Haiku Laobiyu: A Series of Haiku Squeezed Out from Popular Rock & Roll Songs
Listed in order according to the name of the band/group/singer
ANTI-FLAG: Hymn for the Dead
The voice of the age:
Please sing a hymn for the dead;
In death we are one
BAD RELIGION: Voice of God Is Government
Neighbours, he loves you
Voice of god is government;
‘The’ might be missing!
BOB DYLAN: Ballad of a Thin Man
Something’s happening
Mr Jones, do you know it?
Are you all alone?
BOB MARLEY: So Much Trouble in the World
The people strugglin’
The ego trips sailin’ too!
Still so much trouble
CHUMBAWAMBA: Give the Anarchist a Cigarette
Nothing burns itself
Give the anarchist a puff
The fire needs a flame
CLASH, THE: Lost in the Supermarket
A special offer:
Assured personality;
Now here I’m all lost
CRANBERRIES, THE: Zombie
It’s not you or me,
They have tanks and bombs and guns,
Since 1916
DEAD KENNEDYS: At My Job
Your name might be Joe
We call you 6-3-0
Just follow the rules
GIL SCOTT-HERON: Home Is Where the Hatred Is
Home is where I live
Home is where the hatred is,
You don’t convince me
JOHN LENNON: Give Peace a Chance
Craps and maps and kings
Though all of us are busy,
Please give peace a chance
KREATOR: Violent Revolution
Society has failed
Save violent revolution
This rage has a cause
MOLOTOV SOLUTION: Injustice for All
Our lives are in stake
Justice, liberty, all dead
Authority rules
NWA*: Fuck the Police
Authority kills
They got a badge and a gun
Justice! A fuck bit!
(*It’z no Tupac Shakur but hip hop duz da rock & roll thin’ too)
OPPRESSED, THE: Anti Fascist Action
We carry nothing
We carry only hatchets
—Let’s go, A-F-A
PAUL ROBESON: The Four Insurgent Generals
Rivers onto seas;
John, Mao, Tommy and Ivan,
Work out together!
PETE SEEGER: Which Side Are You On?
Amidst lies and scabs
Are you a union person?
Which side are you on?
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: Take the Power Back
Take the power back
It’s mass militant poetry
Just hear no more lies
SAM COOKE: A Change Is Gonna Come
Life’s been always hard
But a change is gonna come
It’s been a long time
SEPULTURA: Refuse/Resist
There’s fire on the street
The foe, the army in siege
I refuse/resist
SINEAD O’CONNOR: This Is a Rebel Song
My hard Englishman
You never say you love me
Crazies kill our sons
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: B.Y.O.B.
Worry for the oil
But why do they send the poor?
Pray tell, fucking why
WOODY GUTHRIE: This Land Is Your Land
This land is your land,
Is this land for you and me?
—It was made for us.
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