Radical Cheers!

Cheerleader Cheers

Hell, No!

hell, no... we won't
hell, no... we won't
hell, no... we won't
go there with those tired old chants
my activism's more like a rant;
a rant of rage and resistance
why the hell are you looking at me,
your freedom isn't free,
what the fuck,
get off YOUR butt,
YOU TOO could be a cheerleader
YOU TOO should be a cheerleader
Born to be a cheerleader,
yeah yeah!!

Cheerleaders of the Revolution

We are the cheerleaders of the revolution
Here to tell you about the only solution
To your problems of hunger, home and career
All instigated by government fear
You see the government just wants to control
Playing big brother is their favorite role
And all you people are puppets under their strings
Liberation scissors will cut those things
Oh yeah - shout liberation sisters
Oh yeah - cry liberation brothers
Oh yeah - shout liberation!

Born to be

Why the hell you looking at me
Your freedom isn't free
What the fuck
Get off your butt
You too can be a cheerleader
You too should be a cheerleader
Born to be a cheerleader
Yeah yeah

The Sarcastic One

totally, for sure, I just got a manicure
the sun, I swear, it's ruining my golden hair
36 to 44 does anybody know the score
rah rah fight fight
gee I hope I look all right

R-A-D-I-C-A-L (English)

R is for radical and
A is for all right
D is for democracy and
I is for insight
C is for cheering, and
A for anarchy
L is for lovin'
and that is what you'll see!
Raadddical, don't let the po-lice know
Raadddical, or they won't let you go!
uh Huh uh Huh uh Huh uh Huh!

R-A-D-I-C-A-L (español)

R para Radical
A para Acción
D para democracía, por nuestra
I inspiración
C para Communidad
A para Amor
L para la Lucha
de nuestra liberación

R-A-D-I-C-A-L (français)

R est pour Radical
A pour Agité
D pour Déconstruire, car on est
I inspiré
C pour c'qu'on est Contre
Et un peu pour c'qu'on est pour
A pour être Actif
Dans L les luttes et dans l'amour
R-A-D-I-C-A-L
Dis-le pas aux cochons
R-A-D-I-C-A-L
Ils t'mettront en prison.

Kiss the back

My back is achin
My bra's too tight
My booty's shakin
From the left to the right
Shout it out, shout it out!
Revolution, revolution!
Enough is enough
The poor must rise up
Didn't eat today
No place to stay
So kiss the back o' my butt Uh!
Kiss the back o' my butt Uh!
Kiss the back o' my
Kiss the back o' my
Kiss the back o' my butt Uh!
My Acka backa, my soda cracker
Your institutions never listen
To the people's needs
It's all about greed --
I Said Beep beep beep
Take your voice to the street Grrrl

Kiss The Back (2)

To the left,
to the left,
not to the right, to the left!
To the left,
to the left,
not to the right, to the left!
My back is aching, my skirt's too tight,
my booty's shaking from the left to the right,
shout it out, shout it out--
revolution, revolution!
Akka bakka, soda crack-a,
your jobs, your money, your institutions,
never listen to the people's needs,
it's all about greed, it's all about greed.
Beep beep beep, take your voice to the street!
Enough is enough, it's time to rise up!
The rich get richer while the earth gets sicker,
so kiss the back of my butt.
Kiss the back of my butt.
Kiss the back of my, kiss the back of my,
kiss the back of my butt!

We're sexy, we're cute

We're sexy, we're cute, we're radical to boot!
We're angry, we're tough, and we have had enough!
Big mac, fillet-o-fish, quarter pounder, french fries,
Icy cola, thick shake, sundaes and apple pies,
Big wigs, farm fish, education with large fries,
Chilly climate, clear cuts, six billion people's lives,
We protest the FTAA, their answer is to pepper spray,
No more fucking police brutality! No more fucking police brutality!
Public service is privatized, do you want your health care super-sized?
Taco Bell, go to hell, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut,
McDonald's, McDonald's,
We're sexy, we're cute, we're radical to boot!
We're angry, we're tough, and we have had enough!
Take back the power, fight corporate greed,
Take back the power, fight corporate greed,
Take back the power, fight corporate greed,
Take back the power!

Education Cheers

Funding

Schools need funding or they are toast
If you aren't rich then adios
Student loans benefit the banks the most
How much money have they grossed
Tie Paul Martin to a whipping post
Til we get grants from coast to coast

Solidarity

We've got a crisis on our hands
Education all over the land
Is under funded and over-cut
And the bigwigs say the case is shut.
Seven billion dollars is gone
And all the students have got loans.
Classes are bursting at the seams,
Waitlists so long it'll make you scream!
You are the lucky ones, you can pay
Most can't afford to be at school today.
So what do we do - let's get excited
The only way to win is to stand united.
Education is a right!
Come with us and join the fight!

Sound off

I've got too much student debt
I'm not even done school yet
Don't give me another loan
My debt already makes me groan
What I need are national grants
Til they come I'm doing chants.
Sound off 1 2
Sound off 3 4
A C C E S S
That's the way we spell success

Bust a move

This here's a jam for all ex-students
Trying to make their student loan payments
Don't make enough to pay the man
Can't recall how it all began
You borrowed some cash to pay your fees
They swore you'd get a job with ease
You spent 4 years gettin a degree
To work in the fast food industry
You're so in debt there's nowhere to turn
Seems minimum wage is all you can earn
Can't even declare bankruptcy
no solution you can foresee
Let's let them know that we disapprove
So come on now students let's bust a move!

Let's talk about debt

Let's talk about debt baby
Let's talk about you and me
Let's talk about all the money
That the bank is making off me
Let's talk about debt x 4

Women's Rights Cheers

We're hairy

Throw those arms up in the air
Let me see that armpit hair
We don't shave or use that nair
Sleek and chic, we do not care

We're hairy-- got hairy legs
We're hairy-- got hairy pits
We're hairy-- got hairy hair
And we pick our noses too!

no to nair

if you think girls got no body hair
then you've been misled!
'cause we got more in our armpits
than on our heads!
i don't get razor burn
and it makes me feel fine!
and it's got to hurt to wax
that bikini line!
and if you think thats gross
then baby fuck you!
'cause if grandpa's got a mustache
why can't grandma too?

Harrasment

harrasment
i know what your ass meant!
and thats harrasment!
P-U-S-S-Y!!!!
forget for a moment whats between my thighs!
T-I-T-T-Y!!!
That ain't no alibi!!
YOU UGLY
You ugly mr.harraser
YOU UGLY,
AND YOU BETTER FUCKIN STOP!

Bitches

hey grrl fuck shit up
revolution and nothing but
we deserve what we need
not table scaps from corprate greed
more than just "equality"
liberation from poverty
no more short term band aid fixes
say hell ya when they call you bitches!!

Herstory

In the 1900s women stood up to say
We needed International Women's Day
They were fighting for the right to work and to vote
Look how far we've come Let's all take note
The battle's not won, there's lots more to do
Don't leave the needs of the many in the hands of a few
It's time for equal pay and empowerment
Which is why we're here at this great event
Uppity women unite! Never give up the fight!

Celebration

All across the nation
There's a women's celebration
Our togetherness here
Makes us stronger all year
The chains are still there
They're just hard to see
Be proud and be strong
And soon we'll be free!

Respect

R-E-S-P-E-C-T
All women in society
In the home or on the go
Our worth's not seen by the status quo
Women are not paid equitably
Specially in the home where work's done for free
That is the work that sustains us all
Housework roles must be dissolved
Women of the world all jobs unite
Together we stand Together we fight!

Priority

Love and respect all the women in your life
Your mother and your sister and your daughter and your wife
Your great grandmother, significant other
And even all the women you don't know from one another
And the world's gonna be a whole better place
It's so important it might save the race
So Women should be a priority
Never used or abused by authority
Respected and upheld in society
Battling against Patriarchy
Women!

Choice

Women men raise your voice
Rule your bodies
C'mon get riled
If you don't trust us with a choice
How can you trust us with a child
It's pro choice or no choice
Abortion is a right
We must stand united
And fight fight fight!
Come on everybody
We need your votes
Cause when women use hangers
It should be for their coats!
Safe! Legal! Choice!

Take Back The Night

Hey Ladies, Get Feisty!
You're so strong and mighty!
Let's claim our rights,
take back the night,
Take to the streets
And stomp our feet
Together we'll be safe (clap clap) [2x]

Boobs, Bellies, Butts

Boobs, bellies, butts, we love our
Boobs, bellies, butts!
Stroke that fire, you know how,
Pleasure, NOW!

