"which side are you on?" - utopia81
Channel: utopia81
Date: 2020-05-09

They say a grassroots movement
Speaks for the passionate majority 
But instead we’re being silenced 
By the cold-blooded DNC 

They say we need moderation 
They say we need compromise 
But what we need is agitation 
Before any more meet their demise 

So if Biden wants our vote 
Then we need to know 

Which side are you on Joe
What's the struggle worth to him
Which side are you on Joe
What the system wants he'll give it to them

While Bernie was being dragged out 
Fighting for the black man 
Biden was bringing the flag out 
Fighting for segregation however he can 

He kept black kids out of white schools 
In seventies Deleware 
He fought for separate but equal 
So ask yourself for whom he cares 

They should’ve brought in kids from everywhere 
He should have fought for diversity 
But all he knows is branding 
To spin your ruin as charity 

When Joe Biden is the engine 
Of the political machine 
Our society's worst elements 
Become the gasoline 

So if Biden wants our vote 
Then we need to know 

Which side are you on Joe
What's the struggle worth to him
Which side are you on Joe
What the system wants he'll give it to them

Vote for Joe, vote for poverty  
Cuts to Medicare and Social Security  
A vote for Joe will no good do  
A vote for him's not a vote for you 

Our healthcare and social security 
Are bargaining chips to Joe 
As he reaches across the aisle 
We will reap what he will sow 

A union man in Michigan  
His soul to Biden bare  
Joe screamed and hissed and cursed at him  
So union men beware  

Vote for Joe, vote for the war machine 
Taking power from the moral majorities 
You say vote blue no matter who 
I say true blue is a prettier hue

Joe seems to love the warpath 
He votes for it again and again 
If they're pushing for a bloodbath 
What does it matter if he's civil then

Where were those weapons of mass destruction 
That you said Iraq had
Given how many lost their lives 
We need answers for Baghdad 

Joe had all the power 
Before we had shipped off 
When we needed direction 
He made sure that we were lost 

Then there are all the drone strikes 
Of the Obama administration 
Knowing how he used these weapons 
How can we trust him with this station

So if Biden wants our vote 
Then we need to know 

Which side are you on Joe
What's the struggle worth to him
Which side are you on Joe
What the system wants he'll give it to them

We can't sleep on problems like Joe does 
We need to get out and fight 
With more than guns and votes 
We'll take our world back and make it right   

If the next president is as bad  
As Joe or Trump would be  
You need to prepare to fight back  
You'll need to organize locally  

So if Biden wants your vote
Then we need to know

Which side are you on now
Which side of the fight
Which side are you on now
The downtrodden or the titans


Lyrics: Jordan Kelley, Bobby Tramontina
Vocals: Bobby Tramontina
Guitar: Bobby Tramontina, Luke Lueckert
Percussion: Bobby Tramontina, Jordan Kelley
Opening: Mario Savio's Speech at Sproul Hall Steps, December 2, 1964
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYSY2ohHFnQ)
Album Artwork: Jordan Kelley, Bobby Tramontina
Inspired by Pete Seeger's "Which Side Are You On?"