{"id":146,"date":"2008-06-08T00:29:01","date_gmt":"2008-06-08T04:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/?p=146"},"modified":"2008-06-08T00:29:01","modified_gmt":"2008-06-08T04:29:01","slug":"revolution-spoken-word-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Revolution &#8211; Spoken Word #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Revolution<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/u><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><br \/>\nBe a new voice of the revolution,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nNot just a pawn of the institution,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nStanding up strong against persecution, <o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nMaking more meaningful contributions.<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nLet\u0092s unravel this convolution<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nOf justice that leads to more confusion<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nAbout what\u0092s real and what\u0092s illusion,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nCome, be a part of the revolution.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><br \/>\nWho am I to stand up against the face of power?<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nWho are you to tell me I\u0092ve got to sit back down?<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nWho am I to question figures of authority and<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nWho are you to pull my feet back to the ground?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><br \/>\nThis is not a test.<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nThis is not a drill.<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nThis demonstration of lyrical skill<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nFlowing like a toxic spill<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nGrowing like a landfill<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nWith my tongue as my quill,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nWe will distill this will until<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nIt fills our souls,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nTramples the traces<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nOf indifference from faces,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nFilling empty spaces, seeking graces <o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nFrom higher places. <o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\n<span>\u00a0<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Be a new voice of the revolution,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nNot just a pawn of the institution,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nStanding up strong against persecution, <o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nMaking more meaningful contributions.<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nLet\u0092s unravel this convolution<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nOf justice that leads to more confusion<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nAbout what\u0092s real and what\u0092s illusion,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nCome, be a part of the revolution.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/o:p><br \/>\nWho am I to live a faith of radical justice?<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nWho are you live in fear instead of trust this?<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nWho am I to bring new life to a dying planet?<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nWho are you to carve your rules in slabs of granite?<o:p><br \/>\n<\/o:p><br \/>\nThis is not a dream.<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nThis is not a joke.<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nThis demonstration of collective will<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nStarting quiet, then growing shrill,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nLike following Elijah up the hill<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nOnce you have seen you cannot sit still.<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nTruth grabs your mind,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nWhere once, you were blind,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nYou see a new design, <o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nSeek and you shall find,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nBut once found, won\u0092t be left behind.<o:p><br \/>\n<\/o:p><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Be a new voice of the revolution,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nNot just a pawn of the institution,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nStanding up strong against persecution, <o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nMaking more meaningful contributions.<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nLet\u0092s unravel this convolution<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nOf justice that leads to more confusion<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nAbout what\u0092s real and what\u0092s illusion,<o:p><\/o:p><br \/>\nCome, be a part of the revolution.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revolution \u00a0 Be a new voice of the revolution, Not just a pawn of the institution, Standing up strong against persecution, Making more meaningful contributions. Let\u0092s unravel this convolution Of justice that leads to more confusion About what\u0092s real and what\u0092s illusion, Come, be a part of the revolution. \u00a0 Who am I to stand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christianpiatt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}