Momma's Peace Rap
I wish these were my words but they aren't. A fellow Des Moines social worker, Jan Hill, wrote this rap and it is now making the rounds on YouTube. If you'd like to see it search "momma's peace rap".
MOMMA'S PEACE RAP
I'm a middle aged mama with babies to save
and like all mamas, I don't want 'em in a grave
so I'm mad as hell and I won't take it anymore
it's long past time to end this crazy war!
The emperor tells us that we need more stuff--
all our money, resources and talent aren't enough
we have to conquer those foreign lands
and occupy them so they follow our command
But our country is abundant with all we need
our empire-building is purely greed
The only resource that's scarce these days
is the wisdom that we have to change our ways
Now emperor, I can see you're wearing no clothes
'cuz the naked truth is that you're causing our woes
You really don't care if everyone's free
Just freedom for you and your rich cronies--
to pillage our earth and plunder our people
and you hide behind a tall church steeple.
If you really believed what Jesus said
you'd be loving all the world's people instead
of killing off thousands and torturing too
and being the world's bully--the enemy is you!
Now more have died than were killed on 9/11
and the ones who survive feel there is no heaven
'cuz the hell they've lived will be with 'em forever
and you thank 'em by ignoring their endeavor
You've made us afraid and we've been distracted
by toys and idols so we haven't acted
We've kept too quiet and tried to behave
We forgot we're equals, not pharaoh's slave
You work for us--you're a public servant
In democracy we must all be observant
and protect our rights of privacy and speech
and learn to practice what we preach
We know without justice there can be no peace
but justice for "just us" now must cease
'cuz the world's caught on to what you're doing
it's the folks at home you think you're fooling
Emperor, do you know that an empire's fate
is to keep starting wars until it's too late?
They end in bankruptcy and revolution
until they find that the real solution
is to love your neighbor and work together
for it's when we all win that the world is better.
So homeland security begins at home
better clean up your own house and heed this poem.
Bring our babies home and end this slaughter
so we can have peace for each son and daughter.
I want all our babies to have the chance
to live and love and laugh and dance.
So, now it's time to start the talk
if we want our babies to walk the walk
we gotta show them how it's done
with respectful negotiation, not a gun.
Not bombs or missles or WMDs
but United Nations peace treaties.
Feeding the hungary, freeing the slave
working together with the world to save
us all from the fate of war's destruction
to be the world's helper not an obstruction
Be a team player at home and abroad
and stop dividing us with lies and fraud.
I'm a peace loving mama with lives to save
To live in peace we must all be brave
'cuz the empire tells us to hate each other
and forget we all are sisters and brothers.
The empire will try to dis my words
'cuz its scared that when the truth is heard
it's harder to keep us in a cave of denial
but the light of peace is worth the trial.
Let's imagine a world without chaos and greed
and pollution, war, famine and need.
Where the empire's domination will cease--
A world where all can live in peace.
