Thanksgiving Rap and Toast
As we celebrate Thanksgiving
A day of reminiscing
The benefits we have been given and are giving
A day of reminiscing
The benefits we have been given and are giving
De we thank the first peoples for their largesse as the myth goes
For sharing their bounty
With the hungry, hymns singing pilgrims
Ignoring the love your neighbors injunctions of their sanhedrins
For sharing their bounty
With the hungry, hymns singing pilgrims
Ignoring the love your neighbors injunctions of their sanhedrins
To our shame
Tis a history we cannot disclaim
We the life loving USA killed, dispersed the first peoples
Like in a video game
Draped them in small pox blankets
An odd way to repay our debts
A sordid history
Full of injury and misery
Tis a history we cannot disclaim
We the life loving USA killed, dispersed the first peoples
Like in a video game
Draped them in small pox blankets
An odd way to repay our debts
A sordid history
Full of injury and misery
Why should we recount this bad chemistry
On a day of rejoicing, a day of thank fullness?
Certainly not to depress nor stress us out
but to bring about
An awakening not of our inhumanity
But our humanity
On a day of rejoicing, a day of thank fullness?
Certainly not to depress nor stress us out
but to bring about
An awakening not of our inhumanity
But our humanity
Against dictators its easy to engage our rage
When we look across the line of scrimmage
Oh we’er not like them.
Truth is we are more akin to Pol pot, Idi Amin, Stalin, Saddham Hussein, Chiang Kai Chek, perhaps the dreaded H name
More than we want to proclaim
When we look across the line of scrimmage
Oh we’er not like them.
Truth is we are more akin to Pol pot, Idi Amin, Stalin, Saddham Hussein, Chiang Kai Chek, perhaps the dreaded H name
More than we want to proclaim
What we stole by violence
We needed to survive
Resources to keep us alive
Must we deprive others
Treat them like pond scum
Power drive over them
Boot their hard drive onto reservations
Undignified living, extreme poverty
To hell with equality
Not the nice generosity we like to exclaim
We needed to survive
Resources to keep us alive
Must we deprive others
Treat them like pond scum
Power drive over them
Boot their hard drive onto reservations
Undignified living, extreme poverty
To hell with equality
Not the nice generosity we like to exclaim
The human being is a contradiction
But it doesn’t have to be a science fiction
We can build a better foundation
On a new reflection,
A stronger Conviction
Humanity is also compassionate
On Thanksgiving cannot this be our fate
Driving us to home plate not to check mate
We could be first rate
So you want to be known as life loving Americans
But it doesn’t have to be a science fiction
We can build a better foundation
On a new reflection,
A stronger Conviction
Humanity is also compassionate
On Thanksgiving cannot this be our fate
Driving us to home plate not to check mate
We could be first rate
So you want to be known as life loving Americans
Follow the first peoples sharing their goods
Invite refugees into your neighborhoods
put and end to bloated military budgets,
death dealing drones, nuclear weapons, open carry
Guaranteed to begin a new itinerary,
develop a new fiduciary
Leave a new hereditary
Invite refugees into your neighborhoods
put and end to bloated military budgets,
death dealing drones, nuclear weapons, open carry
Guaranteed to begin a new itinerary,
develop a new fiduciary
Leave a new hereditary
And then this:
Gratitude is the spine of humans
The divine in us, a thousand lumens
Vis a Vis the universe gratitude is the proper stance
A chance to advance us beyond our past sad doings and ruins
To gratefulness, to thanksgiving, its our song and dance
Gratitude is the spine of humans
The divine in us, a thousand lumens
Vis a Vis the universe gratitude is the proper stance
A chance to advance us beyond our past sad doings and ruins
To gratefulness, to thanksgiving, its our song and dance
― Steve Senesi
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