My Body

My body's nobody's body but mine,
You run your own body, let me run mine!

Riot Don't Diet

RIOT DON'T DIET
GET UP GET OUT AND TRY IT
RIOT DON'T DIET
GET UP GET OUT AND TRY IT
hey girl (clap clap clap)
get yer face out of that magazine
you are more than a beauty machine
you've got anger soul and more
take to the street and let it roar
RIOT DON'T DIET
GET UP GET OUT AND TRY IT
RIOT DON'T DIET
GET UP GET OUT AND TRY IT
ugh UGH! (clap clap clap)
If cosmo makes you sick and pale
you know what you need to do
MOLOTOV COCKTAIL!
liberate the beauty queen
burn the bibles of the fashion scene
LET'S (CLAP) GET (CLAP) MEAN!!!!!!

Radical Feminists

hey team! YEAH?
you lookin GOOD today!
WELL RADICAL FEMINISTS LOOK GOOD EVERY DAY!
hey team! YEAH?
you know you pave the way!
AND RADICAL FEMINISM IS HERE TO STAY!

FUCK YER FASCIST BEAUTY STANDARDS!

u-g-l-y
don't u dare put down that fry!
b-u-t-FULL
ALL womyn R
and that's the TRUTH!
B-U-T-FULL!
B-U-T-FULL!

u-g-l-y
WE don't believe yer fucking lies!
FUCK u misogynists!
AND yer fascist beauty myth!
B-U-T-FULL!
B-U-T-FULL!
YEAH!

FREE AILEEN WOURNOS

this cheer switches between call+response between two groups, and just everyone doing it together.you can make it sound however you want. if you want to know more about AILEEN you can order the zine mary xmas wrote about her in (Hollywood Nihil,$1,84 Clinton St. #126, NYC, NY 10002) or look her story up on the web.

FREE (clapclap-clapclap)
AILEEN (clapclap-clapclap)
FREE (clapclap-clapclap)
AILEEN (clapclap-clapclap)
aileen wournos is her name and she don't take no shit
when some men tried to rape her well she shot them in the dick
now she's on death row they wanna give her the chair
what do we say? we say GET HER OUTTA THERE!!
FREE (clapclap-clapclap)
AILEEN (clapclap-clapclap)
FREE (clapclap-clapclap)
AILEEN (clapclap-clapclap)
what did she do?
SHE DEFENDED HERSELF AND WE WOULD TOO!
what do we need?
WE NEED TO LIBERATE OUR SISTA FROM LEGAL MISOGYNY!
i said F-R-E-E
you know thats how we spell free
we're gonna free aileen free aileen FREE AILEEN!!!!

Date Rape

a yell, a yell, a very important yell!
and when i yell, i yell like hell!
and this is what i fucking yell!
i'm late, i'm late!
for a very important date!
i'm late, i'm late!
for a very important date!
that date, that date!
i can't wait for that date!
that date, that date!
i can't wait for that date!
i'm late, i'm late!
for that very important date!
i'm late, i'm late!
for that very important date!
that date, that date!
that date was more like fucking rape!
that date, that date!
that date was more like fucking rape!
i said no didn't i?
i said no didn't i?
i said no didn't i?
i said no!

Miss Lucy's Bleeding All Over the Place

miss lucy has a problem
her money has run dry
she can't afford tampons
and she can't understand (why)

why the government taxes them
when they should be free
they have no problem profitting
off something that we (need)

need to have alternatives
to tampons bleach and dyes
gives me a rash and makes me scratch
the companies they (lie)

lie to sell us garbage
that goes into the lakes
stop filling up the landfills
we're putting on the (brakes)

break the consumer cycle
that feeds me guilt and shame
i'm gettin off yer white couch
and showing off the (stain)

stain yer shitty standards
of how i'm supposed to feel
you think i smell, well go to hell
it's natural to (bleed)

bleeding in my keeper
cloth pads are fine with me
and fuck off with yer midol
give me red raspberry (tea)

teaching one another
about menstrual health
shared knowledge and experience
is our greatest (wealth)

wealthy corporations
i think you're outta luck
you're stupid douche and stinking wings
can take a flying fuck fuck fuck!

Blood

let it go!
let your blood flow!
slow and low that is the tempo!
i said let it go!
let your blood flow!
slow and low that is the tempo!
hey ladies everywhere!
there's something you should know
about those products that you use
to plug up your flow!
those bleached tampons that you buy
are full of dioxins!
instead of leacing your cunt cleansed
they leave it full of toxins!
hey grrls everywhere!
when you start your first blood flow
don't be sad!
instead be glad!
let that blood show!
so smear it on your face
and rub it on your body!
it's time to start
a menstrual party!
you know it!
it's time to start
a menstrual party!
so let's howl at the moon!
repeat - howl at the moon!
let's get in tune!
let's get in tune!
to the cosmic rhythms!
to the cosmic rhythms!
of our wombs!
of our wombs!
so let's howl at the moon!
(howl)

Fat & Fabulous

You're not my ideal
Your hips don't set the score
Cuz sticks and stones
Ain't what I'm strivin for
Flippin through vogue
What a bore!
O ladies please ladies
Let's eat more
Cuz I got booty in the back
And a lot up front
My secret is...
I eat lunch!
Now I'm in control and I'm ready to riot
Against your demands
That I need to diet
I'm gonna take up space
And love my size
Cuz fat and fabulous is on the rise
Oh yeah
fat and fabulous is on the rise

shh

shh!
is that spelled with 3 snakes or 4?
we're not gonna take it no more!
tell me i should be more silent!
so that you can be more violent?
no more patriarchal bullshit!
you can just lick my clit!
you are going to hear this!
we are going to resist!
we are going to fight back!
we are going to attack!
shh!
is that spelled with 3 snakes or 4?
we're not gonna take it no more!

Machos

C'est les machos! (C'est les machos!)
C'est les fachos! (C'est les fachos!)
C'est les cathos! (C'est les cathos!)
Qu'il faut virer,
Et pas les femmes
Qu'il faut opprimer!

(Trans. It's the machos, fascists, and ultra-conservative Catholics who must be turned, and not women who must be oppressed.)

Queer Cheers

Barbie

2-4-6-8
Barbie likes to masturbate
She's been doing it since age 8
And her style is really great
Religion told her she should wait
And find herself a suitable mate
2-4-6-8 Barbie didn't take the bait
So listen all you girls and boys
Come on and grab all your sex toys
We're going to make a lot of noise
Learning about our bodily joys
2-4-6-8
Everybody masturbate!

Barbie Likes to Muff Dive

1-2-345
Barbie likes to muff dive
it makes Skipper moan and writhe
She don't need cock to jump and jive
1-2-345
Barbie likes to muff dive

Pervert Cheer

gimme a B! gimme a D! gimme a S! gimme a M!
what's that spell? [groan, moan, etcetera..]
P E R V E R T
i'll tell you what it means to me
sucking fucking standing up
sticking things up in yer butt

tit clamps, piercings and rim jobs
twiddling diddling with yer knob
men in corsets, chicks with dicks
getting off on turning tricks

fat is sexy, bears are hot
saddle up and ride my cock
i'll strap it on you wanna watch?
let's get the state out of my crotch

lube me up and bind those wrists
to fuck like this is to resist
give a cop a golden shower
come on baby, fight the power!

Queer Cheer-Sound Off Winnipeg Style

[this (*) is call and response, i just didn't want to write everything twice]

*they're not homophobic but
*they think us queers are a bunch of sluts
*we strut around and call it pride
*they would rather that we hide
*repress repress repress repress
*let's not ever mention sex

1 2
3 4
1 2 3 4, 1 2, 3 4! [together]

*your line's too straight, your laws too strict
*but we got spraypaint, gas and bricks
*your mind is narrow, your ass too tight
*it's got my booty shakin from the left to the right
LIBERATION!
QUEER INVASION!
[all together now]
enough is enough!
queers must rise up!
so FUCK the right
we'll FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
y'all can kiss the back of my butt ugh
kiss the back of my butt ugh
kiss the backamy kiss the backa my kiss the baacka my butt ugh.

