Larry Brown
Jul 21, 2017 · 2 min read

MY LATEST CONTRIBUTION IS A MUSICAL ONE

A song dedicated to the simple reality that revolution occurs in nature 100% of the time when conditions become sufficiently oppressive.

“SHAKE IT UP”

If you’re going out tonight and you’re tired of being quiet

shake it up

If you don’t like what ya hearin’ and you wanna start a riot

shake it up

Go ahead and light a fire when the flames get higher

Don’t ya listen if they start to ball

Cause ya know revolution’s the traditional solution

remember it’s their own damn fault

They’ve been lyin’ and cheatin’ till you feel like you’ve been beaten”

Shake it up

When they promise you the moon then they sing a different tune

Shake it up

They like it stirred not shaken but everything is taken

and that doesn’t leave much for you

I won’t sit in an ivory tower

Won’t hide in the dark and cower

take it to the streets till we’re runnin free

Were gonna have a full on mutiny

Fight on, till the castle falls

cause some turbulence when duty calls

gonna raise hell if it takes all hour

cause when you speak truth to power

ya shake it on up

Seems like nothing ever happens till we’re talking tough

shake it up

I can’t help thinkin’ deep inside they like it rough

shake it up

They never seem to learn and that’s why we gotta burn em

whatever history might bring

Friendly persuasion is only effective

Once ya get their attention with the with the real thing

I won’t sit in an ivory tower

Won’t hide in the dark and cower

take it to the streets till we’re runnin free

Were gonna have a full on mutiny

Fight on, till the castle falls

cause some turbulence when duty calls

gonna raise hell if it takes all hour

cause when you speak truth to power

ya shake it on up

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