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--from the Walter Ehresman album "Pinches Topes" (2016), written and recorded in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Ehresman tells us: "This song is my response to the vile and divisive Trump campaign, and musically was inspired by Jamaican reggae and dub."

Download whole album here:

walterehresman.bandcamp.com/album/pinches-topes-2

See video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvLvyGl7KhM

lyrics

Too Rude To Rule
(© 2016 Walter Ehresman)

I see you spewin’ on the TV—
a full borosie with a harbour shark style;
Throwin’ gas onto the fire;
Spread your hate beneath a big smile;
Too rude to rule; too rude to rule.

You diggin’ poison from a deep well--
you celebrate it like it doesn’t have smell;
You put a lie into the mirror;
You make a little man swell, aye?
Too rude to rule; too rude to rule.
Too rude to rule, now; too rude to rule.

[break—dancehall toasting]
With your white hood meetings, you’re a real upsetter, man;
The baldheads getting’ giddy with your Brownshirt rhetoric;
The shockwaves you creatin’ never move that weave, man,
and everything you say is just a whim and not a plan;
And you tap into that river of American intolerance
(and everyone of color surely seen that Southern dance);
And you look into the mirror, say “who is that cool dude?”;
You think you’re too bad but you’re just too rude.

You actin’ fassy with a big mob;
You light the torches as they march to my town.
You got them huntin’ for the dark kids;
Machine guns at the feet of a clown.
But I’ve been hearin’ something risin’—
a better sound from the positive souls;
A hurricane is a’brewin’—
a pressure drop for your bankroll.
Too rude to rule; too rude to rule.
Too rude to rule, now; too rude too rude.


*Jamaican slang: “borosie”=a jerk; “harbour shark”=someone who is greedy; “fassy”=like an asshole; “rude”=criminal. This song was my response to the vile and divisive Trump campaign.

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from The Best of​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​World Music, released March 1, 2017
Walter Ehresman: vocals, electric guitars, keyboards, synth bass, keyboard percussion, rainstick, drum machine programming. Special guest--Alma Miranda: background vocals.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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