FAWM: "DEI - IED"

DEI - IED

Liner Notes

When I saw the Palindrome prompt, for some reason I got the idea that the inverse of DEI (as in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) is IED (as in Improvised Explosive Device). I knew I had to do something with that, but what? It was an "explosive" idea, but it took me a couple days to find the way in. I am pretty happy with how this came out. Perhaps a full on punk production would give it a bit more power, more bite, but I also do like the acoustic folk punk demo version.
#palindrome #folkpunk #protest

Lyrics

Verse 1
Why would I think it's bad to have different points of view
Represented in decisions that get made?
Why would I feel like including someone else
Has to mean that my glory's gonna fade?
Why are you people so afraid?
Who told you to fight in this crusade?

Chorus
They turned DEI into an IED
So the oligarchy
Can blow the government to smithereens.
They turned DEI into an IED
So kleptocracy
Can blow the doors off the vaults and seize
All the money...all our money!

Verse 2
If you really believe that black people, women, gays
Don't deserve to thrive or get ahead,
And if you think the only way someone like "that" can get a job
Is through DEI, my friend, you've been misled.
Can't you see you're being an airhead?
Check to see how this idea's been spread.

Chorus
They turned DEI into an IED
So the oligarchy
Can blow the government to smithereens.
They turned DEI into an IED
So kleptocracy
Can blow the doors off the vaults and seize
All the money...all our money!

Bridge
To keep you from seeing what they're doing
They've given you some words that you can hate.
They say "woke mind virus." They say "DEI,"
And they've found the perfect way to create
Such a flood of rage that nobody will notice
That the billionaires now control our fate.
Yeah, the billionaires now control our fate.
Do you want billionaires to control your fate?
Don't let the billionaires control your fate.
Don't let the billionaires control our fate!

Chorus
They turned DEI into an IED
So the oligarchy
Can blow the government to smithereens.
They turned DEI into an IED
So kleptocracy
Can blow the doors off the vaults and seize
All the money...all our money!

Comments

@hazydave 3d

True words spoken my friend... glad you did this. Sorry you had to! And that was the perfect connection... I'll never hear "DEI" again without hearing that!

@dudachris 1w

Wow, what an amazing way to go at the palindrome challenge! I'm truly impressed 👏

@mikeskliar 2w

wow, what a brilliant idea and you really ran with it! love your take on the subject and the music is a good fit for the anger of the piece--- great job! i particularly like the bridge section- excellent!

@darrylgregory 2w

Yeah - I need to hear this with an electric plugged into several Marshalls and 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4 count off!

Be careful of prosody - shifting accents to shoehorn a word, You establish a great rhythm for your line, just make sure that the words you chose fit the rhythm you choose.

I feel the lyrics! We need more of these types of songs!!!!

@danieldeshon 2w

Yes to this… Big yes! Great concept and the chorus absolutely rules. Bravo! 👏 🙌🔥🔥🔥

@caitlin 2w

So many excellent rhymes! I love your punk energy delivering such an important message of our times. The bridge is my favorite part - you grab our attention with those staccato strums to drive home the fact that the billionaires do indeed control our fate! Gahhhh!