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Why My Songs Should Be Taught In School

from Protest Songs by Slumberwall

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Some people tell me I should be more tolerant of bad music, that I shouldn’t force my opinion on others. That it's all in the end just a matter of taste. And what does it matter anyway? It’s only music.
They’re wrong.
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I see a new singer singing up there on MTV
He’s looking pretty pleased with himself
Well, wouldn’t you be?
He’s got everybody watching now,
& he thinks he’s free
Selling i-pods & aftershave
with his R&B

And all the gangsta rappers
they do their silly strutting dance
They walk like they’ve got lobsters
in their underpants
They act like they're so dangerous
Yes & they act like they're so hard
Instead of slaves in golden chains
still tied up in the yard

‘cause when it matters they don’t sing
‘cause all the rappers like fine things
All the rappers like gold rings
& fancy cars
They only go so far
They only go so far

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I hear the radio playing
all its same old lies:
Soppy boys with bouffant hair
& big doey eyes
They’d swim through shit for money
But still they pack them in the aisles
Singing songs of hurt & pain
with big wide smiles

Oh give me something to believe in
Give me something full of feeling
Give me something not deceiving me
That’s all i need right now
That’s all i need right now

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You’ll never hear my songs playing in supermarkets while you are stood in queues
You’ll never hear my songs upon TV trying
to sell you drinks & shoes
So i don’t know if i’ll ever make it big
If i’ll ever get that swimming pool

Or what all this is worth,
except it’s true

And that is something to believe in
That is something good for healing
That is something not deceiving me
That’s all i need right now
That’s all i need right now
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from Protest Songs, released September 11, 2009

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