ON THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY
MAKE A PLEDGE
TO RESCUE AMERICA FROM INVERSION
TO SHIFT POWER RELATIONS
AWAY FROM GLOBAL CORPORATIONS
AND BACK TO THE WORKING PERSON
THIS 4TH OF JULY
MAKE A PLEDGE
TO NEVER TRADE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR FALSE SECURITY
EVEN IF IT'S TERMED "PATRIOTISM"
TO REMEMBER THAT TRUE PATRIOTS DEFEND UNIVERSAL FREEDOM
AND INSIST ON EXPOSING FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS
THAT HIDES UNDER THE GUISE OF JINGOISM
THIS 4TH OF JULY
RECOGNIZE THAT COLORS (RED WHITE AND BLUE) ARE JUST COLORS
AND WORDS (FREEDOM, PATRIOTISM, TERRORISM) ARE JUST WORDS
AND START PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW THEY'RE USED
TO MANIPULATE AND MOVE
THE MASSES OF SHEEP TOWARD THE SLAUGHTER
THIS 4TH OF JULY
UPSET THE CHAIN REACTION
OF PROBLEM REACTION SOLUTION
AND CONSIDER THE CAUSE
MAKE A PLEDGE TO RESIST
INJUSTICES DONE IN OUR NAME
MAKE A PLEDGE TO BE INFORMED CITIZENS
TO SEEK INFORMATION ACTIVELY
TO REALIZE THAT THE "NEWS"
IS A MEANS TO RE-DESIGN LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE PERSPECTIVES
TO HINDER PROGRESSIVE DISCUSSION AND DEMOCRACY
MAKE A PLEDGE TO MOVE BEYOND POLARIZING POLITICS
TO BRIDGE GAPS BETWEEN POLITICAL LABELS
AND AFFIRM THAT WE ARE AT ONCE ALL HUMAN
AND SHOULD HOLD FREEDOM TO BE SELF EVIDENT
HOLD THE BANNER OF SKEPTICISM HIGH
AND PROCLAIM THAT FREEDOM MEANS BEING ABLE
TO WALK DOWN THE STREET WITHOUT BEING TAPED
TO TALK ON THE PHONE WITHOUT BEING TAPPED
AND TO LOVE WITHOUT BEING CONDEMNED FOR YOUR PREFERENCES
THIS 4TH OF JULY
DE-COLONIZE YOUR MIND AND MAKE IT FREE
DEBUNK RHETORICAL MANIPULATION
BY TELLING OTHERS OF YOUR DREAMS
THE DREAMS THAT TRANSCEND POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
DREAMS OF LAWS FOR THE SAKE OF JUSTICE
DREAMS OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE SAKE OF EQUALITY
DREAMS OF ART FOR THE SAKE OF ART
DREAMS OF LOVE FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE
THIS 4TH OF JULY
DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE FROM OIL
DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE FROM BIG BUSINESS
DELCARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE FROM ADDICTION
REMEMBER THAT WE'RE ALL CONNECTED
FOCUS ON OUR COMMON GROUND, NOT OUR DIFFERENCES
REFUSE DIVISIVE POWER AND UNITE
ACROSS CULTURAL DIVIDES
ACROSS GENDER CONSTRUCTS
ACROSS POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
ACROSS PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BORDERS
REALIZE THAT WORDS LIKE
"ILLEGAL"
"TERRORISM"
"BORDERS"
"DRUGS" AND "CRIME"
ARE NEVER AS ONE-SIDED AND SIMPLE
AS THEY'RE MADE TO SEEM
LOVE AMERICA NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE TOLD IT WAS
IN HISTORY BOOKS THAT MISINFORM
BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT IT CAN BE
WHEN WE CHOKE RACISM,
DIFFUSE THE WORDS THAT DIVIDE US,
AND TAKE IT BACK
FROM THE FORCES OF GREED
EACH ONE
TEACH ONE
THIS 4TH OF JULY