{"id":24314,"date":"2020-09-10T08:56:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T15:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=24314"},"modified":"2022-09-11T10:15:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T17:15:19","slug":"dedicated-to-imperfect-heroes-because-the-villains-arent-perfect-either","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=24314","title":{"rendered":"Dedicated to Imperfect Heroes Because the Villains Aren\u2019t Perfect Either"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Dedicated to Imperfect Heroes Because the Villains Aren\u2019t Perfect Either<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The paradox is that we have to use imperfect tools to perfect an imperfect world<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I don\u2019t mind imperfect heroes; because the villains aren\u2019t perfect either<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It\u2019s all a work in progress as we progress

And maybe that is what is perfect<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Teach me, preach me
Just so you can leech me
Dis\u2019 me, stress me
Now you want to test me<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Chain me, cane me
Belittle and defame me
Sick me, cure me
Socially endure me<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

All he tried to tell us is
THEY DON\u2019T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT US!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Imperfect heroes and imperfect villains
Imperfect justice
extrajudicial killings
Get your hands dirty and roll up your sleeves<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Imperfect drugs are making perfect junkies
On my back a family of monkeys
Pandemic has us all down on our knees<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If Michael Jackson were livin\u2019
He wouldn\u2019t believe
shite Trumps not giving<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Shoot me; tase me
Boy, you just amaze me
Fool me; school me
Choke me \u2018til I drool, me<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Slap me; zap me
better double tap me
Jail me; bail me
Michael tried to tell me<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

All he tried to tell us is
THEY DON\u2019T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT US!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Lies and deceptions
Not misconceptions
Selling missiles while we defund the schooling
When a mantis prays it\u2019s not piety<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There are no bootstraps, and there are no boots
Food lines longer; don\u2019t ask just shoot
No safety net for our society<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If Gil were stil among us
He\u2019d write a song for peace and justice<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Thunder lightning
Give me COVID-19
Rain me hail me
Brother can you tell me<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Spurn me burn me
Now we\u2019re finally learning
Zone-less homeless
Boy they really owned us<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

All he tried to tell us is
THEY DON\u2019T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT US!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What did he know; and, when did he know it?
If you are angry then burn, vote, and show it!
This system ain\u2019t gonna change itself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

My heroes dead; my enemies are rulin\u2019
This country needs a drastic retooling
I have two fist and only just one heart<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If Prince were still embodied
He\u2019d purple hex this Orange John Gotti<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Climate crisis; blame it all on Isis
Gangster, Prankster
Legalize The Dank, Sir

Burning forest
Is there still hope for us
Sap glove; bullet
Got a trigger; pull it<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

All he tried to tell us is
All he tried to tell us is
All he tried to tell us is
All he tried to tell us is
All he tried to tell us is
THEY DON\u2019T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT US!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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(Image Credit: Rewire<\/a> \/ Annette Bernhardt)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dedicated to Imperfect Heroes Because the Villains Aren\u2019t Perfect Either The paradox is that we have to use imperfect tools to perfect an imperfect world I don\u2019t mind imperfect heroes; because the villains aren\u2019t perfect either It\u2019s all a work in progress as we progress And maybe that is what is perfect Teach me, preach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":306,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4738,4962,6554,6336,6337],"class_list":["post-24314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-blacklivesmatter","tag-sayhername","tag-all-he-tried-to-tell-us-is","tag-heidi-lindemann","tag-michael-perry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24314"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26475,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24314\/revisions\/26475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}