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SpinTunes #6: Round 3

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There’s a child Sitting in the sandbox, Playing with a Plastic pail and shovel, When another child Toddles up behind him And takes the plastic Shovel away. And the child starts to cry And, announcing his pain, He wails, “MINE!!!” There’s a girl Heading out to recess, Running with her Friends across the playground. But a group of girls Follows close behind her To call her names and Laugh at her hair. And the girl starts to cry And, to deal with the pain, The girl . . . Tells. There’s a boy Standing at his locker, Taking out his Books and his assignments. But some other boys Rip away his book bag And kick the contents Clear down the hall. And the boy wants to cry, But he locks all the pain Deep inside. Why are you so ugly? And why are you so fat? And don’t you wear deodorant? What’s the deal with that? And why are you so stupid? And who picks out your clothes? ‘Cause I would rather die than be Spotted wearing those! And ev’ry time I see you, I think I’m gonna gag ‘Cause God! You’re such a loser! And God! You’re such a fag! And God! You’re still a virgin?! (Or) God! You’re such a whore! And God! It would be great not to See you any more! ‘Cause no one really likes you Or wants to be your friend. And why you even matter Is hard to comprehend. You’re so completely worthless. So why not go ahead And do the world a favor And JUST DROP DEAD? Well, maybe the grown-ups Should step up and pass legislation. The grown-ups will know how To deal with this whole situation . . . There’s a tribe -- Largely unmolested -- Living as they’ve Lived for generations ‘Til the foreigners Multiply in number And rip their very Culture away . . . You must sign this treaty And let us use your land ‘Cause we have great ambition And borders to expand. And yes, we do respect you And don’t mean to impose -- But switch to our religion And go put on some clothes! And alter your traditions And let us break your laws And grant us more concessions To help advance our cause And let us take your oil And give us all your gold And all your coal and timber That’s waiting to be sold. And don’t cause any problems Or rock the boat, ‘cause we Expect you to assimilate, Not to disagree. For if you’re not an ally On which we can rely, Then we’ll just have to force you To MOVE OR DIE! I grant you, it’s sad that That’s part of the tale of our nation, But that’s just because they Lived outside of civilization . . . There’s a man Much like any other, Working hard to Try and raise a fam’ly. But society Isn’t so accepting And tries to take his Freedoms away . . . If your skin is diff’rent Or if your eyes are odd Or if you don’t have money Or don’t believe in God Or if you are a woman Or from a foreign land, Then you’re a lesser person And we’ve the upper hand. If we don’t think you’re worthy, Then you won’t get to vote. And if you’re here illegally -- Get back on the boat! And if you’re homosexual, We won’t let you wed ‘Cause God has things to say about What you do in bed! And if you don’t agree with us Right on down the line? Then you’re unpatriotic And you don’t get to whine. So don’t subvert our morals And don’t deface our flags, ‘Cause we don’t brook dissension And GOD HATES FAGS! Well, maybe we all could learn to Just . . . Get along? . . . There’s a world Full of life and wonder Held in the em- Brace of Mother Nature ‘Til a single group Starts to feel entitled And thinks that it’s the Master of All . . . Humankind is special And better than the rest ‘Cause God gave us dominion And now we know what’s best. And ev’rything must serve how we Live and what we grow. The sheep and cows are fine But the wolves have got to go. And fuck the spotted owls, ‘Cause we can use the trees! And dolphins best look out when we’re Harvesting the seas! And animals will cope if our Pipelines ever break. We’ll justify the means with the Profits that we make! And don’t say global warming is Any real concern, ‘Cause we’ve still got a bounty of Fossil fuels to burn! And ev’rything is fine, ‘cause we’re Sep’rate from the rest, ‘Cause humankind is special And WE KNOW BEST! . . . There are spheres Littering the Cosmos Much like ours but So far undiscovered ‘Til the fateful day Human beings find them And travel out to Make them our own . . .