Fuck Your Gender

boys are cute and girls are cool
but havin' to choose is a harsh rule
you say that gender's binary
but what about the butches and faries
can't tell what i am well have no fear
i'm what they call a gender queer
you don't know what's in here! x2
we got bears to the left and fems to the right
we don't give a damn we'll fuck all night

fuck your gender fuck fuck your gender
fuck with gender fuck fuck with gender

boys are cute and girls rule
but if i don't fit in i feel uncool
some days i just feel so bad
but binary gender's just a fad
if you're seein' the world in 0's and 1's
shit - you ain't havin' no fun
if you think you're gettin' all you can get
when my dick gets hard my pussy gets wet
what's your pronoun?
if you'd asked you would have found
i'm not a he, i'm not a she
what i am is up to me

fuck your gender fuck fuck your gender
fuck with gender fuck fuck with gender

Southern Dykes

Southern Dykes, get in your truck
Show them you don't give a fuck
Redneck men can't handle it
Southern Dykes are all hot shit
Carolina, Carolina
Southern girls is always finer
Carolina, Carolina
Pussy pussy 69er
Carolina, Carolina
Show them rednecks why they're dyin'
Carolina, Carolina
Pussy pussy tastes much finer

Everywhere

Lesbians are everywhere
You can't spot us by our hair
Our piercings, bodies or our clothes
Gaydar's hard, one never knows
Never assume on sexuality
Dykes are just like you or me!

(Alternatively, cheer this one:)
Lesbians are everywhere
You can spot us by our hair
Our piercings, bodies, and our clothes
Gaydar's easy, everyone knows
Assume my sexuality
I'm a dyke, can't you see?

Groove and Get Down

1-2-3-4, check your gender at the door
Gotta gotta g-roove and get down,
Gotta gotta g-roove and get down.
1-2-3-4, neutral bathrooms, we need more
Gotta gotta g-roove and get down,
Gotta gotta g-roove and get down.
Come out! Be loud! Shake it! Be proud!
Gender fucks you know you rock,
Anyone can have a cock!
5-6-7-8, let your lover penetrate
Be queer! Be straight! Cause what you are is great!

Coming out Day Cheer

Yo all you girlz; hey all you boyz,
Leave all the stereotypes bring on the toys.
Y'all ready for rhythm y'all ready for rhyme,
Come on everyone it's gender fuck time

Gender, gender, fuck it we say
Life's more fun with gender play.
Gender, gender, it's not what's down there,
Assigning strict roles, that ain't fair.
Gender, gender, it's a fluid thing
Fuck their rules we're celebrating.

The gender police, What assholes,
Forcing us into gender roles.
Just boy or girl is what they are trying to sew,
That silly binary has got to go.
If I wanna wear whitey -tighties with my dress,
Who are you messing with my happiness?
If I wanna wear high heals and I got a dick,
Leave me alone, don't be a gender prick.
So I've got short hair and a big strap-on,
You have no right saying its wrong.

Gender, gender, fuck it we say
Life's more fun with gender play.
Gender, gender, it's not what's down there,
Assigning strict roles, that ain't fair.
Gender, gender, it's a fluid thing
Fuck their rules we're celebrating.

BUTCH FEMME FAG DYKE
Be who you are dress how you like.
OVERALLS LIPSTICK PANTIES TIES
Don't be the gender police in disguise.
PRETTY CUTE HANDSOME TOO
The secret is, JUST BE YOU

Gender, gender, fuck it we say
Life's more fun with gender play.
Gender, gender, it's not what's down there,
Assigning strict roles, that ain't fair.
Gender, gender, it's a fluid thing
Fuck their rules we're celebrating.

I say fuck, you say gender
FUCK, GENDER [2x]
I say gender, you say fuck
GENDER, FUCK [2x]
I say gender, you say queer
GENDER, QUEER [2x]
what'd you say?
QUEER!!

Q...c'mon all queers
U...that's who we're talkin' to
E...we're everywhere
E...we're extra hot
R...revoluntionizin' gender
S...is cause we're sassy
Ready? We're gonna fuck shit up!

QUEERS!
We're proud to be
QUEERS!
You talkin' to me
QUEERS!
We're on the street
QUEERS!
Makin' the world complete
QUEERS!
They're at your job
QUEERS!
So don't be a snob!!!
YEAH!

Let's Go South

This is not my ideal, straight life is such a bore,
'cause girl on girl is what I'm strivin' for!
Biking through town, dykes galore,
Hey ladies! Yeah? Let's fist more!
I've got Judy in the back and Alana up front.
My secret is, I drink cunt!
'Cus I'm in control, and I'm ready to riot,
Against those hetero ideals, I ain't gonna buy it
I will strap it on, and use my mouth,
'cuz what I'm sayin' is let's go south, (uh-huh)
'cuz what I'm sayin' is let's go south, (uh-huh)
'cuz what I'm sayin' is use your mouth!

Masturbation

M-A-S-T-U-R-B-A-T-I-O-N
Masturbation's said to be
women's little sin.
MEN CAN DO IT!!! BOYS CAN TOO!!!
it's okay for them to do
V-A-G-I-N-A
vagina! vagina! [in a whisper]
Women's secret little thing!
Menstrual cycles, periods,
bloating, floods, and estrogen,
STD's and pregnancies,
this is what we go through.
So women raise your hands up high,
and learn how to use em, don't fuck those men!

Queer

I found this little piece at www.A20.org:

Ho-ho-homosexuals, the ruling class is ineffectual
2-4-6-8 gay is just as good as straight

Let's Go South

I thought there should be more guy cheers (who would do them?) so I came up with another version of Let's Go South:

this is not my ideal str8 life is such a bore
'cuz man to man is what I'm strivin' for
struttin' through town, guys galore
"Hey fellas!" "Yeah?" Let's fist more
'cuz I got Jimmy on the bottom and Alan's on top
my secret is, I like cock!
so I'm outta control and I'm ready to riot
against those hetero ideals, I aint gonna buy it
we will get it on, and fuck a lot
'cuz what I'm sayin' is let's get hot! oh yeah!
'cuz what I'm sayin' is let's get hot! oh yeah!
'cuz what I'm sayin' is let's suck cock!

Environmental Cheers

Picnics

(to the tune of Teddy Bear's Picnic)
If you go out to the woods today
You're in for a big surprise
Cause they've been cutting the Stoltmann down
It really will hurt your eyes
The clear cuts there are really sad
The trees are gone it makes me mad
There's only fields of stumps for teddy bear's picnics!

Hoods in the Woods

There's hoods
In the woods
Loggers by day
Muggers by night
They beat us up
It wasn't right
And the cops
Don't care
But that won't stop us in our fight
To save the Stoltmann we'll unite!

Interfor

Fuckin Interfor
They're greedy to the core
They beat us up and cut our trees
But we will bring them to their knees
We mean it, this is war
They can't clearcut any more
Let's have some long term planning please
And think sustainabilities!

Moving in

Interfor is moving in
Raping forests with a grin
Around them fall the old growth stands
Choked up creeks across the land
Logs leave raw
While workers wave
Watching their jobs
Drift away
Interfor is moving in
Raising their fists with a grin
Around them fall people who resist
People with concern and people who insist
Law leaves logging
While people wave
Watching justice
Locked away

Jobs are lost

Jobs are lost
So whatta we do?
Gotta think this corporate system through
Gotta calculate the long term cost
Of all the jobs and forests lost
Regulations have been lifted
Concern so strong has now been shifter
The Code's beeen cracked for company greed
A kick in the ass is what they need!
Job creation doesn't spawn
From moving forests like a lawn
So whatta we do?
Let's get excited
The way to win is to stand united!
Clear cut logging ain't no lark!
Save the Stoltmann as a PARK!

Minneapolis Garbage Burner

Minneapolis Garbage Burner (can be changed with locality). This is an old cheer (created for a demonstration on Earth Day 1990. The demo itself wasn't the most successful I've ever been to, but we did develop a good cheer).

To the cadence/tune of the old military marching bit "Sound Off!"
It's a chant and repeat:

Hennepin County had a plan!
(crowd) Hennepin had a plan!

For the garbage in your can!
(crowd) For the garbage in your can!

Recycling wouldn't bring the cash!
(crowd) Recycling wouldn't bring the cash!

So they said hey let's burn the trash!
(crowd) So they said hey let's burn the trash!

Sound off!
(crowd) Shut it down!

Sound off!
(crowd) Shut it down!

Garbage burning's bad for you!
(crowd) Garbage burning's bad for you!

Bad for plants and animals too!
(crowd) Bad for plants and animals too!

Burns up plastic in a flash!
(crowd) Burns up plastic in a flash!

Nothing left but toxic ash!
(crowd) Nothing left but toxic ash!

Sound off!

etc...

Boise Cascade Cheer

Boise Cascade
you don't make the grade
when the forests get the fuck job
and the rich get paid

the workers have no job
when you nafta all the logs
now our poor state
is being fed to the dogs

No Blow Jobs for Meat Eaters

No blow-jobs for meat-eaters
And I won't take no cheaters

If you want me to suck that dick
or lick that clit,
You'd better stop eating
that shit!

