Friends and net-neighbors,
New Orleans is a special place to my heart. I grew up in Central Louisiana, but I had relatives living in the suburbs of New Orleans and we traveled to visit them often, and often went into the city to enjoy the food, music, and good times there.
I decided to channel my fury at the injustice done the city's poorer residents, those unable to muster the resources to get out when "The Big One" finally came, into a song. I've made a rough recording of it that I want to share with you here.
Water's Rising in New Orleans (mp3 - 2 MB)
I wish it could have been better quality but I don't have access to any decent recording equipment. Lyrics on the flip.
Wind is rising in New Orleans
Wind is rising in New Orleans
The Big One's here, that's what they say
And we all knew it'd come one day
Put your finger to the wind and twirl it around
Time to get the white folks out of town
But don't you worry we can let the black folks drown
Don't you worry we can let the black folks drown
Rain is pounding in New Orleans
Rain is pounding in New Orleans
Keep the roof on the dome, hold the people inside
Don't wanna tell them how their neighbors died
Staggered to the closet and hunkered down
Didn't have a hatchet or an axe around
But it doesn't really matter if the poor folks drown
It doesn't really matter if the poor folks drown
Water's rising in New Orleans
Water's rising in New Orleans
The levee's broke and the lake's coming in
Man versus nature and the water's gonna win
Put your toe in the water and swirl it around
Bodies are floating but the bodies are brown
Nothing's happened here, it's just some niggers drowned
Nothing's happened here, it's just some niggers drowned
I wrote this song because I had something to say and I wanted it to be heard. I am asking for help. You can help in the following ways.
- Recommend this diary.
- Download the song and spread it around - share it with anyone you think might be interested.
- If you have webspace of your own, and bandwidth to spare, please consider hosting a copy for me. If you can, post the link and I'll add it to the main page of this diary in case I run out of bandwidth.
- If you are in the DC metro area and have good recording equipment or access to it, and are willing to help me record a better quality copy of this song, please send me an email at politics AT furryjester ... dot ... com.
Thank you all for reading and for listening. Let's all continue to do what we can to give our tangible aid to those affected by the disaster, and to speak up for them everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.