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They say that being gay is not natural And Without giving actual facts that are found factual They keep banning gay marriage saying Two men or women in love can't be pushing the same carriage Then they follow up with marriage is sacred But clearly they don't know how high the divorce rate is So I'mma hit you with the facts for those who have missed it The figures, graphs and digits that show marriage statistics 41% of kids are born out of wedlock And 48% of marriages end in a dead stop Which means almost half the US in now divorced And only 38% of moms are getting child support Examine your statement if you say marriage is sacred Cause the American nation is fallin' into question Of whether or not we support equal expression So rest easy on your homophobic oppression You don't like gay marriage (then don't get gay married x3) If you don't like gay marriage (then don't get gay married x3) The reproduction topic? Ya'lls hater need to stop it That's something that Ohm-I can easily defeat with logic If that's your arguments, you aren't doing it properly Let me teach you all a lesson on human biology A woman has the ability to give birth then it's lost During her mid-life when she's going through menopause Men get wild in bed and their actions are feral But gettin' older makes their ejaculate sterile So if gay marriage is unnatural cause they can't reproduce Hopefully, this verse I'm spittin' will help you see the truth Lack of kids isn't a valid reason cause then again Marriage would be illegal for senior citizens like Antoine Dodson said "That's really, really dumb" "For real". Take a closer look at what we have become Society is changing and the change should be recognized Acceptance for everyone. No one should be left behind
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It's the luck of the draw the dart on the board where your life's trajectory is shaped by where you're born and the school that awaits when you are of age that golden opportunity that truly sets the stage When some schools have everything so many others lack how you gonna catch up with your hands tied behind your back the goals that we're not reaching are tearing us apart equality is useless without an equal start If you're fortunate your school has more while other schools make do with less just what they can afford the suburbs are stocked the city is bare the resources wildly different and nobody seems to care When some schools have everything so many others lack how you gonna catch up with your hands tied behind your back the goals that we're not reaching are tearing us apart equality is useless without an equal start Make every school the same place make it warm, make it safe make every school the same place then get out of the way When some schools have the funding the rest are on their own how you gonna catch up when you drag that giant stone everyone can see the problem but it's not getting to out hearts equality is useless without an equal start
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Well they sent me off to fight in a far off land Halfway ‘cross the world - you know I guess they had a plan And I’m home, but the bombs there left me half a man Let’s make sure this never happens again Cause we left four thousand souls in the desert sand And two thousand more so far in Afghanistan Now they say we might be heading into good old Iran But let’s make sure this doesn’t happen again So I’d say, “March with me!” if I still had legs I’d say, ”Let’s hoist our fists!” if I still had hands to wave Just think how many men and women we could save If we just don’t send them away Now a soldier every day takes his life by his own hand Killin’ takes it’s toll in a way that you just can’t understand So there’s wives in empty beds, and kids who can’t hold daddy’s hand Let’s make sure this never happens again So I’d say, “March with me!” if I still had legs I’d say,”Let’s hoist our fists!” if I still had hands to wave Just think how many men and women we could save If we just don’t send them away So senators and congressmen, please be sane For every life that is not lost there is so much that can be gained What if they tried to throw a war and no one came These tragedies would never happen again So march for me, cause I don’t have legs Hoist your fists for all of those who don’t have hands to wave Raise your voice for all the men and women we could save If we just don’t send them away Raise your voice for all the men and women we could save If we just don’t send them away
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In the next nice town I'll stop for lunch and I'll have a burger grown in Brazil on rainforest memories Cut down the trees for the people in the next nice town Cut 'em down In the next nice town I'll meet a man and go out for coffee You know the growers get six cents a day I'll have a four-dollar latte with the people in the next nice town Drink it down And the schools are the best All the kids can ace the state test They've gotta learn the Golden Rule: He who makes the gold can break the rules They say they hate every day But that's what kids always say It's only twelve years anyway In the next nice town I'll have a baby Then I'll have another We'll buy a Hummer cause we'll really really need one It's all about freedom when you're living in the next nice town Gotta get around In the next nice town I'll take a match and I'll take a mansion Then with a smile I'll light 'em on fire Watch the flames fly higher All the houses in the next nice town Burn 'em all down
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We are the children Of Tiananmen square So little and so much has changed Since our comrades died down there We thought we could cure the world Of a desperate disease We'd find a way to make it work Not just for freedom, but for peace Peace or Freedom The choice is up to you Fear itself often frightens me, too But every battle needs survivors There are some things you should fight for And with courage and with will We can fight for them still! We marched a million strong To parade upon the Square We were sticks and stones against the storm We had nothing to compare Our signs and banners They never stopped a thing But though the cause seems lost right now We will return again in the Spring More than a billion strong! Peace or Freedom The choice is up to you Fear itself often frightens me, too But every battle needs survivors There are some you should fight for And with the courage and with will We can fight for them still!