Critical Mass/Transportation

Critical Mass

Hey, you! Get off your ass!
Come on and join the Critical Mass!
My bicycle's not a weekend toy
Riding every day's my greatest joy!

Your car's ugly and smells bad
You pollute and use too much gas!
Big trucks, sports cars, SUV's and more
You sure have a lot to compensate for!

I like my bike! I dig my rig!
Share the road! Don't be a pig!
'Cause us cyclists are here to say
That bicycles are here to stay!

SUV's Stink

I don't know but I've been told
SUV's have got to go
They smell bad, take too much space
They pollute all over the place
That beast's just a passenger car
No more two-tiered emissions laws
They think driving in a mall parking lot
Is going off-roading, but it's not
Sustainable transit's what we want to see
So join me on a bike, yuppie!

Punks On Bikes

1: get in your car!
2: psyche!
1: get in your truck!
2: psyche!
1: get on your bike!
2: bike!
punks on bikes!
we're gonna take you down!
you think we're small and weak
'cause we ain't got nothing to eat?
we'll fish in the dumpster
just to find a piece of bread!
but don't come too close
'cause we got shit in our dreads!
we got dogs on a rope!
tattoos on our throats!
and when you try to talk bullshit
you'll wish you hadn't spoke!
'cause we will take you in a fight!
we speak for your rights!
and when you try to chase us down
we just jump on our bikes!

Mumia Cheers

Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment
It's very permanent
If the judgement's a mistake
It's not one you can unmake
So rise up and sing
For change we shall bring
Mumia must live
Cause he's fucking innocent!

Framed

Mumia was framed
The judge should be shamed
A new trial is needed
Our pleas are not heeded
The people will rise
Til the decision's revised
And we shall unite
To fight for his rights
It's all about class
Justice my ass!

Let him go!

We the people make the call
It's time to free Abu Jamal
Unjustly tried and then convicted
Now his sentence must be lifted
He spoke out because he found
Injustice that is all around
Jailed for crimes he didn't commit
We know that it's a bunch of shit
So we the people make the call
It's time to free Abu Jamal!

Free Trade Cheers/Anti-Globalization

Free Trade No More

1,2,3,4, we don't want free trade no more!
5,6,7,8, we don't want your corporate state!
9,10,11,12, we'll run the system by ourselves!
13,14,15,16, what the hell is Cretien thinking!
17,18,19,20, next election you'll loose by plenty!
21,22,23,24, radical cheerleaders at your door!

Good grief, here's our beef.

Good grief, here's our beef.
When you bite that Big Mac, you're paying with trees
Rainforests for hamburgers don't sound like a trade to me
Think of the garbage that their junk food does produce
When we are all saying that we must reduce
Refusing the union time after time
The way they treat their workers is truly a crime
Spreading like a virus all around the world
That fucking grinning clown makes me wanna hurl.
stay away from McDonald's (last line to tune of "get it all at McDonald's.)

Smash the WTO

The WTO's the World Trade Organisation
Our best weapon to fight them is our imagination
They've put world power in the hands of a few
That hurts the planet, the workers and me and you
They want to clearcut our forests and control our food
I don't know about you, but I think that's rude
They came to Seattle at the end of last year
We hope our message was loud and clear
We built some puppets and made some noise
We showed the world what we think of these boys
So tell your friends and use your voice
We've got to act now while we've still got a choice
L E T S G O lets go lets go [X2]
L E T S G O smash WTO

Control

They're tryin to take control
To do as they please
Globalisin power
For their corporate sleaze
So WTO
Your plan has got to go
Your scheming system we
Are gonna overthrow
Well there's poverty and misery
All over the land
The situation's gotten out of hand
When so few own so much
It's time to take a stand
Take back the power!
End corporate greed!

We're sexy, we're cute

We're sexy, we're cute, we're radical to boot!
We're angry, we're tough, and we have had enough!
Big mac, fillet-o-fish, quarter pounder, french fries,
Icy cola, thick shake, sundaes and apple pies,
Big wigs, farm fish, education with large fries,
Chilly climate, clear cuts, six billion people's lives,
We protest the FTAA, their answer is to pepper spray,
No more fucking police brutality! No more fucking police brutality!
Public service is privatized, do you want your health care super-sized?
Taco Bell, go to hell, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut,
McDonald's, McDonald's,
We're sexy, we're cute, we're radical to boot!
We're angry, we're tough, and we have had enough!
Take back the power, fight corporate greed,
Take back the power, fight corporate greed,
Take back the power, fight corporate greed,
Take back the power!

Si Si my Playmate

si si my playmate
come out and play with me
we'll have a great ol' day
covered in pepper spray
we'll make blockades
and do whatever it takes
to make the heads of state
listen to us-us-us

chretien, my pm
wont come and play with me
he's locked himself away
with the ftaa
they will not share
their secret plans with us
so we've come [or "we went"] to quebec
to make a fuss-fuss-fuss

si si my playmate
come climb the fence with me
fight their security
for human dignity
thousands of others
are resisting too
lets show those delegates
what we can do-do-dodododo!

We Don't Want To Privatize

(to the tune of sound off)
we don't want to privatize
FTAA don't rule our lives
we don't want to privatize
FTAA we don't buy your lies

hands off our education
our schools aren't corporations
you can't have our water supply
it's a right, not a buy
we won't sacrifice our health
just to add to your corporate wealth
break it on down
FTAA and it's corporations make us think ooooooffffff
constipation!
dehumanization!
militarization!
incarceration!
deforestation!
flatulations!

you don't have an invitation
to take over all the nations

privatize this, ugh!

Token French Cheer

Négociation?
Non, non, non
Domination?
Non, non, non
Révolution!
C’est la seule solution!
So-so-so, Solidarité!
So-so-so, Solidarité!
C’est tout c’qui peut …
C’est tout c’qui peut …
C’est tout c’qui peut … (pause)
Nous sau-ver!

Hey FTAA

hey f-t-a-a, agh, agh, agh, agh, agh, agh (a throaty a-retchy sound)
your corporate greed is not okay
no way, not today,
or we'll blow you away
okay, okay, okay, okay, okay [like a teeny bopper]
[do this next part 3 times: the first time really slow, then normal speed,
then at high speed like a chipmunk]
hey nafta, hey nafta,
we know what you're afta
your greedy treaties won't get you no sweeties
better eat your wheaties and beat your weanies

Canada is not Okay

T AND A all the way canada is not okay
no borders no states
we just want to masturbate
no borders no states
we just want to masterbate
T and A all the way
canada is not okay
we want anal penetration
not canadian corporations
canada sucks corprate cock
global free trade's got to stop!!!

canada is a nation based on appropriation
canada is a nation based on appropriation

1-2-3-4 you think their evil next door
5-6-7-8 canadas history bases on hate

recruit recruit 10% is not enuf!!!!
recruit recruit 10% is not enuf!!!!

no mcydees no kfc
and don't forget police brutality
just last week just yesterday
now their out say'n gay's okay
they make the laws to say we're equal but
it don't effect all the people
corpratized bad pride
whatcha going ta do
whatcha going ta do when they cum for you
corpratized bad pride
whatcha going ta do
whatha going ta do when they go down on you!

You Ugly

U-G-L-Y
Corporate scum you cheat you lie
You UGLY uh uh you ugly
G-R-E-E-D
Corporation don't fool me
you greedy uh uh you greedy
E-V-I-L
Money wont Save you from hell
you evil uh uh you evil
R-U-I-N
All this shit has got to end
you ruin uh uh you ruin
Y-L-G-U
You are ugly backwards too
You UGLY uh uh you ugly
F-R-E-E
That is what we need to see
our freedom uh uh our freedom

No F-T-A-A

We want no F, no T, no double A
we'll fight you in Quebec and we'll fight you here today,
you'd better watch your back, we're ready to attack,
you think you've got our power but we're here to take it back
You think your fast track methods will keep you discreet
But we've caught on to your lies and we're here to rock the street

Free people, not free trade
I said feed people, not feed gain

No more neo-colon-ization
Environmental destruction and deforestation
FTAA enforced by militrization
Just another corporate-ruled organization

Human need, not corporate greed!
Human need, not corporate greed!

