WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT!

[Twisted Sister's Lyrics Ring Oh So True ... Watch Out CPS!]

When my oldest daughter was about 7 yrs old she wanted to get her first LP -- She picked Twisted Sister. Personally, music has always been very important to me. I think of a lot of songs that touch this situation with our children being gone from us. Harry Nilsson's Without You, Conway Twitty's That's My Job, all awesome words. Twisted Sister's We're Not Gonna Take It, is US. Twitty's "That's My Job" is about his job being to take care of his child. Nilsson's Without You makes me cry, I don't listen to it these days. When news of sadness gets us down, such as tonights news of the precious child lost (see http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-crash1jul01,1,6260379.story?ctrack=1&cset=true) we must remember that We Aren't Going To Take This and We ARE Going To Get Our God Given Jobs BACK of Raising OUR Own Children.

I was actually thinking of approaching things from a different point of view...being wrongfully "fired" from our jobs. Raising a child is the highest calling and takes the utmost love, understanding, strength and character. Obviously this "job" is being given to the less competent. I wonder what the Labor Board would do if they were bombarded with request for help because of parents losing their rightful job of raising their kids. They may not be able to do anything since it's a labor of Love and not dollars. But with enough request for assistance, it sure would get some attention!

"Oh We're Not Gonna Take It
no, We Ain't Gonna Take It
oh We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore

we've Got The Right To Choose And
there Ain't No Way We'll Lose It
this Is Our Life, This Is Our Song
we'll Fight The Powers That Be Just
don't Pick Our Destiny 'cause
you Don't Know Us, You Don't Belong

oh We're Not Gonna Take It
no, We Ain't Gonna Take It
oh We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore

oh You're So Condescending
your Gall Is Never Ending
we Don't Want Nothin', Not A Thing From You
your Life Is Trite And Jaded
boring And Confiscated
if That's Your Best, Your Best Won't Do

oh.....................
oh.....................
we're Right/yeah
we're Free/yeah
we'll Fight/yeah
you'll See/yeah

oh We're Not Gonna Take It
no, We Ain't Gonna Take It
oh We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore

oh We're Not Gonna Take It
no, We Ain't Gonna Take It
oh We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore
no Way!

oh.....................
oh.....................
we're Right/yeah
we're Free/yeah
we'll Fight/yeah
you'll See/yeah

we're Not Gonna Take It
no, We Ain't Gonna Take It
we're Not Gonna Take It Anymore

we're Not Gonna Take It, No!
no, We Ain't Gonna Take It
we're Not Gonna Take It Anymore

just You Try And Make Us
we're Not Gonna Take It
come On
no, We Ain't Gonna Take It
you're All Worthless And Weak
we're Not Gonna Take It Anymore
now Drop And Give Me Twenty
we're Not Gonna Take It
oh Crinch Pin
no, We Ain't Gonna Take It
oh You And Your Uniform
we're Not Gonna Take It Anymore"

By Connie McGoldrick, our Activist Lyricist
With help from Twisted Sister :~))

If you believe that foster care should be reserved for children that are orphaned, or have TRULY been abandoned by their parents and ALL extended family members; If you believe that children in foster care should actually be victims of abuse and/or neglect, once proven by a judge and jury NOT a social worker with a God complex; If you believe in the Constitution and civil rights for all, no matter what their economic, social, or cultural group may be – Please sign the petitions referenced at www.squidoo.com/abolishcps/ (scroll down to Get Involved!!!). Thank you in advance for your participation!