TIME TO BE A HERO!



When the Anti-Christ (Now painted black!)
Tells us truth ain’t coming back,
When DARPA’s soulless men attack:
Man, it’s time to be a hero (oh yeah)
It’s sure time to be a hero! (Aha)

When World War Three is raging strong
But all the reasons are so wrong,
And good men now just don’t belong:
Man, it’s time to be a hero (oh yeah)
There’s no time to be a zero! (Na-ah)

When white means black, and black is white
And justice is surely out of sight,
When everyone says, “might is right!”:
Man, it’s time to be a hero (oh yeah)
It’s sure time to be a hero! (Aha)

When the God of truth now looks away
For vengeance is the modern way,
When only heartless fiends will stay:
Man, it’s time to be a hero (oh yeah)
There’s no time to be a zero! (Na-ah)

When Obama Sin Ladin is in town
And truth and justice cannot be found,
When all the roads just take us down:
Man, it’s time to be a hero (oh yeah)
It’s sure time to be a hero! (Aha)

Man, it’s time to be a hero (oh yeah)
It’s sure time to be a hero! (Aha)
Man, it’s time to be a hero (oh yeah)
There’s no time to be a zero! (Na-ah)
Man, it’s time to be a hero (oh yeah)
It’s sure time to be a hero! (Aha)
Man, it’s time to be a hero (oh yeah)
There’s no time to be a zero! (Na-ah)
Man, it’s time to be a hero (oh yeah)
It’s sure time to be a hero! (Aha)

THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

About this poem

A song about the need to fight back against the fascists who now rule the once free world.

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Written on January 20, 2014

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aaaBC dddBC eeeBC fffBC gxgBC BCBCBCBCBC xxx
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,380
Words 283
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 10, 3

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