Case Studies in the Cultural and Political Uses of Popular Music By Rachael Jones

 

Energy encompassing the room as

Bass from the sound system blasts through the air

As the postwar regret sounds its alarm

Singing the emotional, mournful tune

Children expressing themselves, through music

Telling tales of ganja, the green weed

The choices we made, beaten paths we took

The right route or the wrong decision made

Conform to the oppressed society

All governments making stipulations 

Controlling the lips of French as they kiss

Honoring the family heritage

Authority grants the tools to survive

Keeping doors to the after-life sealed shut

Submissive like the heart, beating to the

Inhale of one's chest as they take a breath

Fighting the end result of the graveyards

One may call it, smoking with the peace pipe,

Others say “creating a living corpse”

If stoners do the dance with Mary Jane

The deceased legacy may be forgot

 

We descent from a line of warriors

Who fought for survival, staying alive

Those who lived in the moment, no regrets

Obedient to the world’s surroundings

Children's songs should be filled with ecstasy  

Free to express and celebrate themselves

No stipulations just prospect for hope

For one day on which children will be free

Now, turn up the volume and play your song