VEGANGELICA

Hello MBers,

Since my last song condemned opponents of book burning who don't flinch at all over killing and roasting animals, I decided to post the lyrics for another condemnation song about a favorite topic of mine: circumcision.

This song, "Shock," criticizes genital cutting (circumcision) for being what it is: sexual abuse of children.

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"Shock" by Erica

You think you know your son,
believing you’ve done right by him,
and yet you had him cut.
You made your child your victim.
His wound is now a scar.
You think his pain has gone away.
Well, think again, because
here’s what your little boy may say:

You say you love me
but my body tells me otherwise.
You had them hurt me in my childhood,
ignoring my cries.
You let them strap me down
and cut me though there was no need.
You should have known it’s wrong
to make a child’s genitals bleed.

You were my parents
and you should have been protecting me.
Instead you had them slice
and violate my body.
You shouldn’t torture
little children’s sexuality.
You had no right to harm
the most private part of me.

Shock, shock, shock to my system.
You should have never cut me, making me your victim.
Shock, shock, shock to your system.
You were my parents, so where was your wisdom?!

You never bothered learning
what this part of me was for:
protection, delicate sensation,
and so much more.
I’ll never know now how I
was supposed to be,
because you mutilated
what belonged to me.

You treated me as if I
were your possession.
You damaged me
due to sexual obsession.
Your doctor and your holy men
were your accomplices.
You all are perpetrators
of cruel injustices.

Mutilating genitals of little girls
is wrong, you cry,
but when it is a little boy,
you turn your blind eye.
You had no right to make
your violent incision.
What happens to my body
should be my decision!

Shock, shock, shock to my system.
You should have never cut me, making me your victim.
Shock, shock, shock to your system.
You were my parents, so where was your wisdom?!

(INTERLUDE)

You are the emperor who thinks he’s wise
but wears no clothes.
I am the little child
who sees you standing naked and knows.
I see right through you and your flimsy excuses.
You are abusers, defending your abuses.

You pinned a little child down.
You cut his penis by force.
Yet you acknowledge no wrongdoing.
You feel no remorse.
You violated his genital integrity.
You had no right to harm a helpless baby.

Fondle little children
and you’ll spend your life in jail.
Why can you cut their foreskin off
if they are male?!
There is no rationale, no justification.
You perpetrated genital mutilation.

You think his pain has gone away.
Well, think again, because
that’s what your little boy may say!

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