Mark J. Halliday Poet Lyric

Notes About The Poem

I wrote this 27 June to read at a Poetry Slam and Open Mic night at the East Village Cafe in Monterey, California.  I sang with guitar my song Some Sorrows, which I just reposted with the version I currently sing.  I left the Slam early, and think I was in 3rd place at the time.

Grassroots Revolution

The government’s been lobotomized	
The left and right’s too polarized
The media has us hypnotized		
All the topsoil’s getting sterilized
What have we gotten ourselves into?

Nobody’s talking face to face		
They need a computer interface
If we keep going at this pace		
There won’t be no more human race
What have we gotten ourselves into?

I humbly propose a clean solution	
We don’t need to change the Constitution
No need to make no contribution	
Just start a grass roots revolution
Stop being the problem and be the solution

If you don’t know what’s going on, WAKE UP!
If Big Brother’s doing wrong, SPEAK UP!
If someone’s hurting someone, STAND UP!
Be a participant in life, not a critic, not a spectator.

Someday when you’re old and gray	
You might look back fondly on today
Was it the day you chose a better way	
Or was it just like any other day
To change the world, change yourself first and expand from there.

Start a grass roots revolution.

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