Polite Discourse

There's a time to be civil, and a time to be nice That time has long passed. Let me be more precise The courts are packed, the odds are stacked against us Defenseless. Every ruling is contentious Disrespect leads to discontent, and Disjointed disturbance disseminates dissent We take to the streets with our fists climbing higher Vilified by liars who conspire in cipher They don't give a shit about the will of the people Unspeakable legal sequels conceive the irredeemable Where's the justice in disturbing the peace They're disloyal tenants overstaying their lease A lifetime appointment is a lifetime too long To decide on whose morals are right and wrong They're swinging the gavel at our human rights, so Polite discourse is dead: now's the time to fight The judicial branch is bearing poisoned fruit And we've solemnly sworn we've seen the death of truth Revolution creeps closer as discomfort grows Brace yourself as the country burns out and implodes A state's right to govern should not supersede The bodily autonomy of a person in need Anyway all the arguments are straw man at best The logic falls apart under a little bit of stress No contest. Oppression is historic to our nation Subjugation is the subject of subsequent aggravation Our foundations are fracturing due to red gerrymandering And the virtue signal photo ops from democrat pandering Call me a cynic but I've got no hope to muster Until we figure out how to abolish the filibuster I trust you've heard that absurdity. Salvation's in sight Polite discourse is dead: now's the time to fight If you read your nation's history and all you feel is pride What you read was propaganda that was trying to hide The shame of a government's horrible heinous acts Indulge me for a moment. Let me list you some facts The Dyer anti-lynching bill of 1918 Was persistently halted by Southern filibustering It wasn't until March of 2022 That the Emmett Till Antilynching act was passed through In Plessy v Ferguson segregation was allowed The shroud of which wasn't lifted until Brown came around Which sounds like a good thing out of 1954 But where are the reparations? Are you ready for more? 1944. The second world war Anti-Asian racism is laid at our door Korematsu v US is how the court decides That interning Japanese Americans is justified If you think the past has no effect on the present I have an interrogative that might be unpleasant How many billionaires are folks of color? If we're truly equal, that should make you wonder Question the structure, reject the status quo Don't let those in power diminish what we know When we band together we can overcome our plight, so Polite discourse is dead: now's the time to fight We the People of the United States In Order to form a more perfect Union Establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility Provide for the common defense Promote the general Welfare And secure the Blessings of Liberty to Ourselves and our Posterity, do proclaim Polite discourse is dead; now's the time to fight