a b flat blues for the 04 election: a luta continua

for best response to this post
put on curtis mayfields: back to living again
while you read it

got it on, okay, lets do it:

when the magnitude of our defeat
became apparent, i went into an immediate survival mode
we will survive this, i began telling myself, weve done it before

then one of my colleagues at the job said, yeah we will survive
but what about all those who wont

that rocked me - i hope i am never so degraded
that my only concern is saving myself

after a loss of this magnitude,demoralized progressives will be tempted to go
bush lite - in hopes of making themselves electable again

but rickydoc flowers vote for hanging tough, for standing on principle
and intensifying our efforts to mobilize a greater america

we cant compromise with bushs radical rightwing agenda
we cant pander to the reactionary politics
that have been essential for winning elections in america lately

this is only going to get worse

before you know it we will be at war with the world
living in a theocratic police state
and defenseless victims of corporate greed

and dont tell me it cant happen here
im watching it happen

we have got to take our country back and we got to do it like they did it
with bottom up organizing designed to permeate its way up the ladder
im talking full service politics here – im howling organize organize organize

we must rededicate ourselves to struggle 24/7 and not just
when the next crises bubbles up - then its too late and all we can do is
protest – and im real tired of protesting

no, we got to throw down - whatever it is you do
got to do it stronger, harder and smarter

and we must continue to ask the american people
to live up to their greater dreams - their greater destiny

the stakes are higher than ever
win or lose we got to keep fighting for whats right

the american people might not know it
but they depending on us like never before

i man have blind faith that humanity will always defeat
the bushs and bin ladens of this world

one thing about having been in the struggle as long as i have
is that you take these losses in stride

you win some you lose some - you keep on playing
its the longgame that counts

play on player

for 2 generations now the rightwing been bringing the fire
now its our turn - now we got to do or die

i am a shameless child of the 60s and i miss the movement

i have long pondered, finger to the wind, how to revitalize the struggle
in a manifestation suited to the 21st century

a brand new lick aint been seen before

and now i feel the winds of change coming
i feel struggle in the air

when the angolans won their colonial war
and everybody was congratulating them
they said cautiously - struggle never ends
it just changes

they said
a luta continua: the struggle continues

and so it does – win or lose – the struggle continues

i have looked many generations into the future
and this is what i see – i see struggle – i see generations of struggle
and in that struggle i see a great and wondrous people
with a great and wondrous destiny

hang in there yall and dont you get weary
aint nobody gon turn us around

in struggle

rickydoc flowers
 

Comments

[sungoddess]

I for one was absolutely horrified... I am praying for my people in the States... praying for the poor suffering people in Iraq. All I keep thinking is, with no one to impress, not the religious right, the 'moral majority', will Dubya's gloves come off, will he now just do exactly as he pleases? :sigh: Baba, I am worried...

[rickydoc]

im feeling you
my sungoddess of struggle
im feeling you

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