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Good Trouble

from Stages by Jon Porobil

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You could wave a white flag and be seen as a threat
Yeah, if there is a right way, we don't know it yet

So start rattling the cell doors, brother
Keep screaming ‘til you lose your damn mind
Scratch a message in the ceiling of your coffin
For historians to find

Folks everywhere
Keep making good trouble
And remember this:
Think hard about
Who gets to decide
What "Good Trouble" is

Now it’s been generations of constant assault (constant assault)
And I’m beginning to see how it’s still my fault, my fault, mine (still your fault, your fault)

So sing it louder for the people in the cheap seats
We’ll hear you way across the red line
Together we can lift a cheek from off the pavement
Or a knee up from a spine

Folks everywhere
Keep making good trouble
And remember this:
(Hey hey! Ho ho!)
Think hard about
Who gets to decide
What "Good Trouble" is

When you’re lonely and only a friend will do
And you’re doubting if Love really Wins
When you care, the despair is unbearable
Yes and that is where the work begins

Folks everywhere
Keep making good trouble
And remember this:
(Hey hey! Ho ho!)
Think hard about
Who gets to decide
What "Good Trouble" is
Who gets to decide what “Good Trouble” is
(Hey hey! Ho ho! These racist cops have got to go!)
Who gets to decide
What it is

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from Stages, released November 27, 2020
Music and lyrics by Jon Porobil. All vocals and instruments by Jon Porobil, except for group chant, performed by Harrison Porobil, John Nolt, Jim Downs, Lindsay Downs, Dennis Malley, T. C. Elliott, Letty Leal Evans, Mo Ouyang, Glenn Case, and Daniel Crowley. Mastered by Andres Coca.

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Jon Porobil Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jon Porobil is a solo singer/songwriter making music from his home in Pittsburgh. Jon's music explores many genres, including rock, pop, folk, country, soul, and more.

Jon's fifth album, The Camouflage Kid, a concept album about moving on from an abusive cycle, will be released in late Fall 2022.
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