Listen to the Water

CHORUS:
Listen to the water
Listen to the water
Rolling down the river
Listen to the water
Listen to the water
Rolling down the river

I saw a frog by the waterside (wrebit)
I saw a frog by the waterside (wrebit)
I saw a frog by the waterside
Rolling down the river

CHORUS

I saw a duck by the waterside (quak-quak)
I saw a duck by the waterside (quak-quak)
I saw a duck by the waterside
Rolling down the river

CHORUS

I saw an oilslick by the waterside (oilslick noise)
I saw...
Poisoning the river

CHORUS

I saw a dead fish by the waterside (dead fish noise)
I saw...
Floating down the river

CHORUS

FTAA was by the waterside (FTAA noise)
FTAA...
And there is no more water...

NEW CHORUS:
Listen to the power
Listen to the power
Rolling up the river
Listen to the power
Listen to the power
Rolling up the river

I saw my friends by the waterside (yeah yeah)
I saw...
I saw...
Claiming back the river

NEW CHORUS

Free trade was by the waterside (boo boo)
Free trade...
Free trade...
Drowning down the river

The Wall

You've built this massive wall
We're gonna make it fall
With our chants, with our dance
You can't arrest us all

People are not blind
To what you have in mind
Arrogance, Ignorance
You can't screw us from behind

Free market economy
Bullshit ideology
It's killing our planet, we can't stand it
As you can clearly see...

Le Mur

Ce mur vous l'avez érigé
Nous on va le faire s'écrouler
Avec nos danses, nos déchéances
Vous ne pouvez pas nous arrêter

Tout le monde s'est aperçu
De vos manigances crochues
Arrogance, Ignorance
C'est fini, vous n'pourrez plus

Libéraliser l'économie
Injuste idéologie
Ça tue notre terre, pis ça va faire!
À bas la fausse démocratie

Sommet des Amériques

Le Sommet des Amériques
Dictateurs économiques
FTAA? (clap-clap) no way !

ALÉNA - ZLÉA

ALÉNA, ALÉNA
Non mais qu'est-ce que tu crisse là ?
Tes traités on les a pas signés
Pis on est écoeuré de se faire enculé

ZLÉA, ZLÉA
Non toé tu passeras pas!
La vérité que tu veux imposer
C'est une cochonnerie que tu vas ravaler

Jobs are lost

Jobs are lost
So whatta we do?
Gotta think this corporate system through
People need a voice or we are toast
If you're not rich, then adios
Sweatshops benefit the bosses most
How much money have they grossed?
Tie trade leaders to a whipping post
'Til we get heard from coast to coast

Borders

eenie meenie miny mo!
to the border, here we go!
will they let you cross?
hell no!
why's that?
'cause you're from mexico!
if you've got fine brown skin
then crossing the border is a sin!
just wanna see some kin!
ins won't let you in!
north east west south!
the rich stay in!
the poor stay out!
fuck that alien rhetoric!
the border crossed you!
now you cross it!

Bill C-36

What do radical cheerleaders think about Bill C-36?
We think it's great, yeah right, just like G8!

The other day
I made a call
The phone was tapped
So they knew all.
(all together)

C-36
Gives them the power
To take my freedom
For 72hrs.
(all together)

They arrested me
Because I said
I didn't like
The government.
(all together)

Do they expect
Us just to sit
And give our rights
To hypocrites.
(all together)

We don't breed terror
We know the facts
We won't sit by
While they attack.
(all together)

C-36 licks!

Free Trade

My banners shaking
My bandanas so tight
My eyes are tearing from left to right
Saying ew ungowa the people still got the power (repeat)
Saying Bang bang the economy gains but the people's rights go down the drain

Anti-Sanctions

Sanctions in Iraq

sanctions in iraq, we ain't down with that
sanctions in iraq, we ain't down with that
so what's that you say? no we won't go away
'cause there's a problem here and a lot to fear
sanctions in iraq, we ain't down with that
sanctions in iraq, we ain't down with that
denying medicine!
punishing children!
starving a nation!
won't lead to hussein's obliteration
so we say, sanctions in iraq, we ain't down with that!

Contamination

this contamination is a violation of UN law
they're after our oil, there's d.u. in the soil
it's killing our children
our children
our children
they say that theyr'e after Saddam, but who gets the brunt of the bomb?
they're killing our children
our children
our children
this contamination is a violation of un law
and oil for food production won't make up for the destruction
we must save our children
our children
our children
so let's save our children
our children
our children

1, 2, 3, 4

one, two, three, four
knock on the white house door!
five, six, seven, eight
no, we won't hesitate!
in iraq, can't fight back, it's the sanctions we attack
eight, seven, six, five
don't want no compromise
four, three, two, one
must stop what has begun
ain't no way to save the day
let's tell the usa!

Anti-Capitalism

Cheerleaders of Silicon Valley

We are the Cheerleaders of Silicon Valley
Here to pose to you a little moral tally
Is it right to get rich
but think Mz Liberty's a bitch?
Is it right to make some dough,
But step on other people's toes?
Can you pay minimum wage
and keep yore workers in a cage?
WE Say HELL No, Mr C-E-O
Yore skeezy system we, are gunna overthrow
(same as WTO cheer from here on out)

Don't Suck Me Into Crapitalism! Part I

open up a bank acct?
i'd rather put my small amt
in my sock er under my bed
not give it 2 those CRAPITLALISTS nstead!
wit their "service" charges & monthly fees
they got po folks down on their knees
beggin "don't take anymo o'my $ pleez!!!!"

sign up 4 a credit card?
apply rite here! itz not so hard
but i say "shred it!!"
i aint got no credit!!
rackin up bills ya kant afford 2 pay
while linin the pockets o' the patriarchay!

invest in the stock marker?
dont buy in2 that rackit!
wallstreet's the epitome
o' crapitalist patriarchy!
sell yer shairs & watch the DOW
greeds the only thing makin that world go round!

BUY! BUY! BUY! & BUY SOME MORE!
don't matta IF you're rich or poor
kant afford it? we'll give u credit!
then bury u in DEBT! DEBT! DEBT!
this IS the amerikkkan way
so get outta the system
there's a better way!

We Are Workers Too

hey all yu people who are in need
stand up and fight against corporate greed
tell them we are workers too
and we know what they're tryin to do
they're exploting the poor
and comforting the rich
[hilfiger] doesn't even pay a cent for every fuckin stitch!
(yu can replace the name in the brackets with any evil corporation of yr choice!)

consumption

totally, for sure!
i just got a manicure!
the sun, i swear!
is messing with my golden hair!
go! go! buy! buy!
gee i hope i look alright!
consumption!
consumption!
what's your function?
tell me i should buy more to feel good!
when i'm depressed
buy more to impress!
for only $19.95
you might let me stay alive!
for an arm and a leg
give me shelter and a bed!
but for a lifetime guarantee
i must sell all of me!
are you selling peace in a bottle?
artificial peace in a bottle?
we don't want it!
we don't need it!
that shit makes me want to vomit!

Six Bucks Sucks!

Six Bucks Sucks! (x2)

A server's job is never done
6 bucks an hour barely feeds one!

Can't afford to pay next year's tuition
6 bucks an hour
stalls my academic mission!

No edu-cation is a
Starv-ing nation!

Six Bucks Sucks! (x2)

Potential for a-buse makes our faces turn sour
When probationary time
is 500 hours!

To tell us Mr. Campbell,
Could you spare
900 bucks?

we're telling you now,
Six Bucks Sucks!

Six Bucks Sucks!

Hey Gordon Campbell, don't take advantage of our age,
You're raising our tuition, and lowering our wage
Six bucks and hour, that really is a sham
If you think we're gonna take it, you really are a ham!
Who cares if we've got rent to pay, and school and food to boot,
All you liberals care about is raking in the loot!
Too young to vote is too young for equal pay,
That's what you think Campbell, well FUCK YOU anyway!

Labour Movement

We're sexy, we're cute, We're radical to boot
We're young, we're brown, and you can't shut us down!

You say labour's in a crisis
And youth have got to fight this

We ain't doin' it alone
Stop throwin' us a bone

Are all the leaders clones???

They say labour's steppin'
But they ain't representin'
OCAP, Quebec and Seattle-- you bet!

Youth are on the move
Is labour gonna groove?

So here's our token cheer,
It better last all year

Cause...

WE'RE ANGRY, WE'RE TOUGH AND WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH!

GMO's

Ge-ne-ti-cal-ly en-gin-eered food

Ge-ne-ti-cal-ly en-gin-eered fooood, food,
Ge-ne-ti-cal-ly en-gin-eered food.
Not tested, but proved! Not tested, but proven
to cause new allergies, help cancer growth,
become toxic like the FLAVR SAVR to-ma-to!
Ge-ne-ti-cal-ly en-gin-eered fooood, food,
Ge-ne-ti-cal-ly en-gin-eered food!

