[Micah Bournes]

It's 2014 and you might think we preaching to the choir

Who doesn't believe in equality these days?

Only the crazies on the fringes

The primitive macho men who beat their chests like apes

God, I hate sexists!

And the brainless racists who still see in black and white

And the homophobic hyper-religious

If only the true God would smite these bigots

So the rest of us can live in peace

[Both]

Slow your roll revolutionaries

[Micah Bournes]

Let us be careful not to demonize our oppressors

Lest we become just like them

Calling humans something other than human

And I know it's natural to hate your enemies

But we of faith cannot be slaves to our nature

"I'm only human!"

No. Being human is not an excuse for wrongdoings

It's what makes them unacceptable

We are human

[Propaganda]

I think when it comes down to it, we've been asking the wrong questions

Appealing to assumed emotions

Barking up the wrong trees

I think the real question is: "What is person?"

We who have managed to maintain this mortal coil

Must continue to answer this question

Oddly enough, the answer was much more fluid than I expected

Oddly enough, the answer depends on when, or where it was asked

Well, "We are protoplasm,"

"We are chemical reactions,"

"We are closed ecosystems,"

"We are overgrown primates with egos"

That still can't explain pyramids

Or love

And I asked my estranged father

How he knew he was in love

He said, "Son, if I knew, I'd write a book. Be a millionaire."

Persons

These truths we hold to be self-evident

That my grandfather was 3/5 of a person until full persons could reach a compromise

Persons, that until their documents become un-unned, are aliens

Persons! We don't even know when we become them

At conception, at birth, or when you name 'em

Or when you simply decide you're gonna keep 'em

Persons

Does a person become a person

Because of other persons

Or is a person a person independent of other person's perceptions?

And silly us! Can a person own property?

Can a person be property?

Persons

[Micah Bournes]

We are human

Possessing a consciousness which bucks against animal instinct

And calls us to be human

And love our enemies

Bless those who curse us

Do good to those who hate us

Pray for those who persecute us

Yes; these are things only humans can do because only we are fashioned after divinity

A God who became that which He made and died naked while praying for the forgiveness of those killing Him

That, my friends, is a revolutionary concept

That is the only type of justice which moves beyond

Dictators playing King of the Hill

So be responsible and vote

But know that most injustice is legalized

Most truth speakers are crucified

And policy change requires sacrifice

Amendments are written in the blood of martyrs and victims

Justice is victor only when those alien to her are per-soni-fied

[Propaganda]

And I can tell you lies

Sweet little lies

I can feed your dirty little mind

Go head, shut ya eyes

No, tighter!

Better yet, put on one of those lil sleepy masks

Maybe the stars will disappear

Close your curtains

No, tighter!

Maybe the sun will cease to exist

It's a stupid question; of course falling trees make noise

And slavery is real, and business is booming, thank you very much

So go ahead, write your little songs

Twerk your little heart out

Be the best culture vulture you could possibly be

Make it rain until all your rent money

Lands in the backpack of a monster

That has no concept of self-perception

And no that he is just that-- a monster

That has no idea what "person" is