"Older People in Lockdown"
(to the tune of "Alexander Hamilton")
With thanks to this article which inspired me:
jme.bmj.com/content/early/…
With apologies for lyrical shortcomings - improvements gladly accepted!
#hiphop #medicalethics #Covid_19 #lockdown
(to the tune of "Alexander Hamilton")
With thanks to this article which inspired me:
jme.bmj.com/content/early/…
With apologies for lyrical shortcomings - improvements gladly accepted!
#hiphop #medicalethics #Covid_19 #lockdown
How does an ageist journal article go
Say “selective lockdown of the elderly” is ethical
In a prestigious journal printed unchallenged?
A shocker! We should all give a zero to this scholar.
Say “selective lockdown of the elderly” is ethical
In a prestigious journal printed unchallenged?
A shocker! We should all give a zero to this scholar.
Older people, our (great) grandmothers and grandfathers
Are a lot greater, stayed working a lot harder
Than us so-called smarter
Us so-called self-starters
But I mean, they gave us all we need, and all that matters
Are a lot greater, stayed working a lot harder
Than us so-called smarter
Us so-called self-starters
But I mean, they gave us all we need, and all that matters
A viewpoint that supposes they pose the most risk to societé
Place strain on intensive care resources, should stay
Inside, we can keep them in a lockdown for a long time
This bothers me lots so I came here with rhyme, to answer
Place strain on intensive care resources, should stay
Inside, we can keep them in a lockdown for a long time
This bothers me lots so I came here with rhyme, to answer
Covid hurricane came, and isolation reigned,
Old men saw their future drip, dripping down the drain
Deconditioned some old people, affected some others’ brains
“Worse than prison” said one man, a testament to his pain
Old men saw their future drip, dripping down the drain
Deconditioned some old people, affected some others’ brains
“Worse than prison” said one man, a testament to his pain
Well the word got around, they said, lockdown is insane, man
Why not ask older people if they want to remain banned?
Coercing older people, they don’t all need the same
So the world better know their name
What’s your name, nan?
Why not ask older people if they want to remain banned?
Coercing older people, they don’t all need the same
So the world better know their name
What’s your name, nan?
Older people in lockdown
Our name is older people in lockdown
And there’s a million things we haven’t done
But just you wait, just you wait
Our name is older people in lockdown
And there’s a million things we haven’t done
But just you wait, just you wait
See “the elderly” is not really in the UNHRC
Repugnancy, is what it ought to seem to you and me
‘Half-dead’ is not where they are, that leaves scars
(“The aged” is not better, you better stop it quick)
Repugnancy, is what it ought to seem to you and me
‘Half-dead’ is not where they are, that leaves scars
(“The aged” is not better, you better stop it quick)
Moved in with a carer, the carer got ill stopped coming round
Left some with nothin’ but empty flats, not a soul or sound
A voice saying, “Nana, you gotta fend for yourself”
She started retreatin’ and readin’ every Christie on the shelf
Left some with nothin’ but empty flats, not a soul or sound
A voice saying, “Nana, you gotta fend for yourself”
She started retreatin’ and readin’ every Christie on the shelf
There would have been no-one left if Covid became more acute
She woulda been dead or in ICU without a sense of her own youth
Started walkin’, talkin’ to her really nice landlord
Buyin’ Netflix, Disney Plus and all the things she can afford
She woulda been dead or in ICU without a sense of her own youth
Started walkin’, talkin’ to her really nice landlord
Buyin’ Netflix, Disney Plus and all the things she can afford
Scannin’ Amazon for books to get her hands on
Plannin’ for a future without some to rely on
No grandkids, day centre, what is this new land?
Post Covid you will all be unbanned
Plannin’ for a future without some to rely on
No grandkids, day centre, what is this new land?
Post Covid you will all be unbanned
Post Covid you will all be just grand (just you wait)
Post Covid you will all be unbanned (just you wait)
Post Covid you will all be just grand
Post Covid, Covid
Just you wait
Post Covid you will all be unbanned (just you wait)
Post Covid you will all be just grand
Post Covid, Covid
Just you wait
Older people in lockdown
Older people in lockdown
We are waiting for a vaccine too
Waiting for a vaccine too
Older people in lockdown
We are waiting for a vaccine too
Waiting for a vaccine too
We will never back down
You’ll never get to take our time
Oh, older people in lockdown
Older people in lockdown
You’ll never get to take our time
Oh, older people in lockdown
Older people in lockdown
When the gates are opened for you
Will we know what you overcame?
Will we know we deprived your brain?
Your world will never be the same, oh
Will we know what you overcame?
Will we know we deprived your brain?
Your world will never be the same, oh
This shit is getting old right now
See you can’t just lock em
Another wave comin, feels like we’ve hit rock bottom
Their enemies destroyed their pep, young people just forgot them
See you can’t just lock em
Another wave comin, feels like we’ve hit rock bottom
Their enemies destroyed their pep, young people just forgot them
We, heard from them
We, respected them
We, protected them
We, checked on them
And we, rejected ageist theorems!
We, respected them
We, protected them
We, checked on them
And we, rejected ageist theorems!
There’s a million things we haven’t done
But just you wait
What’s your name, nan?
Older people in lockdown!
But just you wait
What’s your name, nan?
Older people in lockdown!
