Lay Down My Law (Dedicated to Dann and Emily Read)
- 4 years ago
--LYRICS--
PEOPLE:
The rules I am about to tell you
are in no particular order.
They are all of equal importance
and that would be the HIGHEST importance.
LISTEN!
First things first, you've got to know
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
This is how we start the show
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
Not the laws of your po-po
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
Government enforced? Fuck no!
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
Rule ONE when you come to my show:
If you're no-homo, there's the door, out you go
cuz I'm pro-queer. I want no fear
for the L-G-B-T-plus folk here
and I don't care if everyone of you are straight.
I want queer folk to know there's no hate
in the place, any place I perform with my face
on the door: my laws enforce a safe space.
Y'all gotta copy and paste that statement
into ALL of the conversations
that you have with your mates about me, so in case
word of mouth escalates outta reach of a straight
set of ears to a queer's - They'll give cheers
cuz here's a show they can attend without sneers
from their peers, bullying jeers and broke bottles
of beers that result when hostility rears it's head.
Instead, they can all have FUN.
The thing we ALL need when the week is done?
Who the fuck has fun when they're stood there wondering
"Will I get hurt or killed by someone?"
First things first, you've got to know
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
This is how we start the show
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
Not the laws of your po-po
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
Government enforced? Fuck no!
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
Key point when I said rule one:
Feeling threatened among a crowd's not fun.
Remember that point cuz I will carry it through
the next set of rules, starting with rule TWO:
Do not speak, murmur, whisper or yell
anything racist. Like HELL am I
forgiving you for that one. Go ahead. Tell me
you're sorry. Get the fuck out. You're not welcome.
Don't take aim and shame color of skin,
one's upbringing or place of origin, or
the cultural or societal trappings
that make each life experience so distinct.
Not ONE of these things are threatening.
You know what is threatening? YOU BEING THREATENING!
Make a verbal or physical threat
and you're the issue. Nobody else. Let's get
to rule number THREE: Misogyny.
If you can't live without it, FUCK OFF. LEAVE.
You can have the fun you wanna have without the need
to give sexist opinions an inch to breathe.
The women in the crowd and around the globe
must deal with ENOUGH shit and not implode
internally, without living with each mode
of femme-resentment the worst minds unload
so decode all those warped, childish endorsements
of "gender wars" and such horse-shit.
Reinforce it when you talk shit
in these walls? Without warning: You're gone. CHORUS
First things first, you've got to know
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
This is how we start the show
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
Not the laws of your po-po
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
Government enforced? Fuck no!
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
(Ran out of space! For the rest of the lyrics, visit the song's download link below!)
https://soundcloud.com/queerdweeb/lay-down-my-law
PEOPLE:
The rules I am about to tell you
are in no particular order.
They are all of equal importance
and that would be the HIGHEST importance.
LISTEN!
First things first, you've got to know
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
This is how we start the show
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
Not the laws of your po-po
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
Government enforced? Fuck no!
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
Rule ONE when you come to my show:
If you're no-homo, there's the door, out you go
cuz I'm pro-queer. I want no fear
for the L-G-B-T-plus folk here
and I don't care if everyone of you are straight.
I want queer folk to know there's no hate
in the place, any place I perform with my face
on the door: my laws enforce a safe space.
Y'all gotta copy and paste that statement
into ALL of the conversations
that you have with your mates about me, so in case
word of mouth escalates outta reach of a straight
set of ears to a queer's - They'll give cheers
cuz here's a show they can attend without sneers
from their peers, bullying jeers and broke bottles
of beers that result when hostility rears it's head.
Instead, they can all have FUN.
The thing we ALL need when the week is done?
Who the fuck has fun when they're stood there wondering
"Will I get hurt or killed by someone?"
First things first, you've got to know
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
This is how we start the show
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
Not the laws of your po-po
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
Government enforced? Fuck no!
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
Key point when I said rule one:
Feeling threatened among a crowd's not fun.
Remember that point cuz I will carry it through
the next set of rules, starting with rule TWO:
Do not speak, murmur, whisper or yell
anything racist. Like HELL am I
forgiving you for that one. Go ahead. Tell me
you're sorry. Get the fuck out. You're not welcome.
Don't take aim and shame color of skin,
one's upbringing or place of origin, or
the cultural or societal trappings
that make each life experience so distinct.
Not ONE of these things are threatening.
You know what is threatening? YOU BEING THREATENING!
Make a verbal or physical threat
and you're the issue. Nobody else. Let's get
to rule number THREE: Misogyny.
If you can't live without it, FUCK OFF. LEAVE.
You can have the fun you wanna have without the need
to give sexist opinions an inch to breathe.
The women in the crowd and around the globe
must deal with ENOUGH shit and not implode
internally, without living with each mode
of femme-resentment the worst minds unload
so decode all those warped, childish endorsements
of "gender wars" and such horse-shit.
Reinforce it when you talk shit
in these walls? Without warning: You're gone. CHORUS
First things first, you've got to know
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
This is how we start the show
I LAY DOWN MY LAW
Not the laws of your po-po
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
Government enforced? Fuck no!
I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW
(Ran out of space! For the rest of the lyrics, visit the song's download link below!)
https://soundcloud.com/queerdweeb/lay-down-my-law