--LYRICS-- br br PEOPLE: br The rules I am about to tell you br are in no particular order. br They are all of equal importance br and that would be the HIGHEST importance. br LISTEN! br br First things first, you've got to know br I LAY DOWN MY LAW br This is how we start the show br I LAY DOWN MY LAW br Not the laws of your po-po br I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW br Government enforced? Fuck no! br I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW br br Rule ONE when you come to my show: br If you're no-homo, there's the door, out you go br cuz I'm pro-queer. I want no fear br for the L-G-B-T-plus folk here br and I don't care if everyone of you are straight. br I want queer folk to know there's no hate br in the place, any place I perform with my face br on the door: my laws enforce a safe space. br Y'all gotta copy and paste that statement br into ALL of the conversations br that you have with your mates about me, so in case br word of mouth escalates outta reach of a straight br set of ears to a queer's - They'll give cheers br cuz here's a show they can attend without sneers br from their peers, bullying jeers and broke bottles br of beers that result when hostility rears it's head. br Instead, they can all have FUN. br The thing we ALL need when the week is done? br Who the fuck has fun when they're stood there wondering br "Will I get hurt or killed by someone?" br br First things first, you've got to know br I LAY DOWN MY LAW br This is how we start the show br I LAY DOWN MY LAW br Not the laws of your po-po br I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW br Government enforced? Fuck no! br I LAY DOWN *MY* LAW br br Key point when I said rule one: br Feeling threatened among a crowd's not fun. br Remember that point cuz I will carry it through br the next set of rules, starting with rule TWO: br Do not speak, murmur, whisper or yell br anything racist. Like HELL am I br forgiving you for that one. Go ahead. Tell me br you're sorry. Get the fuck out. You're not welcome. br Don't take aim and shame color of skin, br one's upbringing or place of origin, or br the cultural or societal trappings br that make each life experience so distinct. br Not ONE of these things are threatening. br You know what is threatening? YOU BEING THREATENING! br Make a verbal or physical threat br and you're the issue. Nobody else. Let's get br to rule number THREE: Misogyny. br If you can't live without it, FUCK OFF. LEAVE. br You can have the fun you wanna have without the need br to give sexist opinions an inch to breathe. br The women in the crowd and around the globe br must deal with ENOUGH shit and not implode br internally, without living with each mode br of femme-resentment the worst minds unload br so decode all those warped, childish endorsements br of "gender wars" and such horse-shit. br Reinforce it when you talk shit br in these walls? Without warning: You're gone.