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Our children pledge allegiance to a country They don’t even know if they accept or reject The freedoms that they think they have, they don’t exist Cos they’re suspended if they choose not to recite it Oh and don’t think I forgot that God is plastered in the middle of A pledge you’re forced to say at public school The Separation of Church and Nothing You have no Constitution – just follow their rules They got no freedom of religion, got no freedom of speech They’re just blindly followin’ cos you’re authority Who program our young to be autonomous sheep And slowly limit their vocabulary Cos everything is now offensive and the whole world’s oversensitive It starts with a pledge and it ends up in advertisements The Separation of State and Nothing We’re all just soldiers of the P.C. And all the kids are singin’ “You can’t indoctrinate me To your biased definition of a society You can’t indoctrinate me Prohibition of independency” Well 12 seconds a day, 13 years – when you get out We’ve become the perfect specimens It’s easier to have control over the masses Who all watch and listen to the same damn things So less people will protest the illegal search and seizure By the NYPD, what happened to our freedom? The Separation of State and Nothing Mandatory patriotism And the Hindus, Jews, and Buddhists forced to put up a façade Coerced by State to pledge allegiance to the Christian God Cos the Church and State, they have no use for individuals Who may question when they work in tandem as criminals We’re striving for autonomy, but we’re stuck in theocracy A world without God is like a world without wisdom teeth The Separation of Church and Nothing We surrender free will to Deity Do you swear upon the Bible in a court of law? Are the Ten Commandments posted on the Courthouse front door? Why does the Candidate’s belief in God give him the edge? It all starts with the fucking pledge!! And all the kids are singin’ “You can’t indoctrinate me To your sickening definition of humanity You can’t indoctrinate me Prohibition of independency You can’t indoctrinate me Find another goon to be your enlistee You can’t indoctrinate me Because I am not a sycophant Your thinking is irrelevant Ban the pledge so we can all be free!!!”
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Max and Michael met in '92 In the line of the bookstore at NYU 21 years later they are living proof of all the things you can do, no matter who Raised two kids, on the county line Sent them to Christian school and volunteered their time Helping women as doctors for the March of Dimes I think we can all agree they've lived good lives And that's where you come in And say its all a great big sin Wont you please stop squawking Enough with quoting your antique doctrine Cant you see Love of any two makes family Just let it be No matter who the lover, love is free Shut your mouth Love is what it takes to build a house And there's no doubt, you married The one you want so tell me why oh why the hell can't everybody else Ann and Molly live in Canon Falls They met in the third grade playing kickball Now they pay their taxes and vote Ron Paul I still cant see how this effects you at all Bert and Ernie been together for a long time Down on the street we love since '69 Entertaining kids and families on the federal dime But now they wanna settle down and you scream that's a crime And that's where you will say Their lifestyle is not okay and then you set a date to vote and try to legislate your hate Cant you see Love of any two makes family Just let it be No matter who the lover, love is free Shut your mouth Love is what it takes to build a house And there's no doubt, you married The one you want so tell me why oh why the hell can't everybody else Enough with all this natural law Nonsense in god's defense Its not on him to ring us in and be an example for all. Involved. Cant you see Love of any two makes family Just let it be No matter who the lover, love is free Shut your mouth Love is what it takes to build a house And there's no doubt, you married The one you want so tell me why oh why the hell can't everybody else
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You really think you've got a right, that makes me a little sick Is it for your self defence, or an extension of your dick? There's no danger of invasion, it's 2013 Why's it oh so easy to purchase weaponry? Just like the kid who ruins it for the whole entire class The psychopaths with guns should ruin it for Americans Guns are cool in video games Because they react to the mechanics of a mouse well But no one cries when pixels die Guns were cool in Reservoir Dogs Especially at the part with the Mexican standoff But no one died I mean, really died Now you say you're in too deep, that the damage has been done That there's no use banning guns 'cause you've got so many guns So what do you propose? Letting things just get much worse It's a strange relationship, I don't know how you got coerced You changed your constitution just so you could have a drink If you could change it just to save one life it's worth it, don't you think? Guns are cool in video games Because they react to the mechanics of a mouse well Pixels don't have no moms and dads Guns were cool in Rambo: First Blood Which had very little plot, but an awful lot of killing Yet no one died I mean, really died
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Here we are at the end of things, Your heads on the chopping block. Who gets pulled, and who pulls the strings? It starts here. Walkers gonna walk. To the light, undead brethren, Robbed of faculties, sentenced not to talk. So let us be a voice for you. You do what you do. Walkers gonna walk. You're out there starving in the wilderness, You're out there groping in the dark. We're here to represent the dispossessed. So stand up! Now's the time for equality. You were people too, made of common stock. So collect yourselves and take your plea To the streets. Walkers gonna walk. To us norms: make us all aware Of injustice behind the double-talk. Hearts and brains… we've got lots to share. It's only fair. Walkers gonna walk. Walkers gonna walk. Walkers gonna walk. Everybody walk!
