"Not Ashamed"

Here's a poem/song I wrote today while at work. Actually, this little song has been percolating in my head for several months but it all came together today at work. The song is about a traditionalist--yours truly--confronting secular progressives, aka liberals, about what I believe. The tune for "Not Ashamed" is based on the music to the song "Still the Same" by the erstwhile, white nationalist duo, Prussian Blue. Yes, Prussian Blue. And yes, I sometimes listen to white power rock, even though I'm black. But so what? I listen to the far-left rock band Rage Against the Machine, even though I'm a proud right-winger. What can I say? I'm eclectic that way. Anyway, hope you like my song.

Not Ashamed
by Seane-Anna

Why do you say that
I must be ashamed of
who I am?

What have I done to you?

And why do you say that
I can't take pride
in my name?

Isn't that just what you do?

Well I now proclaim
that I'm not ashamed!
I won't play your game.
I carry high the flame!

Why do you laugh at
and trash all the things
that I believe?

Why are you so afraid?

And why do you battle
so hard against the Truth
that I receive?

What's the source of all your hate?

Well, I still proclaim
that I'm not ashamed!
I won't play your game.
I carry high the flame!

You ask me why I reject your beliefs?
It's not complicated.
I put them to the test and in the end
I found them overrated.
Your contradictions, faithlessness, and self-hatred
got me jaded.

I once was tempted to compromise
but now I can see right through your lies.
Your empty ideas just can't hold sway,
and I've got just one more thing to say
and that's

I now proclaim
that I'm not ashamed!
I won't play your game.
I carry high the flame!

I now proclaim
that I'm not ashamed!
I won't play your game.
I carry high the flame!