"1965" (parody based on the Prince song, "1999")

“1965” (parody based on the Prince song “1999”)

(So, we abolished slavery

But we would like to bring it back)

We’ll change the terminology

So it don’t sound like we’re against blacks

 

(Let’s go and pass some bills

To make it harder for you to vote)

You’re no longer three-fifths a person

Yet we still think your voice shouldn’t count

 

Cuz we know

Our policies were only popular at the dawn of time

So everybody should pretend that it’s 1965

 

We’ll put you in prison for pot

20 to life sounds bigly fair

Require fines you can’t afford

Unless you’re a millionaire

 

Good luck getting a job

Or any kind of ID

We’ll force you back to crime

And then make you wish that you were never free

 

Cuz we know

Our policies were only popular at the dawn of time

So everybody should pretend that it’s 1965

 

We like to say All Lives Matter

Yeah, but that doesn’t make it so

When a comatose black man gets shot

We figure he did something wrong

 

Cops saw a tube in his mouth

He may have been ‘bout to spit

No, the guy didn’t ever move

So it was self-defense

 

Cuz we know

Our policies were only popular at the dawn of time

So everybody should pretend that it’s 1965

 

Our policies were only popular at the dawn of time

So everybody should pretend that it’s 1965

 

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