Almost 20 years ago, got my first taste of tear gas
\nNever thought it would be so intoxicating
\nBack then so idealistic, thought the war wouldn’t last
\nKnew it was revolution we were inoculating<\/p>\n
A few years later got a face full of pepper spray
\nRunning in black bloc on the streets of New York City
\nWatched comrade’s head baton-cracked with a sound I still hear today
\nAnd realized revolution ain’t that pretty<\/p>\n
When Occupy hit I picked up the burden yet again
\nCautiously optimistic we could really make a change
\nFacilitating GA’s as a grizzled veteran
\nWhile the nature of oppression remained the same<\/p>\n
Systems of control updated and modified
\nThe chess game evolving ever more complex and intricate
\nThe concept of revolution slowly getting commodified
\nThe collective attention too distracted to give a shit<\/p>\n
Standing Rock, Ferguson, exposing more brutality
\nTrevon Martin, Philando Castile, so many undocumented calamities
\nCan we ever overcome, or is this really Armageddon
\nThere’s gotta be some escape from this insanity<\/p>\n
Because now they’re shooting bullets, whether real or rubber coated
\nAnd these pandering semantics don’t do shit, it’s pathetic
\nFlash bang soundtrack on a backdrop of COVID
\nThe change we really need has to be systemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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