Who says they don't write good protest songs anymore?

[Atman]

(Ani's speaking metaphorically, of course. I don't want to give the impression I'm advocating something here, just posting a song which just happened to pop up on my shuffle play, which seemed kinda apropos.)

To The Teeth
© 1999 Ani Difranco, Righteous Babe Records

the sun is setting on the century
and we are armed to the teeth
we're all working together now
to make our lives mercifully brief
and school kids keep trying to teach us
what guns are all about
confused liberty with weaponry
and watch your kids act it out
and every year now like christmas
some boy gets the milk fed suburban blues
reaches for the available arsenal
and saunters off to make the news
and the women in the middle
are learning what poor women have always known
that the edge is closer than you think
when the men bring the guns home
look at where the profits are
that's how you'll find the source
of the big lie that you and i both know so well
by the time it takes this cultural
death wish to run it's course
they're gonna to make a pretty penny
and then they're going to hell
he said the chickens all come home to roost
malcom forecast it this way
are we really going to sleep through another century
while the rich profit off our blood
yeah it may take some doing
to see this undoing through
but in my humble opinion
here's what i suggest we do
open fire on hollywood
open fire on mtv
open fire on nbc and cbs and abc
open fire on the nra
and all the lies they told us along the way
open fire on each weapons manufacturer
while he's giving head to some republican senator
and if i hear one more time
about a fools right to his tools of rage
i'm gonna take all my friends
and i'm going to move to canada
and we're going to die of old age

[getmeouttahere]

1. That is beyond awesome....

I gotta get the CD!

[Goblinmonger]

2. Better be careful

I don't think freepers' brains are wired to understand the concept of people speaking metaphorically. I think they were experiencing the rapture when that was covered in their high school English classes.

[Atman]

3. You know, I did worry about that before posting

That is why I put in the disclaimer! Ani's been singing it for 6 years and selling it on cds, but I'd be the guy they tried to bring down because I posted it on a message board! :D

EDIT for ...OUTAHERE...get The Shootout Remix. Might even be available as a free download. Try Epitonic.com, perfectly legal. The original was a wicked-slow guitar solo/vocal thing. The remix speeds things up a bit and adds some dubs and a beat. Much easier to listen to, imo.

[stellanoir]

4. she did the most amazing

9/11 tribute song as well. Can't recall the name of it. I'll see if I still have it.

on edit-Found it !!!

It's called "Self Evident" and is off "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter" and is really worth a listen. It's over 9 minutes long and is a total rant against our idiotic foreign policy. It's the only honest tribute I've ever heard