Threatened

Libretto

The Fall of the American Empire Under the Reign of George II

Gary F. Rosenberg

Copyright 2004

Mi hanaio enapoyo e Hawaii

Mi hanaio e napoyo America

Mi hanaio mequal u yopaho

Eh maloa huquana

E malao me quawana

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought, or unsought by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic process. President Dwight Eisenhower

I have a dream that one day his nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal….” I have a Dream Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We the people of the United States of America

In order to form a more perfect union establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and support the blessings of liberty from now until eternity, for ours and our posterity…

What, that was just a joke, I'm sorry. I thought you were serious about that. What land, this land? No this is God's land. No, this is your land? No, why didn't you tell me that in the first place, I wouldn't have come here. Free religion, no, that was just a joke too, no kidding.

I'm threatened by those people who want to keep me ignorant

I'm threatened by those people who want to keep me poor

I'm threatened by those people who want to keep me ignorant

I'm threatened by those people who want to keep me poor

I thought I would just come here to serve you. Here, let me put something more in your pocket. Let me work for your better welfare

I threatened by the water that I am forced to bath in

I'm very threatened by the air that I am forced to breathe

I threatened by the water that I am forced to bath in

I'm very threatened by the air that I am forced to breathe

Let me work so that you might have a bigger house, and you might have a bigger belly, so that your sons might work less and drive bigger cars

Yes I'm very threatened. Well I'm so threatened by those people

By those funny little people they scare me half to death

Yes, I'm very threatened, I'm so threatened by those people, by those funny little people they You know they scare me half to death

And we will quell the people with McDonalds, and we will quell the people with TV. Healthcare? Who needs it, have another French fry.

I have a dream

I Don't Like Warlike Old Men

We must raise our voice! Oh my God. Here we are. I do not believe in this government that betrayed the constitution of the people

Shall I scream or should I cry. Should I bow my head and hide, or shall I plant my feet and claim this sacred ground? When they come knocking at my door you won't see me any more. They'll take me so far away. Forget about election day.

‘cause I am threatened by the people who arm themselves for battle

I'm threatened by the people who threaten who are making plans for war

I'm threatened by the people who arm themselves for battle

And those who are making plans for war

“And I know they have weapons of mass destruction because I've got the receipts right here in my hand, I got the receipts” George W. Bush

Yes I'm very threatened. I'm so threatened by those people

By those funny little people they scare me half to death

You know I'm very threatened, I'm so threatened by those people, by those silly little people Well they scare me half to death

There are going to be times when you are going to be stopped…

You take me away, that's fine You can lock me up. You throw away the key

I surrender. I surrender!

…for no other reason than you are a black man on the streets…

I surrender!

…and when it happens, its going to be: “Yes sir, no sir,… I understand sir.

No sir officer, no sir I haven't had nothing to drink.

Please let me go sir, common. Please! Let me go sir…

…Watch your back kid….

Vamanos

…I'll go strait home. Yes sir, no sir, thank you sir, yes sir, no sir, it won't happen again sir. I'm on my way sir. I'll be on my way sir. Yes sir, no sir, yes sir…

You are going to be very quite of that you don't get jacked up.