Lyrics

It Is What It Is

It is what it is
Wouldn’t be if it wasn’t
Couldn’t be if it can’t
It is what it is

Brushfires in Oregon, brushfires in Washington
Orange skies
Orange days, orange nights
Don’t want to cause panic, don’t want a stock market crash
Just want to ignore it
It will all go away
(chorus)
Teenagers with guns, armed men in caravans
Boat parades!
Go Trump Go!
Let’s shoot a protestor, their lives don’t matter that much
Our livelihoods matter
Support our police!
(chorus)
No time for discussion, no room for reasoning
Black and White
No room for the gray
He might be offensive, he might tell a lie (or two or three)
He is who we need
And he’s never wrong. (chorus to end 2x)

MIchael Gutierrez-May, August 2021