As you all have heard many times before I never like talking politics. With the exception of war related things usually because politics at the expense of human lives is not something easily ignored. So I can't imagine what kind of shock it must have been to some when I made a song that is somewhat politically motivated.

Here's my reasoning. Part of why I identify as Centrist and why I don't vote is because for the past 26 of my 32 years on this Earth spent in the GTA I've seen nothing but bullshit. Even as a kid. My family initially voted Liberal, but when they didn't like that guy's policies at the time, they voted Conservative. But regardless of whom they voted for, we were fucked either way. My mother herself was gonna be one of the few people to make an exception by voting NDP (New Democratic Party), her reasoning was that they never really had a chance to make an impact despite both Liberal and Conservative alike finding common ground sneering at them as if they were the worst of the bunch. They never made a single lasting impact good or bad, even when the famous of them all Jack Layton was running. The closest they got to being Prime Minister was being the opposition.

Years ago, I once spoke to an NDP representative and as a joke I told them they should change their slogan to "NDP. For once give us the chance to fuck up this country." Because it was both funny and honest and a tongue-in-cheek jab at politics in general that would have got them an in if they weren't so stuck up about swearing on National TV.

I was worried that this bullshit cycle was gonna continue with no break in sight.

Then I find out that Olivia Chow won this year's mayoral election in Toronto. Olivia Chow was an independent that ran representing NDP. Now normally when I joke about something it has the uncanny ability of coming true be it good or bad, but until I saw that I wasn't holding my breath over it. So imagine my shock when the political party that won wasn't Liberal or Conservative. That was shock number one. It happened to be a party I told said joke to, that's shock number two. And to make matters more fucked up, yes she's NDP but she didn't start as NDP, she started as independent as in rather than go with the flow even in her own representing party, it meant she was one of the few politicians in this country, scratch that this world that actually spoke her mind.

Now I never read her policies and even if they affect someone like me good or bad, I don't give a flying fuck. It's not her policies or her party that struck a chord with me. It's the fact that for once in a very long time someone different won. And even if she herself doesn't cause an impact good or bad I am a firm believer in the ripple effect. Meaning the fact that she basically changed what I initially thought was the status quo. As in the never-ending Ping Pong and Chess Match between Liberals and Conservatives. She changed that simply by winning and even if she succeeds or fucks up royally in Toronto it doesn't matter, the long term effects are unpredictable and unknowing and that it could end either with Toronto being golden again or becoming a bigger slum than Scarborough alone. But I believe be it good, bad or both, that it's a sign not just in my city, but my province, my country and the world that things may change. Good things have recently happened to me over the past month alone, so I honestly hope that it continues, not just for me, but for everyone regardless of what party you worship. And if it turns out bad, so what. Things literally cannot possibly be any worse for this world as they have been now.

Or as Frank Sinatra once said:

Olivia, I honestly wish you the best of luck either way and I offer my sincere congratulations.