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You Think We're Free?
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If you think we are living in the land of the free listen and then decide~
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Capn' Woody writes and produces Spoken Word pieces from the poems and lyrics that wander his mind!
Hello, Clippers sailed on many a journey, I invite you to journey with me ---- I am a simple man who has journeyed near and far. My experiences have taken me to foreign lands and across the country. One constant has guided me, there are great people and great beauty everywhere. I work in the education arena now but my career has spanned many fields. I have loved, laughed, struggled and cried. My foundation is set in a belief of more good than evil, more fair than not, more time for admiration, less time for hate. May you enjoy my work and may we make beautiful music together someday. Visit http://visions.casawood.com/
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Genre
Podcasts • Politics
Charts
Peak #37
Peak in subgenre #2
Author
Gary Wood/Steve Hansen
Rights
2004
Uploaded
March 20, 2005
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MP3 2.8 MB • 128 kbps • 3:05
Story behind the song
As the USA presses it's form of democracy around the world it was obvious we were not free. Income taxation and all that keeps us bound does not allow us the freedom we are now claiming to be sharing with the world...you think we're free?
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We think we live in the land of the free, Gonna spread it ?round the world so they can be like we? We who live in tyranny yet want to cling to an illusion? An illusion of living in the land of the free! Think I?m wrong; think I may be out of my mind? We vote, don?t we govern- don?t we control our future? Our future which we?ve given away for safety sakes? For safety sakes we think ?I may be out of my mind!? Oppression comes from Washington, D.C. Devil?s Cause~ spread our freedom?s form of tyranny? Tyranny without a single gun shot fired over all who pay? Pay for the oppression from Washington, D.C. You think we?re free? Answer a question or four for me? Are you given a number with a security tie that actually helps track your income, accounts and life? Do you work hard to earn your keep simply to find your government kept more than a fair share? Are you still protected under the wonder of the 4th Amendment or is it merely another fantasy? What does the IRS give to you? Fear, panic and a means to be a criminal without knowing the crime? History warned us of what could be if we dared to falter on our liberty. Romans once roamed as free men who later fell under chain so their mighty empire could collect its due, same as ours now collects from me and you? You think we?re free? You still believe we have representatives upholding a constitution long since adulterated beyond recognition? You think we?re free? Dare to be caught by the tax man, feel the draconian punishments of a spy system once strong with honor, now ripe with pain? You think we?re free? Listen to our politicians as they promise Robin Hood?s device, to soak the rich and give to those they?ve chosen for the hope of a poor man?s vote?. We think we live in the land of the free, Gonna spread it ?round the world so they can be like we? We who live in tyranny yet want to cling to an illusion? An illusion of living in the land of the free! ?2004
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