Sable - Black Boys in Skate Parks (Black Boys on Mopeds/Sinead O'Connor Cover)
Channel: SableAradia
Date: 2018-06-23

I had to say something. I can't say, "It's none of my business" any longer. I am deeply disturbed by the rise of fascism in the United States and I had to speak.

I chewed on whether I had the right, because I'm Canadian, but then I thought, Sinead O'Conner is Irish and she wrote her song about England, so ...

I have changed ten words, so I can't really call it a filk. The chorus mostly came to me after Ferguson, much of the rest came after Charlottesville, and the last few words came when I heard that ICE was putting immigrant kids in cages.

Now I hear they're talking about "de-naturalizing" naturalized American citizens. This is the definition of the fascist playbook. We all know the steps to this dance. We've seen it before. The time to hope it isn't happening is past.

And you guys live right next door. I feel a bit like Poland, eyeing Germany in the late 30s and going, "Those guys are acting a bit funny over there ..."

In case there is any doubt, this song is effectively a cover (like I said, I changed ten words) of Sinead O'Connor's "Black Boys on Mopeds," which made me cry in the 90s. I do not intend any challenge to her copyright.

This video is released under a Creative Commons-Attribution license. You won't find any links to my Patreon or my music sale platforms here. In the folk tradition of protest songs, instead I say - please share. Maybe it will reach someone who needs to hear it. Thanks.

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