Copaganda Lyrics
Chorus 1
Gotta coppa planda deplatform Copaganda
Gotta coppa planda resist the Copaganda
Gotta take a standa dismantle Copaganda
Gotta coppa planda deplatform Copaganda
Verse 1
First Part of our planda
Deplatform Copaganda
We’ve gotta understanda
What is Copaganda?
It’s reporters on the street,
talking to a cop,
They ask him what did you see
And they have a little chat,
The reporter prints it in the newspaper as fact.
It’s cops on TV,
Written in a way to make them look so brave,
When in reality
they have super high DV rates,
Written in a way to make them look so smart,
When in reality crimes are solved because an informant tells, a crime partner tells, somebody tells. Or, in roughly half of the cases- they aren’t solved at all, they don’t get solved at all, they aren’t solved at all, they don’t get solved at all.
Chorus 2
Gotta coppa planda deplatform copaganda
Gotta coppa planda resist the copaganda
Gotta take a standa dismantle copaganda
Gotta coppa planda deplatform copaganda
Verse 2
Next part of our planda
dismantle copaganda
we’ve got to understanda
the aim of copaganda
They’ rob playgrounds, parks, and pools
to pay for police.
you say thank you for your service while you are getting fleeced.
They take all the money out of community spaces,
say it’s for public safety, playing right in your faces.
They say its unsafe,
everybody’s a threat,
While your family can’t make rent, sinking further in debt.
Chorus 3
Gotta coppa planda deplatform copaganda
Gotta coppa planda resist the copaganda
Gotta take a standa dismantle copaganda
Gotta coppa planda deplatform copaganda
Verse 3
Last part of our planda
Defeat the copaganda
we gotta share this mantra
to counter copaganda
When you see it the news,
Or cop dog cartoons
You gotta ask yourself what is it trying to do
It’s trying to hide the basic truth
We trade community spaces for more cops.
We trade libraries for cop shops.
We trade pools and playgrounds
For guns and live rounds
Trading housing, healthcare, food, wages, and education,
All so cops can have pensions and go on lame vacations.
Chorus 4
Gotta coppa planda deplatform copaganda
Gotta coppa planda resist the copaganda
Gotta take a standa dismantle copaganda
Gotta coppa planda deplatform copaganda
Outro
Trading housing, healthcare, food, wages, and education,
All so cops can have pensions and go on lame vacations.
Taking our lives, so cops can thrive.
They take our lives, but cops survive.
They’re taking our lives.