Lowkey, Tariq Ali - Skit 2 (Soundtrack to the Struggle lyrics
[Lowkey, Tariq Ali - Skit 2 Soundtrack to the Struggle lyrics]
Dear friends, I think it's now
Time to at least
Have a first balance sheet, not the last
The first balance sheet of
The Obama presidency
As many of you know the images
Of the campaign are still vivid
Big, large mobilizations in the United
States, of young people primarily
Desperate for change
And the slogan of that campaign:
Change We Can Believe In"
Change Change Change
But what has changed and what hasn't changed
There has been of course been
A change in the presidency
And we can't complain too much about that
(Laughter)
There is a new vice-president also
In the United States
And we can't complain too much about that
(Laughter and Applause)
But the Defence Secretary is
The same that's the
Guy who sit's in the pentagon and
Organizes wars, and the reason he was kept
On was to show that there is
There are both elements of
Discontinuity at the
Top AND very strong elements of continuity
And the reason for that, is that
If you wear Caesar's clothes
You have to behave like Caesar
Time to at least
Have a first balance sheet, not the last
The first balance sheet of
The Obama presidency
As many of you know the images
Of the campaign are still vivid
Big, large mobilizations in the United
States, of young people primarily
Desperate for change
And the slogan of that campaign:
Change We Can Believe In"
Change Change Change
But what has changed and what hasn't changed
There has been of course been
A change in the presidency
And we can't complain too much about that
(Laughter)
There is a new vice-president also
In the United States
And we can't complain too much about that
(Laughter and Applause)
But the Defence Secretary is
The same that's the
Guy who sit's in the pentagon and
Organizes wars, and the reason he was kept
On was to show that there is
There are both elements of
Discontinuity at the
Top AND very strong elements of continuity
And the reason for that, is that
If you wear Caesar's clothes
You have to behave like Caesar