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I can call a man, get a job, earn a wage And relax at the end of a long work day For how much pay compared to what's made By the gal next door who works as much if not more I guess her glass ceiling is your glass floor What makes me so special? And I can ask that gal for her name, for her number Ask her out on a date and if we relate we'll Fall madly in love and there are vows we can make Ain't that just the same as when two men feel that way? But your good book ain't good enough to say that's okay. What makes me so special? You've got these rules to govern over, curry favor What makes you so special? If you took this job to ensure you've got More rights than others then One thing I know for sure: Uncle Sam don't represent me no more You're a Dinosaur, Sam - your ideology needs To die; no sore winners in my promised land The youth will be your meteor, Sam And the truth will set you free Feel free to take your leave I can have a drink or four and get into a car And get pulled over and blow for the officer And pay it away if I fail, I can stay out of jail But if a bright young kid at the top of his class gets Caught with some grass, does he get a free pass? Not if it keeps your prisons filled, I guess You make these rules to feel superior What makes you so special? If you took this job to ensure you've got More rights than others then One thing I know for sure: There's not much time for you and yours You're a Dinosaur, Sam - your ideology needs To die; no sore winners in my promised land The youth will be your meteor, Sam And the truth will set you free Feel free to take your leave Feel free to take your leave Feel free to take your leave
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If it were you What would you do If there were drones overhead To observe your every move And hey What would you say If the pilots fired their missiles From eight thousand miles away To them It's just the same As sitting on the sofa Playing at a video game They kill From nine to five Then they punch the timeclock And go home to kiss their wives Is it a just war Or is it just war Is it a just war Or is it just war The President Need only speak And a life can be snuffed out By executive decree To see His will be done He's judge, jury, hangman All rolled in to one He says It's justified Because the teachings of Saint Augustine Make everything all right But we Can plainly see What a beacon of morality The Catholic Church can be Is it a just war Or is it just war Is it a just war Or is it just war Barack Obama More drone kills than any other Nobel Peace Prize winner Though some May disagree The President has just approved Their use domestically If it was you What would you do You'd better make your mind up 'Cause it's gonna happen soon
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Now everyone's entitled to their opinion But some are REALLY entitled... To a LOT. Some people get intrusive about the things that they believe in. And get righteous and uptight when you do not. I'm not a man with very strong convictions Life is far too short to waste with silly fights. No matter how you try to argue to your opposition about your position, you won't convince him that you're right. Everyone, stop fighting everyone. Life's too complex to think in black and white Everyone, stop fighting everyone 'Cause chances are, neither of you are right. Everybody's got some kind of preference. But what's right for one, might not be right for the rest. and both sides of every argument have smaller sides to be referenced, And who are you to say that your way is the best? SO, atheists, stop picking on the Christians. And Christians, stop fighting amongst yourselves. "The Jews" don't get offended when you wish them "Merry Christmas", So everyone, please stop fighting everyone else. Everyone, stop fighting everyone. Life's too complex to think in black and white Everyone, stop fighting everyone 'Cause chances are, neither of you are right.
