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lirik lagu lil shitty - 09 - freedom for who?

[intro]
jimmy reid and kenneth williams talking about freedom
“i’ll tell you this much, we have freedom of press in this country. i have the same freedom as sir max aiken the only thing is he is a multi millionaire that has a newspaper. so he can exercise that freedom of the press thats there and dictate editorials that are in line with his ideological thinking. for me and for all these people it is an abstract freedom. and i think when we talk about freedom we should get from abstractions to reality. what is freedom? freedom also is to have the freedom to bring up your children in such a way to rеalize their full potential. to bе free from the fear of poverty. to be free from the fear of war. these are freedoms which i find establishment politicians never talks about. and the womans quite right, the freedom of choice that you are talking about and a whole vast area is non existent for the great majority of working class people in this country.”

[verse]
please take a second, sit down, and honestly reflect (reflect)
what does freedom mean to you as you ponder in retrospect (think)
it gets invoked, at any moment, it’s a dishonoring effect
it can be both negative and positive but in time we forget

thomas jeff, to dr. currie in january 1786
he said “our liberty depends on the freedom of the press”
but he repressed his slaves, only freeing them on his death
if you base any of your ideas on the founding fathers remember this

they were all white, slave owning, land owning, misogynists (all of them)
from every jeffersonian republican to every federalist (all of them)
owning slaves and k!lling natives, these rapacious economists (genocide)
say its rational behavior, of the pugnacious colonists (so violent)

[chorus]
page 160 of lies my teacher told me
inmuttooyahlatlat, known to whites as chief joseph, said this eloquently:
“we ask that the same law shall work alike on all
men. if an indian breaks the law, punish him by the law. if a white man breaks
the law, punish him also. let me be a free man—free to travel, free to stop, free
to work, free to trade where i choose, free to choose my own teachers
free to follow my religion of my fathers, free to talk
think and act for myself and i will obey every law or submit to the penalty”
mlk talking about the dignity of all work
“so often, we overlook the work and significance of those who are not in professional jobs
of those who are not in the so called big jobs, but let me say to you tonight
that whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity
and is for the building of humanity it has dignity and it has worth”

[verse]
it isn’t freedom if your boss dictates your wage or per diem (not freedom)
it isn’t freedom, working till your old, debt trapped and beaten (not freedom)
it isn’t freedom if profits matter more than human beings (not freedom)
we need unions, co~determination, and own production for our freedom

the liberal fantasy is that history bends toward progress (hahahahahah)
ive got f~cking news for you, many had to die in the process (for you!)
women’s rights, workers or civil rights, we can go down the list
where were the centrists? the leftists were the ones to resist (darn socialists)

democracies are only free because of self determination
extermination of rights by the christian theocracy will be the end of this nation (f~ckem)
the democratic experiment is just that, a test of what’s possible
we all need to stand up and fight to fix america, we all are responsible (all of us)

[outro]
fdr on second bill of rights
“a second bill of rights, under which a new basis of security and prosperity to be estabished for all regardless of station, race, or creed. among these are the right of useful and remunerative job, the right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation, the right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living, the right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad, the right of every family to a decent home, the right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health, the right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, and unemployment, the right to a good education. all of these rights spell security. and after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well~being. for unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world”

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