Make It Small
This song is a challenge to those who claim to oppose big government but who refuse to do anything to make it small.
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“Bluntly ideological”
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Genre: Blues, alternative, singer-songwriter, jazz
Duration: 4:31
Vocals: Carla Howell
Piano: Jiri Nedoma
Saxophone: Tucker Antell
Bass: Marc-Andre Drouin
Drums: Lee Fish
Words and Music by Carla Howell (BMI)
Produced by Carla Howell and Les Fish
Sound Engineering by Matt Hayes
Recorded and mastered at Wellspring Sound, Acton, MA
Illustration by Anastasiia Brylliantova
LYRIC
You and I, my friend, came to the same conclusion
People do better without Big Government intrusion
But when you take a stand, you’re more concerned with whether you fit in
If you want change, my friend, you’re gunna have to grow some serious skin
So step outside the big government box
That’s the only way for you to walk your talk
We gotta bring down back-breaking taxes
We gotta make them fall
Cuz government’s way, way, way too big
So tell us
What you gunna do to make it small?
Your weak and watered-down words leave me feeling kinda tired
You say you’re not as bad as the rest, like I’m supposed to be inspired
You’re keepin’ Big Government big
That’s the essence of what you said
Long as you’re stuck on big, you will never move our cause ahead
So step outside the big government box
That’s the only way for you to walk your talk
We gotta knock down crazy high spending
We gotta move that wall
Cuz government’s way, way, way too big
So tell us
What you gunna do to make it small?
Oh, spare us your exceptions
Your excuses and deceptions
Just move in the direction of small
You been running this rap for quite a few years now
Can you stand to try something new?
Will you die if you’re jeered now?
Government’s so damn big, aren’t cha dyin’ to set us all free?
So give us ways of makin’ it small
You might discover how strong you can be
So step outside the big government box
That’s the only way for you to walk your talk
We gotta repeal, not just a few, oh no
We’re talking thousands of laws
Cuz government’s way, way, way too big
So tell us
What you gunna do to make it small?
I said a-government’s way, way way too big
Government’s way, way way too big
You know that government’s way, way way too big
So tell us
What you gunna do to make it small?
Your move
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