The Times They Are A-Changin' So Twitter Decided To #MakeSongLyricsWoke
Part of being members of a cultured society is our ability to grow together. As more ideas and information become available to more people, the culture inevitably evolves and changes. And what better indicator of a country’s current cultural state than its music?
For HuffPost Comedy’s hashtag game this week, we decided to update our songbooks to reflect the changing culture and #MakeSongLyricsWoke.
Here are some of the very best.
Bridge over contaminated water #MakeSongLyricsWoke @HuffPostComedy pic.twitter.com/64mfBE6lwW
— Jillian (@Pheramuse) November 7, 2017
Do you like Pina Colada, & organic Plantains?
If you are into yoga, and have a rescued Great Dane#MakeSongLyricsWoke @HuffPostComedy— View from my Office (@viewfrommyoffic) November 7, 2017
It's a nice day for white privilege#MakeSongLyricsWoke
— Corey Miller (@StopEatingBees) November 7, 2017
#MakeSongLyricsWoke
I Would Walk 500 Miles To Reduce My Carbon Footprint— Writerlike🌎 (@writerlike1) November 7, 2017
It's Raining Men Or Women Whatever They Identify As @HuffPostComedy #MakeSongLyricsWoke
— David E (@DaSkrambledEgg) November 7, 2017
Climate chh chh chh chh changes , please face the change ... chh changes .. #MakeSongLyricsWoke @HuffPostComedy pic.twitter.com/ANuBefta4C
— Jillian (@Pheramuse) November 7, 2017
You’re Sexist and I Know It #MakeSongLyricsWoke @HuffPostComedy pic.twitter.com/6gHGK9oGSQ
— CK (@charley_ck14) November 7, 2017
Wake me up before you go to the protest #MakeSongLyricsWoke
— HAY! (@HAYhowsitgoing) November 7, 2017
Gerrymander was some bullsh*t
He was no good friend of mine#MakeSongLyricsWoke @HuffPostComedy— Richard Jeter (@MilesToGo13) November 7, 2017
Please Mr Compostman #MakeSongLyricsWoke
— Mister Race Bannon (@MrRaceBannon) November 7, 2017
Who let the Pepe the Frogs out? Who? Who?#MakeSongLyricsWoke
— Paul Lander (@paul_lander) November 7, 2017
She was once, twice, three times underpaid as a lady. #MakeSongLyricsWoke
— Brandon Cloud (@theclobra) November 7, 2017
It's raining sexually harassing men #MakeSongLyricsWoke
— Mr. Bagels (@fartbagels) November 7, 2017
I Shot the Sheriff, Even Though He Was a Good Guy With a Gun #MakeSongLyricsWoke
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) November 7, 2017
Once I had a job, and it was a gas.
Soon turned out, there’s a ceiling of glass. #MakeSongLyricsWoke @HuffPostComedy pic.twitter.com/e70IzRg7Kl— Dont Thinkso (@DontThinkso555) November 7, 2017
November Arraignments #MakeSongLyricsWoke
— shauna (@goldengateblond) November 7, 2017
Learn to Fly (Medical Charters to Puerto Rico) #MakeSongLyricsWoke
— The Terror of Dublin (@taradublinrocks) November 7, 2017
Don't know much about history/So I won't run for the Presidency #MakeSongLyricsWoke
— Collin Murr (@CollinMurr) November 7, 2017
What does the Fox News Say?
Blah Blah Blah Blah #MakeSongLyricsWoke@HuffPostComedy— Fox Band (@efoxband) November 7, 2017
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do. Two can be as bad as one, that was the attendance at inauguration. #MakeSongLyricsWoke pic.twitter.com/bzPhXXdVCm
— Radical Moose Lamb (@OccamsHacksaw) November 7, 2017
Oh, say can you see
Why our players take a knee?#MakeSongLyricsWoke .@HuffPostComedy— PaulaInTulsaOK (@PaulaInTulsaOK) November 7, 2017
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