Sledgehammer Politics
V1:
Cough, cough
Ok.
I’m just a man hanging from a tree.
Okay?
Do you get where this song’s going yet?
I’m just a man hanging from a tree.
Okay?
Ok.
I’m just a girl with her legs open.
Okay?
Ok.
No bud left between.
Do you get where this song’s going yet?
Ok.
Now, listen up.
Shiny, happy people,
this is a story about the sledgehammer
and how it finds its way between your teeth.
This is the story about the ice pick
that finds your brain in the dark and goes
sound of someone screaming
This is a story about people living bad
and how it only gets worse when you start to beg.
Yeah,
We’ve been living rough
Sleeping with no bed.
We’ve been feeling tilted
With a sledgehammer to the head.
Sledgehammer to the head,
Sledgehammer to the head,
When are we gonna talk about the sledgehammer to the head?
Int:
Censor beep
“Warning: this content may be disturbing to some people.”
V2:
So they hid the paper trail
and left us with the dirt
Said, “Don’t worry, everyone, I’ll write an IOU note.”
But they don’t see the man hanging from a fucking tree
or the ghost of the oak that haunts you and me.
Let’s go again-
I’m just a girl with no body and no face to call my own.
Do you know where this song’s going yet?
No?
Called out of line by politicians,
I used to trust time.
“Just wait, be patient, you’ll get your day soon-”
But now it’s all too late and I’m coming for you too.
C:
This song’s about the bellies that will never get full
This song’s about the leaky faucet covered with mold
and the kids who eat lead chips on the floor
while their parents get food stamps and try to hold the door
for men with no love,
no creed except for greed
no love for the sledgehammer
unless it’s hitting me.
Sledgehammer politics, politics,
it’s those goddamn politics,
bust a kneecap and they call that politics!
Int:
Mayor Daley voice
“Oh, great, another goddamn hippy!”
V4:
Haha, I’m just playin’!
Nah, seriously-
Hit me.
Ahem
I’m just a refugee bleeding on the boat.
Do you know where this song’s going yet?
Do you know where this song’s going yet?
Well, hey,
Well, okay,
I’m just a man with a hand around his neck
No room for me to breathe.
Ok?
Ok.
shouting/chanting/protest sample insert
V4:
So what are you gonna do now?
What are you gonna say?
Keep your chin up, boy,
Keep your chin up, girl,
Keep in mind what I say.
Kill your masters, slave,
and free yourself, too.
Take that sledgehammer that caved your face in
and use it like it was used against you.
B:
Now I know what you’re thinking…
“The sledgehammer can’t hit me!
I’m too big!
I’m too mean!
I’m too thin and too lean!”
Yeah.
Ok.
Run away from the crime scene.
But you won’t be running
when you find yourself in a cage-
Because that goddamn sledgehammer
will come down hard and break your legs…
Sound of someone screaming in pain
Now, what did I say?
C:
This song’s about the bellies that will never get full
This song’s about the leaky faucet covered with mold
and the kids who eat lead chips on the floor
while their parents get food stamps and try to hold the door
for men with no love,
no creed except for greed
no love for the sledgehammer
unless it’s hitting me.
Sledgehammer politics, politics,
it’s those goddamn politics,
bust a kneecap and they call that politics!
(x2)
Int:
Censor beep
“Alright, people, keep it moving!”
O:
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”