We Shall Overcome
Gustav Lyrics

Dear fellow citizens
Addressing others who live in the same society as oneself

Dear fellow occupants
Addressing others who occupy the same space as oneself

Dears sisters in brave
Addressing women who are courageous

And dear comrades in arms
Addressing friends who fight alongside oneself

We might overcome
We have the potential to succeed

That we unbalance life
We disrupt the natural order of things

That goes without saying
It is obvious

Attempted to follow - yes sir - a straight line.
Trying to conform to established rules and authority

My share of the blame
Taking responsibility for one's actions

I've got to say I deserve
Acknowledging one's fault

I believed in their lies
Trusting untruthful information

When all of the beauty seems just to be wrong
When what seems good is actually bad

Then all of their words seem to belong
Their lies appear to be true

To their everyday prozac, their everyday lies
Their methods to numb the truth and deceive others

That they're everyday bangin' in my day-to-day mind
That they're constantly influencing one's thoughts

And the music turns minor
The mood changes to melancholy

And we buy prepacked needs
Purchasing necessities that are packaged for convenience

And black condoms for our pleasure
Buying products for sexual pleasure

For their "pleasure strategies"
For the benefit of those who sell pleasure products

And we all are invited
Everyone is welcome

To their big bingo show
Their grand spectacle

And we dance to their music
Enjoying the entertainment they provide

From all to well-known
From all that is familiar

And we raise up our hands
Showing our approval

And we take this for real
Believing this is the truth

But we should not agree to their predicted deal.
We should not accept their pre-planned arrangement

We live in their bulletproof-single-apartments
We reside in the living spaces they provide

While planning family-trees.
Thinking about future generations to come

And talk about taking action
Discussing the need for action to address issues

While wearing their Diesel-Jeans.
Wearing branded clothing marketed by them

We don't sweat we shit perfume.
We exude elegance instead of exertion

We're not ugly, We're a delight.
We are pleasing to the eye

Kept in uniforms And shopping-malls
Restricted to wearing specific clothing and frequenting certain places

We are prerendered dolls
We are programmed to conform

Educated for their system
Taught to fit into their society

Cultivated, liberalized
Developed and made more open-minded

And readymade
Prepared to fit into their system

And Hollywood-movie-sized
Like something out of a movie

We shall overcome one day
We will eventually triumph

And beat their monitoring arms,
And defy their systems of control

And spray graffitis on their walls
And express our rebellion through art

To let them know that we're no longer their obedient toys
To make it clear that we will not submit to being controlled

Deep in my heart, I do believe
I have a strong conviction

That we can defeat
That we can overcome

This mess that we've bought - so far.
This chaos that we have allowed to happen until now

They won the people's choice award
They were selected by the masses

Declared the speechwriter's pen,
Written by a skilled speechwriter

But we have never really have been asked
But our opinions have never truly been solicited

To put a cross beside their names
To vote for them

NO!
Absolutely not