Something happened today that made me really want to listen to the song 'Gimme Some Truth'. I had a run in with a 'Narrow Minded Hypocrite'. Instead of actually reading my last blog post about legalizing marijuana (http://mannalynnawakened.blogspot.com/2011/07/take-toke-tuesday-anyone-legalize-it.html) and trying to understand my points and point of view, they just posted this - "So two wrongs make a right by the writer's standard?"
No, two wrongs don't make a right, and if you took the time to open you narrow mind you would understand what I was saying. The first verse of this song is perfect for this type of person:
I'm sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short sighted
Narrow-minded hypocritics
I just want some truth! Stop regurgitating what other closed minded people say. Use your own brain and your own voice. Don't be afraid of someone not liking your opinion, it's one of the only things we all have that is ours and ours alone. That's one of the reasons I started this blog - to voice my opinion. I have to listen to so many "tight-lipped, condescending, Mama's little chauvinists", why shouldn't they have to listen to my opinion. And just because you can parrot what other people say or what it says in the bible or some other book, that doesn't make you smarter than me. Intelligence is based off being able to actually use your brain for intelligent thoughts, not just repeating what you've heard or read. Try it sometime, it's wonderful!
JL was about listening to others and having a debate while respecting others opinions. Watch this interview with Al Capp during their 'Bed-In for Peace' protest. The cartoonist doesn't even want to listen to JL. He just wants to get his jabs in at JL and Yoko. He's incredibly rude and doesn't have any good information to back up what he is attacking them about. I mean how can you attack someone for having a protest for peace? People are so cynical they accused JL and Yoko of doing this purely for their own publicity. Well then good, let them get some publicity while promoting peace at the same time. Point is, listen to what the other person is saying instead of just throwing out word vomit. Think for yourself!
I'm sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short sighted
Narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
I've had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic
Pig headed politicians
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
No short-haired, yellow-bellied
Son of Tricky Dick is gonna Mother Hubbard
Soft soap me with just a pocketful of soap
It's money for dope, money for rope
No short-haired, yellow-bellied
Son of Tricky Dick is gonna Mother Hubbard
Soft soap me with just a pocketful of soap
It's money for dope, money for rope
I'm sick to death of seeing things
From tight-lipped, condescending
Mama's little chauvinists
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth now
I've had enough of watching scenes
Of schizophrenic, ego-centric
Paranoiac, prima donnas
All I want is the truth now, now
Just gimme some truth
No short-haired, yellow-bellied
Son of Tricky Dick is gonna Mother Hubbard
Soft soap me with just a pocketful of soap
It's money for dope, money for rope
Ah, I'm sick to death of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted
Narrow-minded hypocrites
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
I've had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic
Pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
All I want is the truth
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