Feb 2022 protest political canada march
Assignment #2, write a protest song people can sing at the rally. Not sure this quite delivers but I had fun writing it. I got a lot of text dings during this take! But they're in the right key at least.
We have witnessed
we have silently stood by
we have profited from
turning a blind eye
we have all this great abundance
there’s enough to go around
so why do we keep some people down?
This bad idea
some will win and some must lose
some will thrive and others fail
we all have to pay our dues
just to survive
it’s just a lie
to keep his pockets lined
standing on the graves of the babies who have died
Chorus:
now we’ll stand up together
I will take your part
I step aside so you can reclaim your beating heart
we are all deserving of
a sweet full life
and so we march
to end the struggle and the strife
hold my hand,
we stand together in the fight
Where’s the clean water
for the children on reserves
too fucking long they’ve gone without
while we sit back and observe
We failed to protect
the women and the girls
they disappear it breaks a sister’s world
house the homeless, feed the hungry
we’re a wealthy nation
people die in our streets
this is our shame, our abdication
no one needs to suffer
pull the money from the hands
our power sings when we stick it to
the greedy man
Chorus
we are marching
we are marching again
F#m we are marching
with our allies and our friends
Oh Canada,
march for who we could be
it’s not my convoy
if only white folk can be free
not my fucking convoy if only white folk can be free
Now we begin to understand
we are all one
with the water and the land
the wind and the sun
we can honour this abundance
or watch it all burn down
hold my hand
we are marching now
@mikeskliar Feb 2022
This is serioulsy wonderful, on so many levels. A worthy subject (I write about these things too sometimes), so many many excellent lines and that whole cadence where you get out all those long lines so fast is a great phrasing choice. Love the way you start to laugh when your phone starts beeping, too!
One little recording suggestion, the guitar is somewhat 'boomy' and obstructs the vocal somewhat. Two things can help- first, get your voice closer to the mic and the guitar farther away, but maybe more importantly, do some eq to the recordings, cut everything below 100 hz and you won't have nearly as much 'boominess' that gets in the way of the vocal.
Great job, and way to go on having a phone in the same key as the song! :)
@ericlord Feb 2022
Great song! The notifications were the cherry on the sunday haha
Love your voice & hope I hear this polished one day!