I\u2019m told\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0 day after day
\nI must do this or that
\nit\u2019s the law
\n’cause you’re \u00a0‘the man\u2019
\nthe government
\nthe appointed
\nrepresentative
\nof the people
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0whatever
\nI\u2019m a law abiding citizen
\nbut don\u2019t ever \u00a0 ~
\nfuckin\u2019 ever
\nstop me
\nfrom
\nspeaking
\nmy voice
\nwriting my words
\nor take away my right
\nto share my opinion
\n\u2018cause if you do
\nI\u2019ll fight with every \u00a0 \u00a0~
\nyes\u00a0\u00a0 ~ \u00a0 every
\nounce of my spirit
\nto topple
\nyour sorry
\nass down
\nlike the walls
\nof Jericho
\nI\u2019ll spit in your eye
\nutterly and rebelliously
\ndefy your despotism
\nand rally the oppressed
\nencourage
\nan uprising
\nuntil you and your horde
\nhave fled from the land
\nand ain\u2019t no\u00a0more<\/p>\n
~ \u00a0 \u00a0power to the people
\nour voice must be heard
\nremain free
\nso the tyrannical servant
\nthe man\u00a0\u00a0 ~ \u00a0 the government
\nremains our representative\u00a0 \u00a0~
\nnot our boss<\/p>\n
peace out<\/p>\n
Words by \u00a0 ~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tyrannical servant fears my free voice more than any weapon conjured by humanity; \u2018cause to the tyrannical servant, my free voice is an effectually dangerous weapon for defying and foiling the power of despotism.\u201d<\/p>\n
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