“(rhy) sing it people / (thm) sing it children / (nation) sing it if you want a better way of life”

[larryhammer]

For Poetry Monday:

Betrayed, Labi Siffre

To despise your government
To distrust your government
To be unable to respect your government
To know the leader of your country has contempt
for the people of your country
To be angered
not because it’s “Not in my name”
but because it IS in my name


Siffre is a British singer and songwriter who posted this on his blog on 7 Mar 2022 .

---L.

Subject quote from Rhythm Nation, Janet Jackson. Both song and video slap hard.