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I was born

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way back

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In 1986

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I'm an old man now

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but I remember how it used to be

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and now my grandchildren ask me:

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Grandad, they say,

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can you tell us what it was like

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in the days of the Internet,

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you know, before SOPA?

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And I tell them:

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When was that? Let me see ...

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some time back

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in the early XXI century

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I remember when the Internet was free

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Behind my keyboard, people let me be

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See, there used to be a thing called Freedom of Speech

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We had freedom to teach each other, freedom to preach

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We had freedom to share culture and circulate ideas

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Without the state trying to interfere, enter fear

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We lost that freedom, not freedom as in free beer

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But the freedom to be free from fear, even here

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In the UK, the fact that I am from England

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Isn't a matter that matter that matters to our new masters and kings

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I was a chap who could sing and distribute my music

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And like minded citizens could listen to it

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I couldn't afford an orchestra

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I was a poor performer

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In more ways than one, so I found an alternate formula

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Reintrepreted the media around me

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Satirised the leader lies on found beats

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Talked shop on top of a sample rock band

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At least we used to, until rap got banned

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At the SOPA

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SOPA Cabana

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The place where SOPA

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SOPA can ban ya

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We're at the SOPA

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SOPA Cabana

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the place where SOPA

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SOPA can ban ya

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You didn't have to act twisted to get your ass blacklisted

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Just annoy a big business and get fisted

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They had a vested interest in congress

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If one messed with them, then there'd be one less

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Our representatives never represented shit

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so the Internet was history, this was the end of it

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I remember it like it was yesterday

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I guess that day, I was too lazy to investigate

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The escapades of another state's government

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Now I'm left to pay because the covenant

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that they signed that day, and ratified a law

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Zipped our mouths and took away our appetite for more

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I can't do much about now about the way it is

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But if I can go back and change things I'd say this:

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Truth is beauty

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at least it used to be

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And If you do disagree with this

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then you can sue me

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In the meantime I will keep on using YouTube

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Even if it means I need to find a new medium

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IRC, darknets,

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so digital's down now?

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I'll use pigeons and smoke signals

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[Stop SOPA]

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[Stop SOPA, the Internet is ours]

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[Unite for our Internet]

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[The Internet is ours]

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[Government censorship protecting you from reality]

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[SOPA Dis I don't like]

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[If you criticized China for their Internet, then why do you want to censor our Internet]

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[Stop the war on the Internets]

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[You have no right to censor what isn't yours Stop SOPA]

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[Stop SOPA!]

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[The Internet is by the people for the people]

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[SOPA Stop Online Privacy Act]

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[Free Open internet for the people]

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[SOPA is against humanity]

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[To STOP us sharing is the same as to STOP us talking]

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[Stop Sopa Like right now]

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[The Internet is ours]

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[SOPA? So wrong]

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[All your internets are belong to us]

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[You can't stop our freedom]

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[Don't let the Internet take a SOPA to the knee]

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[Song by DAN BULL - (douglby)]