Notes: I am a patriotic American. I love democracy and hate tyrants. The chorus is based on Trump rally chants to lock Hillary Clinton up for using an insecure cellular device. I wrote this song in disgust on the day of Trump’s and Putin’s Helsinki Conference. There is no way that I could keep this song up to date, because Trump breaks the law daily. Everyone should be equal under the law, time to put him behind bars. I put an online shoutout for help with back-up vocals, ironically the only people who helped me had two things in common: they were female and related to me. I am cool with all Americans; it’s going to be a long road back to normalcy.
lyrics
Lock Him Up
Nobody wants an indictment,
No one wants to have to post bail,
Nobody wants to face the punishment,
Behind the bars of a tiny cell,
Every now and then you get pieces of shit,
Just a couple drops in the societal well,
Who need to be arrested, found complicit,
And rot their lives away in jail.
(chorus #1)
When he’s using an insecure cellular device,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
When he leads the abduction of children by ICE,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
When his key to power’s democratic sacrifice,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
When he’ll sell America at the highest price,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
(chorus #1)
Maybe you’ve sat for your own stint,
Or maybe you’ve paid a fine,
Amount of affect should weigh the judgement,
Often the punishment don’t fit the crime,
Blue-collar criminals, a decade sentence,
White-collar criminals just resign,
The former don’t show a few people deference,
The latter, 325 million at a time.
(chorus #2)
When he exploits the U.S. for his business,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
When he sells public lands to business interests,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
When he alters judicial branch and appointments,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
When he maligns the free press as resistance,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
(chorus #2)
[break down/samples]
Let’s all stand by America’s river,
And cast our nets, far and wide,
Our haul tonight won’t be for dinner,
It’s to restore our American pride,
We can pull together against the current,
Let a sense of justice deny the tide,
Throw the little fish back as precedence,
But drag the big fish up on shore to dry.
(chorus #3)
When he heaps praise on authoritarians,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
When he rigs American elections,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
When half of his staff have Russian connections,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
When your president’s a whore for the Russians,
Lock Him Up! (X2)
(chorus #3)
credits
from The Jokes Verify Life,
released December 30, 2020
*composed, arranged, written, performed, and produced by Turtle T
Turtle T has been making music since 2001. Between 2001-2019 Turtle was the lead singer of the metal band MeatHook.
Currently, Turtle T is in the rap crew TeamHook with JJV. Turtle T has eclectic music tastes and his solo releases reflect that. Capable of playing a variety of instruments, Turtle T makes his solo albums from start to finish....more
