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Impressions of the general strike, Oakland, November 2, 2011.
lyrics
Oaklandish
B. Erickson 2012
Moses is at Telegraph and Broadway,
You can smell the burning bush
Chosen people shoved around,
Don’t forget that we know how to push
We took the streets again, you can’t deny it
We came to stay, we’re here to occupy it
And we’re Oaklandish
Oaklandish
Oaklandish
Oaklandish
Girl scouts are marching in a protest
‘cause someone’s blowing out their wish
The preacher’s sittin’ with the Buddha
The rabbi’s dancing with the fish
A crypto-fusion taco truck pulls up
and asks me if I want to fry it
“Maybe later” I say, “when I’m hungry,”
“right now I’m here to occupy it.”
And it’s Oaklandish
Oaklandish
Oaklandish
Oaklandish
It’s complicated, like a puzzle,
You stick a label, call it chaos?
If you can’t work it out or just don’t want to,
baby, that’s your loss
A thousand tongues tell many truths,
you know we’re here to testify it
We know what we’re doing
we all agree we’re here to occupy it
And it’s Oaklandish
Oaklandish
Oaklandish
Oaklandish
credits
from Beautiful Grotesque,
released September 14, 2012
Brad Erickson: vocals, guitar; Courtney Arnold: vocals; Olivia Rathbone: saxophone, vocals, percussion; Jason Berkman: drums; Sarah Topaz: bass.
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