Cheap Perfume - It's Okay (To Punch Nazis)

 

  Cheap Perfume are a feminist punk rock band who formed in Colorado in 2015 and who's line up features Jane No (vocals), Stephanie Byrne (vocals/guitar), Dave "Hot Dave" Grimm (drums) and Geoff Brent (bass). They released their debut album, Nailed It, in Nov 2016 and they sing about subjects such as women's rights, equality, sex, relationships, violence and politics.

  Earlier this month they released a new single which deals with the rise of the alt right, how they're emboldened by the bully in the White House and how even though violence is wrong, it's ok to confront fascists with direct action. It was inspired by events in Charlottesville and the punching of white nationalist Richard Spencer.  The song also wonders how it's possible for the US to elect a rapist rather than a woman. You can find both album and single here : https://cheapperfume.bandcamp.com/. All proceeds from the single will be donated to the Heather Heyer foundation.

  This is It's Ok (To Punch Nazis).....

Our fear has made us gullible 
A bully rose to take control 
And now they're yelling "off with their heads!" 
We've been through this, we ended it 
Or so we thought, it had been fought 
It's like an army back from the dead 

The racists got a PR firm 
Hired men in fancy shirts 
But have the same ideology 
We've had to say a lot of stuff we thought was fucking obvious like 
YES ITS OKAY TO PUNCH NAZIS 

(chorus) 
Never thought that it would happen but now look where we are 
We'd rather have a rapist than a woman in power 
When we got complacent in defending our rights 
The nazis changed their names and they're called the alt right 

Death to white supremacists 
Like Milo Yiannopoulos 
Homophobes and hatred they spread 
Let's get intersectional 
Basic human rights for all 
We won't stop till fascism's dead 

Terrorize the red pill plague 
Poison all the KKK 
And piss on your ideology 
We've had to say a lot of stuff we thought was fucking obvious like 
YES IT'S OKAY TO PUNCH NAZIS 

(chorus) 
Never thought that it would happen but now look where we are 
We'd rather have a rapist than a woman in power 
When we got complacent in defending our rights 
The nazis changed their names and they're called the alt right [x3]