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A song for Edward Snowden and the Secret Government.
David Rovics
Lyrics:
A secretive government had a secret operation
Massacring villages, killing millions, secretly bombing an entire nation
They wiretapped a hotel room, they got caught and a government was deposed
Because of secret documents Daniel Ellsberg exposed
One government came down, and to prevent a repetition of this fact
The next government passed the Freedom of Information Act
Each administration since then hoped it would go away
And then they finally seized the chance on a September day
They passed the Patriot Act before a single Congressman had read it
But don't ask the Executive how they interpret it
Because that itself is secret, never to be revealed
Just like their secret prisons and all the torture sessions they concealed
Then they formed the Prism Program so they wouldn't even have to ask
Compliant corporations to assist them in the task
Of collecting information, every email you ever wrote, every book you ever read
Every call you ever made, everything you ever said
I looked into a prism, what did I see
A police state looking back at me
The Secret Government men lied to Congressional committees
Secret information even a Senator can't see
Secret bureaucrats working with secret corporations enforcing secret laws
Forming secret juries to serve a secret cause
I looked into a prism, what did I see
A police state looking back at me
One brave man came forward and then he fled town
And now the Secret Government men mean to hunt him down
Feinstein says he is a traitor, McConnell said so, too
But I'd say if we have a future it's because of the whistle that he blew
I looked into a prism, what did I see
A police state looking back at me
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Jun 2013
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Catherina
(35,568 posts)1. This is great. Great! I wish we could get Rovics into a pro studio
to record this because it's that good and needs to go viral.
Well done. Really well done!
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)3. He's pretty amazing
I suppose he will do the recording eventually. He has generously allowed me to use his music in my videos before, so I think he's awesome.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)5. Yep...get that man to a studio please.
That song has potential
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)2. !!!
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)4. Kick!
reusrename
(1,716 posts)6. Police state, for sure.
Bravo!