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Make it Okay

by David Goodell

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People, how did we make it okay,
To kill indigenous people and say,
"It was our right to take their land away.
They were just savages anyway."

People, how do we make it okay,
To prosecute those who dare to stand in the way
While corporations plunder what's left and say,
"Profits are the American Way."

Well now we see the results of our delusions,
Resource extraction, waste and pollution.
Climate change, disease and poverty.
What will we leave for our children to see?

People, how did we make it okay
To take Africa's children for slaves?
Teach 'em 'bout Jesus, make 'em work everyday.
Hold 'em back, hold 'em down, shoot 'em dead
Make it harder to vote today.

Maybe we told ourselves we'd save their souls,
With our religion and capitalism.
I guess we justified these atrocities
As White Man's Burden, Manifest Destiny.

Have we forgotten our soul, our sacred sense of the One?
The earth and the sky, from which we all come?
Time has come, when we must hope, when we must pray
Somehow we can find a better way.

People, how do we make it okay,
To face our history honestly and say,
"We got to change how treat each other today.
Surely we can do better now, Eh Hey.

Have we courage it takes to look inside?
To question beliefs that we hold, with tenacious pride.
To see that some come from a troubled mind.
To see we all have them from the fear that maybe I won't get mine.

People, will we find a way
To clearly recognize our situation today?
"Cause time is quickly slipping away
While we're fighting, while we're fighting
The planet, the planet's burning,
The planet's burning while we fight each other,
Every inch of the way.

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released July 13, 2021
"Handsome" Pat Daly on B-3, Michael Goodell on guitar and baritone sax.
Words and music by David Goodell, with help and advice from Pat and Michael.

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