Look Up!

from Transgressions by Johnny Neiman

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Look Up!
January 28, 2014

History and culture, all rigged by the crooks
The methods employed, oldest trick in the book
Dividing to conquer the grunts on the field
Deception and wrath, they weapons they yield
Chronic warfare declared by president
A jailhouse a-waitin’ for those who dissent
Into his pocket flows riches and gold
The guillotine rises when the war comes back home

Look up, look up! What do you see?
The bastards, killers, tyrants, and thieves
Look left, look left, and side to side
Dichotomies shatter when you look into their eyes

Stomping on the grounds where the crosses once burned
Your granddaddy’s bed sheet, a lesson not learned
Reading old novels that he left behind
Sheep-like compliance, you turned your eye blind
Accepting the hollow myths that you were once taught
Not one single question, not one second thought
The power of privilege, the trigger to shoot
The bodies are flailing, cold under your boot

Look up, look up! What do you see?
The bastards, killers, tyrants, and thieves
Look left, look left, and side to side
Brothers, sisters, comrades unite!

The masters now use tactics of scrutiny
In fear of resistance, of mutiny
The have-nots all gather, chant protest through song
The Proletariat’s Revolution!

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from Transgressions, released January 8, 2016

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