We Won't Buy Your GMO's

[Crowd echos each line]
We won't buy your GMO's
You can blow them out your nose
We won't buy your GMO's
Our seeds already grow
we won't buy your Nike Air
Your sweatshops are everywhere
We won't buy your Nike Air
Consumer boycotts make you care
We won't buy your Nescafé
'cuz free trade ain't the way
We will grow our food local
'til every tummy's really full
We'll create democracy
And fight and fight until we're free

Sweatshops

L-A-B-E-L

L-A-B-E-L, check it!
L-A-B-E-L, check it!
L-A-B-E-L, check it!
What does it say?
Made in Hong Kong, made in Taiwan,
Made in Ecuador, workers dirt poor,
Can't afford health care, a life making sports wear
It's up to us? It's up to us!
To make a fuss? To make a fuss!
Corporate giants, beware!

Who makes your clothes?

Hey, you in the store! What do you know?
Let's play a little game called who makes your clothes!
Is it your mamma? Your daddy? Your grandma? No!
It's a sweat shop worker!

Little girls shipped from the Philipines
to work for corporate money fiends!
Indentured servants, stripped of their rights,
they're so oppressed, they can't even fight!

Can't complain or unionize
they'll get deported while you make your buy!
Don't let the Gap feed you their lies
they're just greedy corporate scum in a fashion disguise!

Medicare Cheers

Hospitals not war

We're radical cheerleaders and we're here to say
We need to stand up for health care today
Private companies trying to sneak in
The money they'll make off us makes them grin
The state underfunds the public health system
For profit care we're expected to welcome
We know better, public care provides more
Spend our taxes in hospitals instead of on war.

Not for sale

Medicare is not for sale
It shouldn't be based on income scale
Corporate care comes with a cost
Our equity we will have lost
All the people should be treated
Private care must be defeated
Medicare is not for sale
The people's wishes must prevail

Budget Cheers

Shaft

This year's budget really stinks
Paul Martin is a bloody fink
Corporate scum get all the cash
Students and health care get the shaft
We're tired of your greedy crap
It's time to take the power back!
Take back the power
Fight corporate greed!

What shall we do with $100 billion?

[to the tune of "What shall we do with a drunken sailor?"]

What shall we do with $100 billion?
What shall we do with $100 billion?
What shall we do with $100 billion,
Ear-lye in the morning?
Shall we cut down student debt loads? (3x)
Ear-lye [etc.]
Shall we save our health care system, (3x)
Ear-lye [etc.]
Shall we pay for homeless shelters, (3x)
Ear-lye [etc.]
Or shall we spend it on massive tax cuts, (3x)
Ear-lye [etc.]
Why don't you listen to the people, (3x)
Ear-lye [etc.]

Shame

Shame Shame Shame on you
Shame on you for your tax cuts
People in need and you turned your back
Social funding's what we lack
Martin's just a rich man's pawn
This debt bullshit is just a con
Fund the programs that were cut
Do it now or we'll kick your butt!

Hey Martin

Heyyyy Martin
don't think we aren't aware
The support for parents simply isn't there
We waited for you to do your share
We want that universal childcare!
Where where where
Where's our childcare?
Heyyyy Martin
what's this all about
Your competency we severely doubt
It's because of you we have to shout
Child care in liberals out!

American Politics

Fart in Ya Face

Fart in ya face
Fart in ya face
Hey, George W.
Let me fart in ya face!

Pregnant chads and Brother Jeb
Gotcha in the White House
Like Uncle Jed
So throw out the Beano
An' pass the cakes
Let's go to DC
So I can fart in ya face!

Fart in ya face!
Fart in ya face!
Hey, Dick Cheney
Let me fart in ya face!

So you hired a gay guy
Big deal
Frig biggin' deal
That don't prove a thang
'Cause ya still got that swang!
Ashcroft, Whitman
Fascists in this place
Lemme bend over
An' fart in ya face!

Fart in ya face!
Fart in ya face!
Hey, GOP
Let me fart in ya face!

Jesse Helms Retirement Cheer

to the tune of THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

Hey, his diapers are on backwards
And his ass smells like dry rot
Like his politics
Ol' Jesse's got a fungus on his cock
30 years is too damn long
To park his ass in ol' DC
Now it's time Jesse went on home...

Glory glory
Time to call the nursing home
Glory glory
Jesse's just too old to roam
Glory glory
Down goes one more fascist pig
An' he ain't gonna jump no more!

Cheerleader's National Anthem (U.S.)

oh say can you see
by the tvs blue light
when democracy failed
and wall st was scheming
the jail stripes and iron bars
left the ghettos in scars
from our sofas we watched
as the nation was screaming
and the missiles red glare
star wars nukes in the air
if you're not rich and white
then your rights are stripped bare
oh say will that blood-spattered
dollar still reign
in the land of corporate greed
and the home of the slave

Pledge of Allegiance

i pledge a grievance
to the man
of the united states of amerikkka
and to the public
on which it stands
one nation
under the gun
in disrepair
with liberty for just us
not all

Iraq

Propaganda

Imperialist propaganda's
Been telling us its lies
While people all around us
Have been losing their lives.

So we're going to a teach-in
We're taking it to the streets
While we stand united
Corporations will be beat

So struggle baby, struggle
Struggle while you can
They don't own the system
We need a whole new plan.

So rumble from the bottom
Throw them from the top
And you know that when we get there
Oppression we will stop!

So bop-shu-bop-shu-bop
Bog-shu-bop-shu-bop
And you know that when we get there
Oppression we will stop!

JUSTICE (a little variation to the original)

j-u-s-t-i-c-e (justice)
Will only come peacefully (x3)

Clap once ... for democracy
Clap twice ... then listen to me
Our military action is a way to gain
us more power and the south more pain

Clap once ... for a resolution
Clap twice ... show opposition
We don't want your racist war
You're just keeping others poor

Clap once ... for a peaceful solution
Clap twice ... we need a revolution
We're gonna work for justice now
Anyway....ANYHOW!!!

Beat em' Bust em (x3)
That's our custom
The government wants retribution
We need a peaceful solution
Beat em' Bust em'(x2)
Take your values and readjust them
WHy violence with some more?
Whose the loser in this war?
It's not (clap clap) the president
It's not (clap, clap) terrorists
It's not (clap, clap) governments --
it's innocent citizens

Peace

p-e- (uh, huh) a-c-e (x3)
leads to justice
a-m-e-r-i-c-a
waging war is not the way
j-u-s-t-i-c-e
will only come peacefully
we said!
a-m-e-r-i-c-a
waging war is not the way
j-u-s-t-i-c-e
will only come peacefully

War

chorus:
War! What is it good for?
Absolutely nothin
Say it again
War! What is it good for?
Absolutely nothin'

BREAK IT DOWN
We can use our words
To come to terms
We don't need to balcme
A nation for one man's shame
Don't kill innocents
For killing innocents
Just think critically and act rationally

(chorus)

Shame on you
George W.
We don't need your war
To settle the score
Don't kill innocents
For killing innocents
Just think critically and act rationally

Saddam

You're not workin' with credible evidence
To put forward your so-called defense
You're only plantin' the terror seed
To fulfill the wants of corporate greed
You make Saddam the enemy
To boost your floundering economy
To do favours for those bastards that reign
And oh yeah
don't forget about your upcoming election campaign

1, 2, 3, 4

1, 2, 3, 4 We've got to stop this ugly war
5, 6, 7, 8 Come on people, it's not too late
9, 10 Let's say it again
1, 2, 3, 4 We've got to stop this ugly war

Iraq

(to the tune of ba-ba-ba-ran)
Bomb Bomb bomb Bomb Bomb Iraq
Bomb Bomb bomb Bomb Bomb Iraq
Bomb Bomb bomb
Bomb Iraq
Bush says Attack
We must fight back
So bomb iraq
Too bad if the bombs miss their targets
And kill lots of civilians in iraq
Bomb bomb bomb bomb iraq

We tried using sanctions
We tried withholding food
We tried the u.n. but we're a blood thirsty crew
So bomb iraq bomb bomb bomb bomb iraq
You'll be sadammed if you don't sadammed if you do
So bomb iraq bomb bomb bomb bomb iraq

Does it make you feel safe to bomb another race
Wall street's got blues
So we'll say saddamms got nukes
We'll be killing lots of people and fighting
Another war for oil? oi oi we kill for oil

Who let the bombs drop?

who let the bombs drop? bush X3 (after each verse)
who do we gotta stop? bush X3
who funds bin ladin?
just like his daddy taught him?
who steals food from children?
in Iraq and Afganistan?
who is facist
the worlds worst terrorist!

let's talk about war baby

let's talk about war baby
let's talk about you and me
let's talk about all the bullshit
that the whitehouse is layin' on me
let's talk about war... (x4)

Bomb Iraq

If you're happy and you know it, bomb Iraq.
If you cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq.
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq.

