Chibbi – Whose Right [Video]

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Chibbi, performing at Main Street Players in Hialeah, FL.

Transcript provided by YouTube:

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confession number one I was born in the
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city with more letters than its name
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than Sesame Street could sponsor in a
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whole season I felt a resident alien
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card so long I wondered if eventually my
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skin would turn green I can hold that a
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greet though like one mariachi Ching
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gonna need more less than that as being
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sexy coma shot these maybe make you
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hipster do not lie I mean Fuego then
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throw a fire inside they can only be
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fueled by having little zing kind of
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sawdust and yet I can name 50 states now
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compatible order faster than tequila
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tends to disappear at a family reunion
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but still I shouldn’t be writing this
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poem some people would say that I don’t
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have the right confession number two
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football and soccer are both equally
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confusing to me see in high school PE
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did not stand for physical education but
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rather painfully excruciating our blazes
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and bowties while other kids were khakis
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and polos I found music and math to be
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far more interesting than monster trucks
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but I could still kick your ass at
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Mortal Kombat so long as you let me be
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Sub Zero nobody wanted to be known as
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the guy that got his ass kicked by a [ __ ]
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so I could see why I shouldn’t be
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writing this poem what do you think that
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I don’t have the right confession number
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three I had a hard time getting to
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church maybe I just didn’t believe that
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I could search for God if I was sitting
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still once I thought I found God in the
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Spice Girls I am not kidding you maybe
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it was their individuality that made
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them so universal but I thought that
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that’s what God must be like so unique
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and diverse that everybody no matter who
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they are see their image of God and God
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in their image I see God in everybody
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and usually I would take home at the end
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of the night she is always beautiful and
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we will find that
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goddamnit they cannot tell us that we
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are wrong but they’re still telling us
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that we are not right but it should it
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be right in this poem that I don’t have
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that right CIM professional report
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I shouldn’t have to write this poem I
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shouldn’t live in a state that protects
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bigotry and homophobia and calls it
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traditional family values were the right
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to discriminate this given precedence
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over the right to life where the facts
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are irrelevant so long as the fear is
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real the city of Houston set the example
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if a public podium for people’s private
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moments dictated bathroom privileges
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decided addicted the dick you no matter
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the dress said a bathroom bully has the
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right to Train and the right to pray who
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gets caught in the cross hairs who fires
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judgments where hate chooses to target I
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act surprised I’m not yes I am gay none
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of these are a choice misinformation
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that’s a choice manipulation of the
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facts that’s a choice ignorance that
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cast votes for politicians to push
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hatred and bigotry and racism and
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homophobia call it traditional family
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values where the facts are irrelevant to
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a lot of the fear and real it seems fear
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will make America great again maybe I
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should be right in this Paula maybe I
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don’t have that right but I’ve been
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wrong enough times to know that nobody
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is perfect it’s been enough places to
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see that everyone comes from somewhere
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so in my existence and persistence
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offends you I forgive you
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thank you
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[Applause]

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