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If you think I don't have convictions It's just 'cause I haven't been caught We all need to think for ourselves Or at least that's what I've been taught So I'm finally going to say my piece And maybe overcompensate Mouthing off about what you don't know Is what makes this country great So eat the whales and free the nukes Sell global warming to the seals School vouchers for the spotted owls Give this ship of fools some training wheels Eliminate the upper class Along with the lower and middle Let's start a fire like Nero did And I'll go get my fiddle Everyone has a point of view Or maybe it's just a grudge We all need to open our minds And on this point I won't budge Let's bring clarity to those Whose brains are in a fog They say that those who can't do, teach And those who can't write, blog Sorry to politicize All the things that you hold dear I just want to cloud the issues Let me make it perfectly clear I'm not purely serious But it's not really funny And if you won't lend me your ears I'll gladly take your money
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John Henry Wadsworth III was a linux drivin' man He plied the open range with open source He never paid attention to the big boys in the game He figured mac os had run it's course You knew him by his red hat, the fedora on his head He moseyed from mandriva to ubuntu Always rustled up a code block and he never asked for thanks Cause the freedom of the net was all he knew Won't you shed a tear for a code-drivin' man? John Henry did his best to keep things free He went up against the big boys and he made a final stand Just to keep the source open for you and me Now, the big men came a'callin with their fancy SDKs Tried to gather all the code up with their patents Mac and Microsoft insured they'd control it end-to-end And whoever didn't go along was flattened The winds of change were blowin', John knew that it was true When the man came callin', asked to be his backer John shook his head and raised his eyes, said to the exec's face "Sir, you may have cash, but for damn sure you're no hacker." The Microsoft man's eyes narrowed, he had an evil grin Said "Now, son, I'll bet you're smarter than you look, If you can write a program that'll outclock what we got We'll step off of the internet and give back what we took." John Henry was a fightin' man, and sure, he had his pride So he stepped up for a match against their best There was Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Wozniak and guys from Oracle He knew that this would be his final test They started coding at the dawn, Mountain Dew chugged by the gallon The coders dropped like rain, John Henry lingered The stress it finally killed him, maybe it was a broken heart But the coroner claimed it was broken fingers So remember good John Henry, keep his memory alive Keep your code free, bug-safe, and always relevant His stuff is out there on the web for us to use today And he lived his life to move us past development
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I saw the city's silhouette From a distant blinding light Through the trees and clouds The flash was seen For miles throughout the night. And the snow was almost blinding With the water still as glass Reflecting bursts of fire The smoke was sent on higher It happened all too fast. The beauty soon was gone As the shock waves finally came The men began to run From the fury freed from a captive sun Soon followed by the rain. The birds refused to sing at all The streets were filled with death Survivors soon were late The earth had passed away While no one had been blessed. It had only taken moments To fill the skies with pain But now all times has gone And life has done the same Then I awake to realize The visions I have seen Beheld by older eyes Are memories of how things will have been For no one escapes disaster Not the victims, not the master What's the use, there's no excuse When the rain has quit can you live?
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Some folks are educated at the School of Hard Knocks. But Lindyke studied letters where the athletes are called Cocks. And we protest most strongly on behalf of our beloved jocks And all of their adoring fans Spread out to many distant lands By crass attempts at judge's hands to besmirch their reputations It seems that multiculturalism Is excluded by the prism They employ to spread the jism of their lamentations (We say "jism" in the sense of "seed" They spew in hopes that we should heed Ideas that very honestLY Are widely "off the reservation") You see, football is a game in which The rules REQUIRE we force our way past Our opponent's strong defence And thusly penetrate the end zone. They call this scoring; Not to be boring, But it's the difference between warring And a friendly past time played between some well-informed adults. And if you find it bears some passing similarity to rape That's an unfortunate coincidence we simply can't escape Since the context is quite distinct The two can't seriously be linked And must be analyzed with very different results. "They said no but they meant yes" Are lyrics in our song invention Some got it but as for the rest We'll spell it out, to allay contention When the Line defends their rear The "NO!" they cry in their frustration Is their part to play within the game for which they seek ovation, But of their own accord they freely chose to play this game, Thus the "YES!" that is contained in our refrain! To make it very clear that we intended this to be We enlisted Cherry Pi to cry enthusiastically So you might know that this is simply welcome fun Instead of concluding it was rape and jumping to your gun. We simply cannot meekly take such nasty, vicious libel So take a long walk on a short pier and go there to thump your Bible. Though a scientific mind like yours might not be quite so tribal (You know, it must be very sad to be an atheist AND a prude You'd have nothing of your own to thump -- oh wait, I guess you do.) And to answer one more question (to our minds, the very best one) No, we never get tired of sexy fun; if we did we'd be doing it wrong. But we don't, and that is why we keep it UP so very long.

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This album is made up of songs from the "SpinTunes" songwriting competiton.

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Occupy SpinTunes - Write a protest song in which you try to convince your listeners about something you strongly believe. (2 minute minimum) (they had 8 days)

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released February 26, 2013

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