Cancel Culture

There's a whole lot in our culture I'd cancel if I could:

instead of banning books, I'd ban gerrymandering for good;

the rich would feed the poor like the good Lord said they should;

and every child (without exception) would feel loved and understood.

No more whitewashing our history when the truth will set us free.

No more watching corporate profits soar while people sink into poverty.

No more telling kids they're flawed because you think that your god would.

There's a whole lot in our culture I'd cancel if I could.

There's a whole lot in our culture we should cancel right away:

instead of banning saying gay, we should ban racist holidays;

teachers should get to teach without worrying about their pay

or if they'll have an active shooter that they'll have to keep at bay.

No more kids in bulletproof-backpacks — it's a school, not a war.

No more pretending that machine guns are what the 2nd amendment was for.

No more doing nothing because it's easier most days.

Yeah, there's a whole lot in our culture we should cancel right away.

There's a whole lot in our culture we could cancel if we tried:

instead of banning abortions, we could trust women to decide;

every size and shape of body could be normalized;

and every type of mental illness could finally be destigmatized.

No more squeezing and contorting into boxes we don't fit.

No more saying that we're fine when we're not but scared to admit it.

No more telling little boys, "it's better not to cry."

Yeah, there's a whole lot in our culture we could cancel if we tried.

We've been marching in these streets singing We Shall Overcome,

praying all the world would give up all their bombs and all their guns.

I just want peace of every kind for the whole world tonight,

and to believe Martin was right —

we can drive out the darkness with the light.

Drive out the darkness.

Drive out the darkness.

We can drive out the darkness with the light.

Drive out the darkness.

Drive out the darkness.

We can drive out the darkness with the light.

Drive out the darkness.

Drive out the darkness.

We can drive out the darkness with the light.

Drive out the darkness.

Drive out the darkness.

We can drive out the darkness with the light.