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Are You A Citizen or Are You a Slave
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Written with Cindy Hubschmitt, the song challenges cynicism and apathy about social justice issues. It could become an anthem if it gets heard...
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Vic Sadot is a singer-songwriter and band leader for Crazy Planet Band and Planète Folle Band. Crazy Planet does original folk, rock, and blues. Mad Cowboy Dise
Vic Sadot plays original topical folk, rock and blues with Crazy Planet Band. With Planète Folle Band he plays Cajun/Zyceco and New Orleans R&B. Planète Folle means Crazy Planet in French, but that band has a very different repertoire.
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
#15,282 today Peak #154
#2,755 in subgenre Peak #39
Author
Vic Sadot
Rights
2005 Victor Rene Sadot/BMI/OrbianLoveMusic
Uploaded
November 13, 2005
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MP3 4.5 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
A conversation with someone at work who said, "I don't do politics because you can't change a thing." This obviously runs counter to the historical record.
Lyrics
Are You a Citizen? Or Are You a Slave Are you a Citizen? Or are you a Slave? In the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave! Well, why do you tell me then, “Nothin’ can be done”? If we can’t change a thing, then they’ve already won? We’d still be a colony if the founders thought that way! We’d have royalty and slavery and debtor prisons today And women would never have won voting rights It would be the dark ages without doing what’s right Chorus: Say “No to destruction of your planet earth!” Say “No to repressive laws! You know what they’re worth!” Say “Yes to the freedoms you were meant to employ!” Say “Yes to the struggles that bring justice and joy!” Yes, the media made you believe as you do They lied to deceive you, and to brainwash you too But a working class hero is something to be! Remember that struggle is what made you free! Now the Power Elite…They own all the news And they fill your head up with their fear-laden views After years of consolidating property rights Now only a few own the media might (Chorus) They’ve dumbed down the TV, and they’ve dumbed down the schools They’ve dumbed down discussion as if we’re all fools It’s not a democracy, if we don't make it work! And it’s not a republic when it’s all goin’ berserk! If we let the corporates just take more and more! They’ll take all we have; leave us desperately poor! ‘Cause most made their millions through graft and through greed They don’t care about you or what your loved ones need (Chorus) They play in their mansions on seasides and hills While we work for wages to pay them our bills Now open your eyes! It’s no big mystery Rise up, join together, and make history Are you a Citizen? Or are you a Slave? In the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave! If you look at past struggles, you’ll know it can be done You’ll use your Bill of Rights ‘til your struggles are won (Chorus) Copyright 2003 Victor René Sadot & Cindy Abramowicz Hubschmitt Written Dec 5, 2003/Released on BROADSIDES & RETROSPECTIVES, Copyright 2005 Vic Sadot/BMI/Orbian Love Songs/ Crazy Planet Records http://www.vicsadot.com http://cdbaby.com/cd/vicsadot2 If you liked this song. try the YouTube videos of Vic's songs by Dean A. Banks, such as: In Normandy When Breezes Blow/Our Pledge To You http://youtube.com/watch?v=NKXKlkSiKDs Broadside Balladeer A Tribute to the late-great anti-war topical singer of the Vietnam War era, Phil Ochs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9bkyjTN0Lw&mode=related&search=
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