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Have the ***** the SPIRIT the SPINAL BONES stacked strong and straight Have the GUMPTION the STRENGTH Have the JAW to take a knock for honesty Have the FREEDOM for goodness sake Don’t tell me what you should tell me something REAL Say what I know you’re thinking, Say it LOUD Be proud of your thought think for yourself Throw a curveball of integrity into the conversation leading to apathy Say it with your EYES as well as your lips Don’t just mouth the words like some mechanical clone People need to push up against your SOUND Rub lies up the wrong way stop saying what is safe Try to match untruth WORD for WORD with the straight, black, hard line that runs right through people’s shifting eyes Be UNCOMFORTABLE UNCOMPROMISING Speak your words like a gift to heads starved for RIGHT Speak up man Speak up to the man Let your speech slam against the grain don’t be a fool swimming with the tide give people the PEARLS of your mind Don’t ever be blinded for the sake of a world without a spine Say the words that have been buried deep under a pile of correctness and say them NOW. © 2012 Zoe Tuckey
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Jul 23, 2012
Jul 23, 2012 at 7:21 AM UTC
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Have the ***** the SPIRIT the SPINAL BONES stacked strong and straight Have the GUMPTION the STRENGTH Have the JAW to take a knock for honesty Have the FREEDOM for goodness sake Don’t tell me what you should tell me something REAL Say what I know you’re thinking, Say it LOUD Be proud of your thought think for yourself Throw a curveball of integrity into the conversation leading to apathy Say it with your EYES as well as your lips Don’t just mouth the words like some mechanical clone People need to push up against your SOUND Rub lies up the wrong way stop saying what is safe Try to match untruth WORD for WORD with the straight, black, hard line that runs right through people’s shifting eyes Be UNCOMFORTABLE UNCOMPROMISING Speak your words like a gift to heads starved for RIGHT Speak up man Speak up to the man Let your speech slam against the grain don’t be a fool swimming with the tide give people the PEARLS of your mind Don’t ever be blinded for the sake of a world without a spine Say the words that have been buried deep under a pile of correctness and say them NOW. © 2012 Zoe Tuckey
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Jul 23, 2012
Jul 23, 2012 at 7:21 AM UTC
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