Uncle Tam's Cabin

Uncle Tam's Cabin

Let's trigger this thing to get out the votes
For bigger and better double standards to loathe
Great smiles with poignant political perceptions
Triumphantly choosing entitlement receptions

One law to abide for common people in silence
Another of spending in frolics of noncompliance
Patient, long suffering, and forgiving are we
We're the kind folks who voted you to office Hawaii

All in favor of a ban of stinky folks in buses
Raise your right hand as family complicity fusses
Do we knowingly stay and work to pay taxes?
Only to furnish colorful dishes to battle axes

If runaway spending could testify as a citizen
Harboring or assisting would be a fugitive politician
Was it directly related to some council duty?
Or business associates family members of beauty

Restore in us all the true meaning of entitlements
That the world owes us a living for all our embattlements
It's expensive to conduct city business virtually
Justify the expense will come to defense eventually

Take a mandatory nap compliments of Rob
Forget evil morality or stealing on the job
Those redeeming possibilities of stepping down
Seems even more intriguing it's now the talk of the town

There are outrages that separate good people from bad
Separating politicians from the public trust they had
Leave behind some ethical structural model to unfurl
Will we ever be taken seriously in our marshmallow world?

Only we the people can author our own authority
And try to save America from political audacity
Retrieve the moral power and sanctity of public citizen
As this era of office holders becomes a social denizen

Truth lies in the death of honesty in government
Makes us cry as if to wonder what our lover meant
Be a hero now and change the view of Hawaiian politic
These cultures of spending have got to go away quick

Spending held captive by political slave master
How will we ever avoid this upcoming disaster
Transform yourself now stand up for your journey
Take the next step sir councilman step down in a hurry

So carefree sexy spending for a Valentines romance
Too eager to please a hungry family's business dance
Bowing down to the dinner check with ill gotten funds
Unintended costs over Chinatown crime prevention guns

Yes we thought you were who we wanted you to be
Now newly reported notations face a possibility
Justified, dismissed, and diminished this may be
Still remains our image of who we thought you would be

How much more longer to wear these blinders must we
The fraud in your corner out of fear couldn't see
Thankful to someone for removing our blinders are we
Face yourself now Uncle Tam, step down, set yorself free

When fancy talk gets relieved of its duty
Living your life becomes you as a beauty
Congratulations to you on coming to where you are
But your journey is not over now, not by far

Your pattern of deciet and good days are numbered
If only somebody could have counted to a hundred
We thought you to be one of the good guys we depend
Embark on your journey Rod you can still be the man

You can finish it standing at your personal ground zero
No better do the right thing step down be the hero
Passive resistance is only part of this thing
How much longer can you listen to your phone ring?

We know something inside you led you there
First embarked on your journey you really did care
Always been attracted to those freebie things?
To you, who you are and what you are worth is king

We voted you in but not to your chosen persuit
Conformed wishes left you in that dapper suit
We gave you our trust you had your own voice
Your spending held captive by a political choice

Why should we care if you feel bad about this?
Start a new journey by stepping down, off with a kiss
Prior approval for your impropriety now needs to be
So we invite you now on that inner journey go see

You can settle this complaint Mr council man
Now this other little journey must be part of your plan
A run for congress or Governor's seat
Michael Jackson said it best, now it you must beat

So trigger it now light that good flame
Constituents forgive we're not fast to blame
So the next move is yours and we won't trouble you more
Just please stand up and walk down that ramp out the door

And about that chattered talk you said were allegations
Fancy talk has a way to damn the greatest of nations
Spending accepts its fate and just continue on as usual
Listening to someone other than yourself for perusal

Take us to task even make us now sing
Sometimes even councilmen needs counseling
So many others hear and see these words
You have to do something besides a few blurbs

Through smelly little naps or a mandatory snack
You have to believe us we had your back
To be ready and willing you have to hear it from within
Come on please now take that journey get in

We trust you didn't here footsteps not even a sound
Just say no when the next one comes around
Maybe public education can ask you about the economy
You can chair a seat in the zone then put on a comedy

The possibilities are endless like the crime in Chinatown
Where they may less than the amount charged put down
No greater satisfaction than helping the homeless
You can dedicate your life to those with boneheadedness

Next Valentines Day you can make it to the ball
Even pick up the phone and return a call
We are left with one fact and that's for you to get traction
And allow us to follow you and railroad your action

We know you see the gravity in this seat that got hot
You liked gravity's pull to your favorite dining spot
To follow up with a little action now connect the dots
Even out and holding that sign, we loved you lots

Now whimsical stubbornness can't get you far
Thoughts of governors and mayors drive away far
You can go back to the old way try to do it if you can
Think about it Ron, as we now hold a grown man's hand

Characterizations defined as fitting into racist norms
Cast within the apologetics of oncoming storms
Stripped of your strength in that little think tank
Your capacity to irritate rankles the file and rank

Yes councilmen need a little counsel time happening
Who opposes illegals swimming and city workers napping?
Snacking with homeless smells can't ride the bus
Whoever really cares about all that fuss?

Uncle Tam you understand gravity but will you act on it?
We have all created an image of who we wanted to sit
We know you have been long suffering in that little trance
To listen to your phone ring without passive resistance

We forgive you for we know we were the ones that voted you in
It's really not your fault go ahead have a little grin
Understand gravity and the weight of the complaint
Your dining out feeding frenzy makes us all faint

Order up now but stop feeding your friends
With stolen money you might get them in trouble again
Now they too have to distance themselves from you
Under crush of your faith in your entitlement boo boo

Your pattern of misuse renews the resolve
You can still be a hero you can show us up all
Do the right thing, step down take a minute
It's for the better, and you'll be a better man for it