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Forgive And Forget

from Chosen People Adjacent by Scott Gesser

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Once there was a singer named Chris Brown
And he smacked his pop star girlfriend in the face
He said he didn’t do it but the pictures fucking prove it
So he was charged with felony assault
And he somehow got the girl he beat to plead his case
She gave him lots of pity, made them both look pretty shitty
Within a couple years we all disregarded what he’d done
In fact, the next two garbage albums he crapped out
Went straight to number one

Forgive and forget, whatever will be will be
Sometimes you have to just sit back
And roll with the punches, quite literally
Forgive and forget, that’s really all we can do
Apparently that ass deserved a pass
If Rihanna didn’t mind being black and blue

Mel Gibson was an action movie star
But he drank until his brain was on the fritz
Derogatory comments he would shout between his vomits
He said the Jews were to blame for every war
And he even called a policewoman “Sugartits”
That might seem complimentary
If he’d still been in his twenties
But since those cold remarks
It seems the world has cleaned his slate
Who cares about that vitriol
When the prick might bring us Lethal Weapon eight?

Forgive and forget, we’re giving him amnesty
Even though making a film about killing Christ
Is a pretty fucking rotten apology
Forgive and forget, it’s water under the bridge
‘Cause homophobia and anti-Semitism
Are a small price to pay for Hacksaw Ridge

Kobe was a rapist, but he kept on dribbling
Angelina is a superstar even though she fucked her sibling
Paula Deen said the N-word and she barely got questioned
While Elvis fingered preteens and he’s a goddamn legend
Woody Allen married his daughter but no one would bust him
R. Kelly pulled so much shit
That I could write a song about just him
Tom Edison got a museum after stealing every idea he had
George Washington kept a bunch of slaves
But now he’s still our country’s fucking dad

Forgive and forget, we might as well let it go
All the ugly molesters are serving time
But it’s just fine when it’s James Franco
Forgive and forget, let bygones be bygones
We’re destined to forever have a memory lapse
‘Cause these people put the “con” in “icons”
And fuck Gweneth Paltrow

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from Chosen People Adjacent, released August 2, 2019

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