If we have no allies with us, bomb Iraq.
If we think that someone's dissed us, bomb Iraq.
So to hell with the inspections,
Let's look tough for the elections,
Close your mind and take directions,
Bomb Iraq.

It's pre-emptive non-aggression, bomb Iraq.
To prevent this mass destruction, bomb Iraq.
They've got weapons we can't see,
And that's all the proof we need,
If they're not there, they must be,
Bomb Iraq.

If you never were elected, bomb Iraq.
If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq.
If you think Saddam's gone mad,
With the weapons that he had,
And he tried to kill your dad,
Bomb Iraq.

If corporate fraud is growin', bomb Iraq.
If your ties to it are showin', bomb Iraq.
If your politics are sleazy,
And hiding that ain't easy,
And your manhood's getting queasy,
Bomb Iraq.

Fall in line and follow orders, bomb Iraq.
For our might knows not our borders, bomb Iraq.
Disagree? We'll call it treason,
Let's make war not love this season,
Even if we have no reason,
Bomb Iraq

good for the rich, bad for the poor

good for the rich,
bad for the poor,
we don't want your bloody war!

george bush, we know you

george bush, we know you,
your daddy was a killer too!

bush says fight back

(call and response)
bush says fight back (we say fuck that)
fight back (fuck that) (x2)
bush says more war (we say what for)
more war (what for) (x2)
bush says bomb iraq (we say fuck that)
bomb iraq (fuck that) (x2)

Hey President Bush

Hey President Bush
How we wish you were here
We'd kick you in the tush
and box you on the ear

Hey Georgie Baby
Been a bad, bad boy
You're playing at war
like it's some kind of toy

Hey Mr. President
Killing is a crime
We'll remember this
Won't letcha do it this time

weapons of mass destruction

weapons of mass destruction
are not all Iraq's production
that's bullshit, get off it
the enemy is profit!
unemployment and inflation
are not caused by immigration
that's bullshit, get off it
the enemy is profit!

more booty, less bombs!

more booty, less bombs!
peace is sexy, tell your moms!

bonus anti-war chant

bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity!

Other Cheers

Stomp

I don't wanna work no more
What did you say
I said the system doesn't work no more
What did you say
I said Stomp Smash the State
Let's liberate
Acknowledge me or go to hell
Another worker to rebel

smash the state

feminists in the front!
let me hear you grunt!
(huh!)
feminists in the middle!
let me hear you sizzle!
(sssssss!)
feminists in the rear!
let me hear you cheer!
smash the state!
smash the state!
smash the state!
what?
smash the state!
smash the state!
smash the state!
right!

(you can replace "feminist" with whatever group you're cheering with.)

A Few Of My Favourite Things

Warm April showers and cold moons in autumn,
good friends and lovers, you know when you've got 'em,
replacing government with anarchy,
these are a few of my favourite things.

Lockdowns and treesits and teach-ins and blockades,
joining with others to fight for a new day,
ripping up the streets while we dance and sing,
these are a few of my favourite things.

Corporate culture, it surrounds me,
and I think I'll give up,
I simply remember my favourite things,
and then I go FUCK SHIT UP!

Resist

R is for REVOLUTION
E said EVERYBODY
S subvert the SYSTEM
I ignite DEBATE
S smash the STATE
T we're gonna TEAR IT DOWN!

(clap) Resist (clap) Resist, Raise up your fist!
(clap) Resist (clap) Resist, Show 'em that you are pissed!
(clap) Resist (clap) Resist, Fight the Capitalists!
(clap) Resist (clap) Resist, Tell 'em what they can kiss!

Activate

People need to hit the street
Make some noise, turn up the heat
Fight the system
Take the power
Make the corporations cower
Rise up my friends & spread the word
It's time to make our voices heard!

Bullshit

Unemployment and inflation
Are not caused by immigration
Bullshit
Get off it
The enemy is profit

Oh, Canada

Oh, Canada, our home on Native land,
we don't want education, sold to a major brand.
We'll learn the history of McDonald's, and how great Nike shoes are,
and we'll never learn of exploitation, of workers near and far.
Join us in the streets, fight until we're free,
Oh, Canada, why did you pepper spray me?
Oh, Canada, fuck off and let me be!

Colonial Kkkanada

hey, this was in the latest Sleeping Dragon Press, some of the lines don't quite work with the rhythm of "oh kkkanada" but it's really good regardless.

(sung to the tune of "oh canada")

oh kkkanada!
our home on native land
blind patriot faith
with blood on our leaders hands
with greedy hearts
we see out demise
the rich too strong
the rest not free
from far and wide
cultural genocide
this land stolen savagely
lies keep the masses
obiedient and numb
oh kkkanada neo-colonial scum!
oh kkkanada neo-colonial scum!

Keep the peace

Profit is the only goal
When Bombs and bullets take their toll
People die, and all for what?
More arms trade
Rich corporate sluts
People the whole world over
Should organise and get together
Just say no
Refuse to dance
Ensure that peace will get a chance
Don't do it for them any more
Refuse to fight and end all war!

End this persecution

Go...fight...end this persecution
I think you know
what the solution is
Put your heart where your mind is
Open up and what you'll find is
Hey parliament hill (or... hey patriarchy)
We're lives, not dollar bills (or... we are lives and we should be free)
And we're pissed
We're not gonna stand for this
Free your heart free your mind
Free the land free food free speech (or... free your bodies woman(or human)kind)
Let's get in the mood to
Go fight end this persecution

Pigs

Gimme a P! Gimme an I! Gimme a G! Gimme an S!
P-I-G-S WITH THE BADGE ON THEIR CHEST
they want to oppress
THE PEOPLE WITH LESS!
these cops are armed and danger-ous
they're the BoYS IN BLUE
put yr hands where they can see them or they're gonna SHOOT you!!
their excuse is protection
their tool is control
the time to act is NOW
TAKE THE PIGS OFF PATROL!

I'm an anarchist punk

Fuck you, I'm an anarchist punk
fuck you, I'm a feminist too
fuck you, and a woman at that
I'm the lady and the tramp

You say you're doin' fine
workin' your nine to five
but with me, you could be free
why don't you try my shoes on for size?

Fuck you, we're anarchist punks
fuck you, we're feminists too
fuck you, we're women at that
We're the ladies and the tramps

Deck the Halls

Deck the malls with wads of money,
fa la la la la la la la la,
It's the season let's do gluttony,
fa la la la la la la la la,
On their cell phones in SUV's,
fa la la la la la la la la,
In pursuit of American Beauty,
fa la la la la la la la la,

Beaming with pride at the food drive,
fa la la la la la la la la,
But they still eat in the month of July,
fa la la la la la la la la,
The poor have no place just one hot plate,
fa la la la la la la la la,
To last them for three hundred long days,
fal la la la la la la la la.

freedom, travelling, empowerment

hey you, over there!
get out of that chair!
come with me and you'll see
what it's like to be free!
gonna hop that freight train hobo style!
going long and far now, let's get wild!
hey you, over there!
get out of that chair!
come with me and you'll see
what it's like to be free!
gonna leave those boyfriends right at home!
fuck patriarchy, i've got the urge to roam!
enough is enough!
we people will rise up!
attack!
fight back!
this bogus system is wack!
hey you, don't be scared!
stick that thumb out in the air!
hanging out on the highway side!
i'm not pulling a trick!
i just want a free ride!
enough is enough!
we people will rise up!
attack!
fight back!
this bogus system is wack!
empower yourself!
break out of the house!
hit the road and fucking go!

Call & Response

this cheer is a call & response cheer, so get the crowd going!!

if you live for justice gotta yell with all your might
when we say First Nations, you say rights
First Nations! Rights! (x 4)

if you want health care but not two tiered
when we say private, say not here
Private! Not Here! (x 4)

education is a right so yell with glee
when we say tuition, you say free
Tuition! Free! (x 4)

if you live for justice then you really gotta shout
when we say liberals, you say OUT!
Liberals! Out! (x4)

Polyamory Cheer

To all of you in a
monogomous relationship
who cheat on your partners
That is Bullshit!

