Hong Kong freedom died today
Well, maybe it took a couple of years
PRC keeps turning the vice
Crushing freedom’s gears
Yadda, yadda, yadda
Signed a treaty in ‘97
Supposed to honor Hong Kong rules
But who remembers way back then
The 2019 Hong Kong protests
Filled the world with awe
College students to the front once more
In freedom-loving thrall
You cannot win, you should not risk
Many used to tell ‘em
But they took the streets, held fast from force
With nothing but umbrellas
I love those Hong Kong kids
Who stood tall in the streets
We take our freedom for granted
They faced a cruel state’s teeth
New Hong Kong security law passed last year
No, not heaven sent
Any speech, assembly, writings the government doesn’t like
Now crushed as illegal dissent
And the Hong Kong courts won’t try you
Because the government may not win
They’ll ship you off for a mainland trial
Where the legal fix is in
No protests or banners or free internet speech
Listen to the Communists, only they can teach
What it means to be true Chinese
A new Hong Kong election law passed last month
Candidates must be pre-screened
For sufficient “patriotism”
Only good Communists can dream
We’ll tell you who represents you
Don’t worry ‘bout that vote
The Communist Party is all knowing
Careful now, don’t choke
And the last independent newspaper shut down this week
They raided the place and made arrests
Nobody left to do real reporting now
No truth for people to attest
The PRC wants to rewrite history, too
Tore down Hong Kong tributes to Tiananmen Square
But people will never forget those days
And what the Tank Man dared
Hong Kong democracy is dead and gone
Thanks to the PRC
Lord XI doesn’t like dissent
He’s getting ready for the Olympics, can’t you see
Hey Xi, how’s your tennis star
The one who cried sexual assault
What’s that, she’s not available for comment
Got her locked in some dark vault
Yeah, America’s democracy is pretty messed up now
Not in our best light, anyway
But we’ve still got more freedom in our pinky fingers
Than the PRC all day
The PRC may think it’s so powerful
Nobody can do it harm
But the exiled Chinese artist Badiucao
Has Tank Man on his arm
Yep, don’t sidestep and don’t regret
Be thorns in the PRC’s side
Like New Hampshire’s motto says
“Live Free or Die”
Happy New Year Hong Kong
I still stand with you
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Jeff Widener, a photographer with the Associated Press, was focusing his camera on a line of tanks in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square when out of the blue came this man in a white shirt and dark trousers, carrying what appeared to be shopping bags.
At first, Jeff Widener was annoyed by the man entering his shot.
Little did he know that he was about to make one of the most iconic photos in history.
Waipahu Bob 