Inspired by the fate of the Gaza Flotilla as Israel attacked the Mavi Marmara Rachel Corrie peaceship on its way to provide aid to the needy in the occupied and oppressed prison camp that is the Gaza Strip, Johnny Punish rips open a wound and exposes it to the antiseptic light.
Exposed and without cover, Johnny Punish declares that “We’re All Human Beings” where peace, freedom, and justice for all mean just that, for all, and not just the chosen few.
LYRICS
We’re All Human Beings (2010)
Written and Performed by Johnny Punish. Produced by Johnny Punish, Dan Cordero, and David Cordero
We must be careful what we project
The law of attraction is always in check
Bringing us what we think
Extremists at the gate hey don’t blink
Cause what we think is what we bring
When we kiss the lies on a radical ring
And we think murder is moral thing
It only makes us forget…..
That we’re all Human Beings
We’re all Human Beings
We’re all Human Beings
We’re all Human Beings
When we can’t condemn an attack on the sea
On protestors just like you and me
Cause a talking head will say on TV
That the bad guy is the man on his knees
So the shipmates defend with sticks and stones
While the pirates shoot with bullets on bones
And the death toll rises while we go home
It only makes us forget
That we’re all Human Beings
We’re all Human Beings
We’re all Human Beings
We’re all Human Beings
Madison Avenue overdrive
Lobbyists pay to tell the lies
Beltway people speak nothing but jive
While taxpayers try to stay alive
And the shipmates defend with sticks and stones
Where’s my president get him on the phone
And the death toll rises and he’s not home
It only makes us forget
That we’re all Human Beings
We’re all Human Beings
We’re all Human Beings
We’re all Human Beings
2010 Copyright – Johnny Punish
Dan, yeah I used to be a punk, a punk rocker! Like you, many fans would yell “FUCK JOHNNY PUNISH” when we rocked out. Most of the time, when I flipped them off as a response, they would retort back with a “Right On Johnny” or a “Thumbs Up”.
So in the grand tradition of punk rock, please accept my endearing ‘FUCK OFF” with a polite and caring “ONE FINGER UP” as a punk rock way to break bread with your rude boy ass. Remember, you too are a Human Being. So next time, might I suggest that you try civility! It’s contagious and somehow confirms that we’re in the same tribe!