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Everything Can Change

from Everything Can Change by David Rovics

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I was talking with an Occupy Wall Street activist while surrounded by riot cops outside the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, and we were discussing the process of how social change happens (or doesn't happen, either way). It occurred to me that I could boil this whole thing down to 3 minutes or so, so I did (it's my job).

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First you have to have a problem
That part isn't hard
The second step is everybody realizing
They're like you -- they're holding the same card
Step three is finding there's a tactic
When everyone believes it could be true
That if all the people work collectively
There just might be something we can do

Everything can change so quick

The Congressmen and businessmen and TV sets
Will try hard to make sure it isn't so
"You don't have a problem and if you do it's not the SAME problem
"And if it is, well, there's just nowhere you can go"
But it's happened many times, the history is rich
Though we easily forget
How a meme can take hold and grab you
How it can spread out like a net

They'll say that we are lost, or we're dreaming
Or they'll make a dream for us
They'll try to come up with a good story, a convincing narrative
About why we belong at the back of the bus
About why we belong in this position
About how we don't know what we meant
About how there most certainly isn't any such thing
As the 99%

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from Everything Can Change, released May 18, 2013
Alejandro | bass
Jun | banjo, phin guitar

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David Rovics Portland, Oregon

Singer/songwriter, writer, podcaster (on Spotify, Substack & Patreon), anarchist, dad, lover of life.

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