CRACKERS AND SOUP

Got all the reasons to lie got no reason, to tell the truth

All this talking without any proof this is what they do

Placing all the blame with no shame, this new hate is what they maid

Crackers are boring without the soup so dry with the same old lie

Trading your blessing for a bowl of lentil soup

Now you and your brother pray in different ways

The children in their bare feet playing on the Gaza streets 

Never to know freedom under the iron dome no one is home now alone

It is hard to be so different when those who hate you say you have no soul

Crackers are boring without the soup, so dry with the same old lie.

Get your last breath as politicians vote for your death

Don't want to believe the lier but still, you believe the lie

Gentrification is a hipster way to say community segregation 

If every life mattered, we would be one nation

But everyone wants to be a famous hatter

Crackers are boring without the soup, so dry with the same old lie.

The skies are blue for now; if a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound

If those woods have not burned down

Sensitivity of the past isn't what Notridomis could even predict.

Many conversations in this life we should be having

Equal rights, social justice and don't forget Daphni

 

Crackers are boring without the soup, so dry with the same old lie.

Crumble up these crackers and let them soak up the flavor of another culture

So delicious so fulfilling just like those bean pies

The content of your character is lost when looking for other peoples miss-steps

Life is so random and love is an emotion, not an act 

So be kind to others when thinking of that

Crackers are boring without the soup, so dry with the same old lie.

Negative attention only bring negative oppression 

Education is commonsense, and learning from the past is the only fix 

©Copyright Thomas J Dooley

  

PUSH BACK

These tracks of resistance start in the past
Truth is the fact a lie is a crack that breaks this nation's back
Hate has taken the place of love peace is more than a shot of a gun

Confused on what to do so much good we can do
Pray and meditate for a new day in the grave the uneducated will lay
Push Back white or black got take the power back
Push Back do we really want to live in the past

The path of history scared with blood and tears
Truth has its own fear reclaim that pain will make us great
Beaten for who you are as if you were born on Mars

Confused on what to do so much good we can prove
Wanting so much attention, call the police on you just to play the fool
Push Back right or wrong we can still hear the doves cry in the song
Push Back diversity is the way to think

WHAT IS AN AMERICAN

An American is a peaceful person

Americans are like a family

Caring for each other

An American is a generous person

They don't show hate

To another race

They don't lie or hide

They are a mixture of people

From the world over

They show justice to the victim

Condemn the guilty

They appreciate their children

And teach them well

Where can I find an American

Like this

Do they even exist?

©Copyright 1993 Thomas Dooley