Halfway through it the lyrics popped up in my head for my latest song rewrite. It's rooted in the ongoing HB 235 controversy and the increasingly intolerable tendency of gay rights orgs that purport to be TBLG orgs to either cut us out of legislation, propose piss poor incremental crap that doesn't do a thing to fix our pressing problems and attempt to muzzle and silence our voices when we criticize their tactics.
Y'all know the drill. grab those iPods and sing along with Moni's remixed lyrics. Trans sellouts and your Gay, Inc enablers, for all you do, this song's dedicated to you.
Hit it.!
Show Up & Sell Us Out
(Sung to the tune of Show Up & Show Out by Dottie Peoples
Chorus:
(Gay, Inc will) show up
(Then they will) sell us out.
(Gay, Inc will) show up
(Then they will) sell us out.
(Gay, Inc will) show up
(Then they will) sell us out.
Gay, Inc will show up and sell us out.
When transpeople get the notion to be uppity,
Gay, Inc didn’t have not one worry.
Gay, Inc creates an org and gives a Quisling clout,
Then turns them loose upon us to sell transpeople out
(Gay, Inc will) show up
(Then they will) sell us out.
(Gay, Inc will) show up
(Then they will) sell us out.
(Gay, Inc will) show up
(Then they will) sell us out.
Gay, Inc will show up and sell us out.
Transpeople are yearning for civil rights victory
Over trans hate squarely aimed at you and me.
But it's becoming clear, and the world doesn't have a doubt,
When Gay Inc orgs show up in your town, they sell transpeople out.
(Gay, Inc will) show up
(Then they will) sell us out.
(Gay, Inc will) show up
(Then they will) sell us out.
(Gay, Inc will) show up
(Then they will) sell us out.
Gay, Inc will show up and sell us out.
[Vamp 1:]
Show up, sell us out.
[Vamp 2:]
Sell us out
[Ending:]
Gay, Inc will show up and sell us out,
Gay, Inc will show up and sell us out,
Gay, Inc will show up and sell us out,
sell us out!
