every man of substance
works for his right to be
it’s a planet of resistance
that puts him down eventually
with individuality
or activists with vision
we can stick it to them
but unless these things were hip though
people won’t flock to ‘em
where the system is the truth
rising up is hard to do
where submission is virtue
rising up is hard to do
hard to make the pain go
when you’re God is status quo
where the system is the truth
rising up is hard to do
we can take it to the streets
but who’ll cover the parade?
we can brandish effigies and burn
who’ll report our courage?
some low-funded magazine
with absent circulation?
or a foreigner’s blog
with tainted condemnation?
doing the deed is one thing
making it matter another
they invented this ballgame
let’s change the score however
where the system is the truth
rising up is hard to do
where submission is virtue
rising up is hard to do
strength is not in numbers alone
truth is not a figurehead
let truth rage every corner
your art can splash the message
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