Sunday, October 13, 2019

Jubilee

Hey, it’s a national shame
A great hypocrisy
Even a peculiar institution
Updated for the modern day


Under the thumb of subjugation
These generations are just trying to be
The myth we were taught to believe in
That we had the right to be free


But it’s not that simple in practice
With stumbling block of a guilt complex
Told to do better than those before us
With this millstone around our necks


Hey, Heyyyyyyeee!


Olly Olly Oxen Free
Olly Olly Oxen Free
That’s the way that the world should be
Like the year of the Jubilee


Under the thumb of subjugation
These generations are just trying to be
The myth we were taught to believe in
That we had the right to be free


Ignorant; we were cheated
Asleep, we’ve been surprised
Divided; the yoke has been forced upon us
Heavily laden; lest we might try to rise


Too late once we became enlightened
Now awake to the fraudulence
Many factions find themselves united
Disobedient but ever vigilant


Hey, Heyyyyyyeee!


Olly Olly Oxen Free
Olly Olly Oxen Free
That’s the way that the world should be

Like the year of the Jubilee

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"Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men: Therefore the people alone have an incontestible unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it." -- Constitution of Massachusettes (1780)