Like Father.... Like son

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A Poetic Tribute To The San Francisco Mayors Race

by Leroy Moore

Brown gave birth to a wealthy White man, Gavin Newsom

like father like son

holding homeless people as political ransom

Running on oppressive propositions

eight years of sweeping out the brown & yellow men &

women

a Republican in Democratic skin

Green lining their pockets

campaign promises don't make it

into working class & poor people's Christmas

stockings

Make room for a 3rd party

busting up the old dusty monopoly

Matt G speak to me

The two party machine

has many walking around like robots

father and son planted a virus on the ballot

Prop N & M

Gavin Newsom still playing in Brown's shoes

can't produce an independent thought

Clang, clang

Champagne glass in one hand

silver spoon in his mouth

December's runoff

Will kick this dysfunctional family

Out of office

Newsom has an identity crisis

he should be running to the Wizard of Oz

cause he has no heart, soul or brain

Can't understand why Newsom has no respect

for people of color

oh! Cause he was raised by uncle Tom in Uncle

Sam's house

Using daddy's brown costume

to trick his father's loyal followers

like father like son, only seeing big green bucks

Amos Brown, Cecile Williams & the African American

Democratic club

file behind the Man

who hit the jack pot with the race card

San Fran recovering from a conservative, capitalist

creature

dot coms, gentrification & eviction

all happen under Brown administration

The revolution was on

activists & liberal roots

grew on the Board of Supervisors

Taking over City Hall

and the police commission

aiming for room 200

Get off the fence

put your pride aside

push Newsom & his policies-out-of bounds & on the

bench

Money swells in his pocket

while his head is empty

his promises make no sense

Polished & slick

Newsom has no substance

Matt Gonzalez has a compus

to keep the campaign on the right track

away from personal attacks and straight to the facts

A migration of low-income people

but now the tide is turning

with a living-wage ornament

Mother-nature & humanity has a chance

to work together in unity

with the green party

The ultimate balance

take a glance

leave the Brown machine

Go to the polls

Cast your vote

Toss father & son in the Bay with no boat

Like father like son

Bullshit don't float

On Dec. 9th father & son will be going down slow

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