I was born
way back
In 1986
I'm an old man now
but I remember how it used to be
and now my grandchildren ask me
Grandad, they say
can tell us what it with like
on the old days of the Internet,
you know, before SOPA?
And I tell them,
when was that? Let me see ...
some time back
in the early XXI century
I remember when the Internet was free
Behind my keyboard, people let me be
See, there used to be a thing called Freedom of Speech
We had freedom to teach each other, freedom to preach
We had freedom to share culture and circulate ideas
Without the state trying to interfere, enter fear
We lost that freedom, not freedom as in free beer
But the freedom to be free from fear, even here
In the UK, the fact that I am from England
Isn't a matter that matter that matters to our new masters and kings
I was a chap who could sing and distribute my music
And like minded citizens could listen to it
I couldn't afford an orchestra
I was a poor performer
In more ways than one, so I found an alternate formula
Reintrepreted the media around me
Satirised the leader lies on found beats
Talked shop on top of a sample rock band
At least we used to, until rap got banned
At the SOPA
SOPA Cabana
The place where SOPA
SOPA can ban ya
We're at the SOPA
SOPA Cabana
the place where SOPA
SOPA can ban ya
You didn't have to act twisted to get your ass blacklisted
Just annoy a big business and get fisted
They had a vested interest in congress
If one messed with them, there will be one less
Our representatives never represent a shit
so the Internet was history, this was the end of it
I remember it like it was yesterday
I guess that day, I was too lazy to investigate
The escapades of another state's government
Now I'm left to pay because the covenant
that they signed that day, and ratified a law
Zipped our mouths and took away our appetite for more
I can't do much about now about the way it is
But if I can go back and change thing
truth is beauty
at least it used to be
And If you do disagree with this
then you can sue me
In the meantime I will keep on using Youtue
Even if it means I need to find a new video
IRC, darknets,
so digital's is down now?
I'll use pigeons and smoke signals
[Stop SOPA]
[Stop SOPA, the Internet is ours]
[Unite for our Internet]
[The Internet is ours]
[Government censorship protecting you from reality]
[SOPA Dis I don't like]
[If you criticized China for their Internet, then why do you want to censor our Internet]
[Stop the war on the Internets]
[You have no right to censor what isn't yours Stop SOPA]
[Stop SOPA!]
[The Internet is by the people for the people]
[SOPA Stop Online Privacy Act]
[Free Open internet for the people]
[SOPA is against humanity]
[To STOP us sharing is the same as to STOP us talking]
[Stop Sopa Like right now]
[The Internet is ours]
[SOPA? So wrong]
[All your internets are belong to us]
[You can't stop our freedom]
[Don't let the Internet take a SOPA to the knee]
[Song by DAN BULL - (douglby)]