[Intro – spoken over piano & muted trumpet]
“Down in the Quarter they preach salvation… but the river keeps risin’ anyway.”
[Verse 1 – Abortion vs. Vaccine]
I got the right to end a heartbeat, hush it in the dark,
But don’t you dare tell me what shot goes in my arm.
“My body, my choice” till the needle come around,
Then it’s “public health, boy—get your feet on the ground.”
Lord, Lord—same mouth, two different songs,
One life don’t count, but the other one’s wrong.
[Chorus – horns punch on the 2 & 4]
Oh the levee of lies keep a-risin’ high,
Talkin’ sweet salvation while the truth run dry.
Hypocrite levee, gonna break one day,
Wash all them double-talk saints away.
[Verse 2 – Global Greening]
They cry “world on fire,” sell me carbon guilt,
While the good green Earth done gained thirty percent.
Satellites see forests where the deserts used to moan,
But they still want my pickup and my air-conditioned home.
Satellite don’t lie, but the preacher sure do,
Greener than ever—still taxin’ me blue.
[Chorus]
[Verse 3 – Inclusivity / Cancel Culture]
“Love everybody”—till I speak my mind,
Then I’m hate incarnate, get thee left behind.
Rainbow flags wavin’ from the parade float throne,
But cross the party line, you march that street alone.
Inclusive gate swing one way, cher,
Step outta line—ain’t no welcome there.
[Verse 4 – Immigrants & NIMBY]
“Open them borders, let the tired come in,”
Till the Greyhound roll up to the mayor’s lawn again.
Sanctuary city till the shelter get full,
Then it’s “not in my ward, y’all—find another hole.”
Compassion got a zip code, sugar,
Love thy neighbor—long as he ain’t your neighbor.
[Verse 5 – Trump Derangement]
Orange man bad, every tweet a sin,
But the peace deals he signed—well, we just look away again.
Economy hummin’, hostages comin’ home,
Still the headline scream “devil on the throne.”
Blindfold justice wearin’ partisan blue,
Good don’t count if it’s comin’ from you.
[Verse 6 – Socialism / History]
“Try it one more time, this time it’ll be fair,”
While the ghosts of the Gulag still float in the air.
Venezuela starvin’, Cuba lockin’ doors,
But the T-shirt say “Seize the means”—at the campus store.
History’s a graveyard, baby,
But the choir keep singin’ that same ol’ hymn.
[Verse 7 – Kids / Sex Ed / Blockers]
Teach my baby ‘bout condoms in the second grade,
Put lil’ boys in dresses for the pride parade.
Block the hormones, pause the natural clock,
Then act surprised when the suicide numbers rock.
Care like a razor, shiny on the shelf,
Cut both ways when you love somethin’ else.
[Verse 8 – Gender / Biology]
XX, XY—simple as the sun,
But the lecture hall say “gender’s just for fun.”
Eyes tell the truth, chromosomes don’t bend,
Still they call me bigot for callin’ it men.
Biology’s a mirror, darlin’,
Some folks just hate what they see.
[Verse 9 – Promiscuity / Family]
Swipe right, hookup, no strings attached,
Pair-bond broken, future cracked.
Preach “do you” till the cradle stay empty,
Then wonder why the village got no kin
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