for the rights of Those less fortunate than yourself Or pay your tithing to… The new colonials They are…they are The new colonials They are…they are The new colonials And they’re coming for your right to fucking eat And probably your right to breathe It’s not the work It’s the way that it gets done Can we all admit it now? That capitalism is no fun For workers, for the students For the poorest folks who feel The crush of backward policy What we need is a green new deal Strike for the climate Strike for your health Strike for the rights of Those less fortunate than yourself Or pay your tithing to… The new colonials They are…they are The new colonials They are…they are The new colonials And they’re coming for your right to fucking eat And probably your right to breathe Look to the young For they're leading the way Will we count ourselves among Those who won’t ever pay Our tithing to… The new colonials They are…they are The new colonials They are…they are The new colonials And they’re coming for your very right to eat And definitely your right to breathe
5.
Solidarity! 04:34
I can see in your eyes The heartache that springs forth from mine I can’t pretend to know The sadness it puts your children through so I will rise… Providing for more than yourself While trying to take of your health We see that you’re struggling to stay Afloat and we hear your voice shouting and shouting to say, so we will rise in… Solidarity! Solidarity! So who’ll stand with you to shout As that warehouse job shuts you out? The safety net has been shredded And we know, we know, we know Just where that you’re headed, so we will stand in… Solidarity! Solidarity! I can see the laws and police Protecting the companies Our answer must always be… Solidarity! Solidarity! I can see the strength in us all So proud, we can’t fall Sisters and brothers must call for… Solidarity! Solidarity! Solidarity! Solidarity!
6.
We Won't Go 03:27
We don’t know…if you’ll cut us down this time But we won’t go…as you drag us down to bad times We don’t know…why you’d want to raise the dead But we won’t go See us organizing Occupying space for all Awakened and realizing That we’ll all answer the call But we don’t know…if you’ll take us out this time And we won’t go…as you drag us past police lines And we don’t know…if you really want us dead But we won’t go We accept no masters Who fill our lives with disdain While their corporate pastors Are preaching greed again Now we know…you can’t ignore us all this time So we won’t go…arm in arm, we form the fault lines We don’t know…if we’ll see a better day But we won’t go Arm in arm We form the fault lines Arm in arm Now we know…corporate greed will eat itself But we won’t go…till we’ve claimed our wages and health And we don’t know…if we’ll see a better day But we won’t go We won’t go Arm in arm We form the fault lines Arm in arm
7.
Memory 05:52
I remember the days you’d take me to The comic store I remember the day you couldn’t Speak anymore I remember the days you’d drive me to My soccer games I remember the day you didn’t know Your grandson’s name I’ll remember for us both ‘Cause memories are all we own I miss you, Mom I remember the times you gave me shit About my hair I remember the day your smile turned to a vacant stare I remember the pranks I’d play as a kid No more than ten I remember the ER trips when you Had fallen again I’ll remember for us both ‘Cause memories are all we own I miss you, Mom We’re stepping over skeletons of Life lived long before Piracy of memory sets sail From familiar shores Do you know my face, do you know that I’m your only son? Are you simply trapped inside or is it already gone? I’ll remember for us both ‘Cause memories are all we own I miss you, Mom I’ll remember for us both ‘Cause memories are all we own I’ll remember for us both ‘Cause memories are all we own I miss you, Mom I miss you more But you’re still here. I miss you more But you’re still here.

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released October 10, 2019

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Rad Radical San Jose, California

Make music. Make art. Then give it away.

Anti-racist, anti- fascist.

I’m absolutely convinced of the power of the audience to come together, to help each other through bad times. It’s what the Clash did for me. They gave me music and community and politics and a belief that anything was possible. The future is, indeed, unwritten.
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