#protest #folk #singersongwriter This song was conceived a while ago, with the first surge of ICE in LA. Then just finished it last week after the tragedy happening in Mpls. It seemed to me and everyone, like the country was really turning into an Autocracy. All the power and decisions were concentrated in one man, and none of the sycophants in his orbit ever questioned him or disagreed out of fear. No matter how cruel, or non-sensical, or inhumane. So, I was looking at comparisons to how this autocracy happens in other countries. Google defines Autocracy: "Highly centralized presidential power, manipulated elections, and repression of opposition figures and independent media." i.e. Russia. Seems pretty much what he is attempting to do... so this is one man's response.

Hey there everybody let me tell you the story about the man on top and his path to glory You see the way to succeed is a simple plan you got to follow the way of history man

You got to control the media and the press and anyone to opposes you is just a mess the stories you don’t like just call it fake news nothing bad is ever true when its all about you

Refrain The people don’t matter to you, and that’s a fact they voted for you, but that’s in the past you got the power, you‘re an autocrat

Then you make everyone afraid for their jobs If they go against you, you treat them like dogs and if they don’t agree, if they don't look like you you can lock em up in prisons too

Then you got to build a great big wall to keep the aliens out you build it tall then you round up the ones who made it through and send them back that’s what you do

When the people complain about their rights you follow that up with a show of might you send in the troops to put them down and if they don’t like it send em outta town

Refrain Someday there’s gonna be a reckoning you may not see it but, Its coming your cruelty and greed and your pettiness it all comes due when they come to arrest

Democracy will die, for you and I but you don’t care as long as you get to fly on your fancy jet plane, they gave to you while the people below struggle just to buy food