lyrics lyrics - Anthony Antoine

SA NCTIFY (contd.)
Lyrics by The Adodi Muse - Produced by Anthony Antoine
*this is the original written poem with an added verse from an unrecorded song
taking place in church
A&M (THIS church)
D holy enough, in spite of the State’s denial?
M When the President-Prelate can’t swing the
swing states
Will a constitutional amendment
sanctify conservative votes at the polls?
A If we ratify that amendment,
Will we have to repeal the First one?
D Desegregate constitutional controls over your
religious governance,
All Un-separate the separation of Church and
State.
M Folks died for me in the 50’s and 60’s
So I could go to the polls and vote
‘cause I’m black.
I just got the right to marry a white woman
But I still can’t marry a black man
D&A Or any man.
A/M/D What about equal treatment under the law?
M We gotta go to the Secretary of State instead
D Set up a corporation
A Put all the property in the business’s name.
M Mary & Bob’s merger was approved
A&D automatically
M With their marriage certificate
and with no challenges from the SEC.
C l o s e t s O n F i r e
lyrics
A And no, domestic partner benefits
D&M (through a select few employers)
A is not your gift certificate to do nothing more.
M Don’t we see gay people getting married all
the time?
A&M Um … um … um …
A Elton John had a wedding.
A&M Um … um …
M Duncan, you got married.
D But it’s not about Mary and Bob
A Or Mary and Mary
D On top of a ten-tiered, white, buttercream
cake tower,
flower girls scattering rose petals,
Ring-bearers crying all over satin pillows,
French Tulle three miles long,
or the final, contentious guest list of 200 close
friends.
D It’s about that little piece of paper from the
County Clerk’s office
that means I can automatically receive
coverage
on my partner’s insurance
M or sign the authorization for his medical care,
D or automatically sit in the front pew, should
he pass.
D It’s about the one thousand
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