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The 4th of July

from Hol​(​e​)​y Guitar by Davey Dynamite

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Written a few years ago, this song is a very strong criticism of this country's symbolism and the hypocrisy/dissonance it has always held with a large part of its population. This song could be a million verses long. If you don't agree or find alot of it ridiculous then that is fine. This is my honest opinion and I welcome all other honest opinions. Because like free speech and stuff

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Sleep ain’t easy once again, he lights a cigarette
the flashing lights, the booms and sirens
make it so hard to forget
the blood of battle, the artillery
yeah this is life, with PTSD

and as he thinks about the friends who had to die
all we can say, is happy 4th of July

Yeah she’s stuck working at walmart
one big sale, all today
red, white and blue fills their shopping carts
what she would give for one vacation day
she’s paid so little she’s on welfare
because minimum is not a living wage

so as she cleans up all that shit in aisle 5
all she can think, is happy 4th of July

and they’re sitting in their jail cells
just more victims, of a war on crime
we lock up more than any other
they pay in blood, sweat, tears, and time
there is no hope in this system
they know it has never fought for them

so as their court dates get pushed back another time
they wonder if they’ll survive,
another 4th of July

and I sit at my computer just about every day
and now we know they are collecting everything we do and say
our freedoms are being stripped away
the very freedoms we’re supposed to celebrate today

so as I pick up this guitar of mine
all I can sing, is fuck the 4th of July

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from Hol​(​e​)​y Guitar, released November 1, 2016

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Personal/political storytellin and yellin from Chicago.

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