Think you can get by
With all that gossip going on?
Well think again, honey
Cause you are very wrong!

You say you're a free lover
a feminist at heart
but you're making women mistrust women
and that don't fit the part.

Polyamory's the answer
but that takes work
so get up off your butt
and stop being a jerk!

Let's start a love revolution
and get it going on
with respect and honesty
so we all can play along!

Activism

To the tune of Fraggle Rock (written by a crew of young people ages 16 and under)

Take it to the Streets
Revolution is so sweet
Something we expect
Is Freedom and Respect
Freedom and Respect

Young workers of today
We need to fight for better pay
We need to have a say
Democracy's the way
Democracy's the way

Stomp Smash the State
It's time for us to Liberate
Corporate greed go to hell
Rise up! Resist! Rebel!
Rise Up! Resist! Rebel!

Police brutality

(to the tune of "Tell My Ma", aka "Belle of Belfast City":)

(Chorus:)
We'll tell the world when we get home
The cops won't leave the kids alone
They tear gas us and they break our bones
And keep it up till we go home
They are bastards, they are shitty,
They are the cops of Quebec City,
Rubber bullets, pepper spray,
Please would you tell me who are they?

Jean Chretien and George Bush love them,
Cos they hide the people from them;
But our world's not theirs to sell,
So let's tell them to go to hell!

Hear they come in big blue bands,
Shields on their faces and clubs in their hands;
But we won't be stopped by anything,
They can crush all the flowers but they won't stop spring!

(Chorus)

Rock the Streets

we can rock the streets,
the streets, the streets
saying we can rock the streets,
the streets, the streets

clap once--for democracy
clap twice--then listen to me
military action is a way to gain
more US power and southern pain

saying we can rock the streets,
the streets, the streets
yeah we can rock the streets,
the streets, the streets

clap once--for a resolution
clap twice--show opposition
we don't want yr racist war,
and we won’t take it anymore!

saying we can rock the streets,
the streets, the streets
saying we can rock the streets,
the streets, the streets!

Anti-Xmas Carols

Buy and Sell

City Sidewalks busy sidewalks
lined with advertising
It's the big retail season of Christmas
Children begging for each new thing
toys for mile after mile
and the mood of the season is clear

Chorus:
Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
Buy and Sell (Buy and Sell)
It's Christmas time for consumers
Ching-a-ching (Ching-a-ching)
Cash registers ring (Cash registers ring)
Must we spend Christmas this way?

Maxing credit, running debits
buying things we don't need
with money we don't really have
Children crying, parents sighing
no time for family
and the reason behind it is clear

Chorus

Consumer Wonderland

The TV's on – are you watching?
Another product – that they're hawking
one more thing you need
to make life complete
Welcome to Consumer Wonderland

In the stores – you will hear it
"Pricey gifts – show good spirit"
That's what they call it
to get to your wallet
Welcome to Consumer Wonderland

At the mall we can go out shopping
and buy lots of stuff we can't afford
we'll have lots of fun with our new toys
until we realize that we're still bored

When you shop – ain't it thrilling
until you – get the billing
the money you still owe, the stuff broke long ago
Welcome to Consumer Wonderland

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Slow down ye frantic shoppers for there's something we must say
If you would spare a moment all the stores would go away
Big business has been telling us what Christmas means today
Now it's time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
Yes it's time we decided for ourselves.

To some folks Christmas means a time for gathering with friends
And enemies might take it as a time to make amends
But TV says it's time for pricey gifts and selfish ends
Now it's time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
Yes it's time we decided for ourselves.

Some people feel that Christmas is when Jesus makes a call
For others it's a time to stress good will and peace to all
But advertisers tell us it means Santa's at the mall
Now it's time we decided for ourselves, for ourselves
Yes it's time we decided for ourselves.

Rudolph, The Red Nose Reindeer

Uh oh we're in the red, dear
On our credit card it shows
Christmas is almost over
But the debit line still grows
Shopping like Santa's zombies
Sent our budget down in flames
But all our Christmas spirit
Helped the giant retail chains

I'm so foggy Christmas Eve
Wondering how we'll pay
Christmas doesn't seem so bright
When our finances are this tight

So here's a plan for next year
Let's forget the shopping spree
Let's give a gift of love, so
All our Christmas gifts are free

Jingle All The Way

You're eating up our lies and dashing to the stores
Then all our prices rise and how the money pours
If we don't keep you drugged and watching your TV
You might see the hypocrisy then where would business be?

Chorus
Profits here, profits there,
profits everywhere
Christmas time is funny,
we smell money in the air
Advertise, glamorize,
fool you with a flair.
Let's make sure that Christmas
is a businesslike affair.

We'll tell you how to think and tell you what to try
What to eat and drink and how to live and die
And if our plan succeeds, when Christmas-time is nigh
Instead of seeking love and peace you'll hunt for gifts to buy

Chorus

On the twelfth day of Christmas

On the twelfth day of Christmas
my boss gave to me:
twelve cents an hour
eleven sewing needles,
ten supervisors,
nine Nike runners,
eight Wal-Mart labels,
seven Guess jeans,
six hems for sewing,
five baby tees,
four Woolworth vests,
three Barbie dolls,
two Gap shirts
and a piece rate worth two bucks a day.

Hark

Hark our televisions say buy some useless crap today
Little children sing and lay in a cozy sweatshop today
Christmas comes but once a year nimble fingers bring good cheer
Resources come from a distant land fabricated in Japan
Shipped across the ocean blue to a big box store near you
Buy local and feel good and support your neighbourhood!

Learn to Sew! Learn To Sew! Learn To Sew!

Oh, the economy's really frightful
but the shopping is so delightful
when you desperately need some dough
learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to sew!
Oh, there's no sign the work is stopping
cause the orders keep us hopping.
when you've got no place else to go,
learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to sew.
When you finally say good night,
and it's 2:00 a.m. in the morn,
and the foreman wants to hold you tight,
and you wish that he'd never been born.

Oh, the economy's really frightful
but the shopping is so delightful
when you desperately need some dough
learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to sew.
Oh, the industry isn't dying
but the work is really trying
when your bank account's getting low
learn to sew, learn to sew, learn to sew.

My favourite things

Shirts from Honduras
and Nikes from China
clothes made in sweatshops
in North Carolina,
all wrapped in packages
tied up with string,
these are a few of my
least favourite things.

When the sun shines
when the snow melts
when I'm feeling glad
I simply remember
my least favourite things
and then I start getting mad.

Skirts made in Malaysia
under sweatshop conditions,
clothes sewn in Toronto
for Northern Traditions,
all wrapped in packages
tied up with string,
these are a few of my
least favourite things.

When the sun shines
when the snow melts
when I'm feeling glad
I simply remember
my least favourite things
and then I start getting mad.

Slaving in a Sweatshop Wonderland

Door bell rings, are you listening?
On your brow, sweat is glistening.
You're working tonight; it just isn't right,
slaving in a Sweatshop Wonderland.
Gone away are the good jobs
Here today are the sweatshops
They want you to sew
seven days in a row
slaving in a Sweatshop Wonderland.

In Toronto, Woolworth has used sweatshops
and they've paid the lowest rates in town.
Ask about a union, they'll say no ma'am.
Homeworkers do the job for the poorest pay around.

Later on, they'll conspire
how to raise prices higher
The plans that they've made
won't make us better paid
Slaving in a Sweatshop Wonderland

Door bell rings, are you listening?
On your brow, sweat is glistening.
You're working tonight; it just isn't right,
slaving in a Sweatshop Wonderland.

Jingle Your Mama (sung to Jingle Bells)

buy buy buy buy buy buy
buy some freedom today
refuse to spend your time in malls,
don’t throw it all away, hey!

buy buy buy buy buy buy
buy some meaning today
this season is more than just a hallmark holiday, yay!

Dashing through the slush, in a mall parking lot,
building rage as we go, trying to find a spot
fighting over toys, line-ups last for miles
open up your heart and let out a big smile

buy buy buy buy buy buy
buy some quality today
go home and spend some time with friends and family, hey!

Not So Frosty (sung to Frosty the Snowman)

Frosty the snowperson
brought a smile to everyone’s face
until the temperature started to rise and green grass took its place.

Frosty the snowperson had two eyes made out of coal
the same kind burned to generate power and undermine the earth’s soul

There needs to be some conscience in the government we elect
to think of alternative energy sources that people can select.

Frosty the snowperson is a good lesson in climate change
if we don’t start taking action now next Christmas will look strange!