So, I think if I remember correctly, the first song to be written for the album "Databomb" was "Activate". A lot of what I was feeling at the time of writing this song is... I feel like people are forgetting and maybe not realizing that these are things we can do, to make sure our voices are heard... and any person in power or politician, is kind of forced to deal with us. And, I see younger generations, kind of just not being involved politically, cause they think it's all the same shit, and nothing changes despite what they do, so... they essentially do nothing. Whether a person votes or not, well... I mean ultimately it's up to them, but if you do nothing, you can't expect a different result. "Activate" is a protest song, and ultimately the message of the song is, don't sit and do nothing, actually get up and do something, cause if we do nothing, nothing will change, and we will see the erosion of our rights, and the way things are done, and it will be a lot easier for these politicians to do whatever the fuck they want to do, cause they know, no one is gonna do anything about it. As my generation gets older, and maybe this... every generation sees (although, I'm not sure Boomers are on the same page), it seems the younger generations are generally disengaged, and to me that is worrying, cause there truly are politicians that want to be in power cause they truly want some kind of dictator type scenario, they want to push their politics, their hate... because, they feel others aren't equal to them. It also seems this neo-liberal movement has resurfaced and they seem to want to give corporations and the rich more money, and their idea is that... if they give corporations more money, that it'll trickle down into society, but the truth of the matter is, typically when they give corporations more money, and bail them out of whatever crisis, the corporations will cut and run, pulling their investments in whatever endeavor they were meant to create, and give bonuses to their CEO's and shit. The money doesn't trickle down, they basically take it and run... no new jobs created.
We have the tools to change this!
Here is "Activate"!
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