Arrest Governor Snyder

Arrest Governor Snyder

David Rovics

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Arrest Governor Snyder
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They were making things in Flint for 150 years
But the whole city was skint by the time this century neared
No more manufacturing, no more lumber mills
Not many folks remaining who can pay their water bills
The State declared an emergency and without asking why
They set about with urgency to bleed the people dry
The State declared a crisis, they cried pennies must be saved
They looked closely at the prices and each cost that could be shaved
Unelected men in Lansing looked at the books and judged
In Flint the new hip thing would be drinking toxic sludge
So folks in Flint are saying how Slick Rick should just set sail
Arrest Governor Snyder now, he belongs in jail

To save a hundred bucks a day, Snyder may as well have said
It’s no big deal if they must drink arsenic and lead
Tens of thousands signed petitions, they had protests on his lawn
Some made it their mission to expose what was going on
How the water looked like piss, how everyone was getting ill
How many people thought this might be exactly Snyder’s will
He knew what was wrong and he just kept telling tall tales
Arrest Governor Snyder now, he belongs in jail

But we can’t stop there, for there are many others
Who knew but didn’t care that the children and the mothers
Were ingesting poison, affecting generations
Who will end up in prison, failed by a nation
Failed by a governor and the men that he appointed
The cronies of Rick Snyder who came personally anointed
He took too many lives – if this coffin has a nail
By the time the thing arrives for the governor, he’ll still be in jail

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