Gabrielle Zwi
Educator, Performing Artist, Community Organizer
"Guns to a Playground Fight" by Gabrielle Zwi
Out on all music platforms December 9th, 2022
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All profits from the song's streaming/downloads/etc. and associated performances will be donated to Lives Robbed.
Lives Robbed was founded by the Cross, Rubio, Cazares, and Garza families, who all horrifically lost a child or grandchild on May 24th, 2022 at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.
You can donate directly to Lives Robbed through this link and you can find more information through their website.
LYRICS
I’ve never lived a single day
In a world without mass school shootings
With Columbine in ninety-nine
You’d think by now I’d be desensitized
Sandy Hook when I was in seventh grade
How naive was I to believe things would change
(They never change)
‘Cause that’s the America that we live in
That’s the America we grew up in, don’t you know?
That’s the America that we fight for even though
They fight back at us as they chant “pro-life”
Bringing their guns to a playground fight
I graduated college just last week and I think about how
I was lucky enough to make it all the way through
With just bomb threats, and shooting drills
And hearing from friends at Magruder and Great Mills
And seeing it on the news, and the grief and anxiety
But never the real thing
No never the real thing
And that’s the America that we live in
That’s the America we grew up in, don’t you know?
That’s the America that we fight for even though
They fight back at us as they chant “pro-life”
Bringing their guns to a playground fight
And my friends, they never hear the end of it
And I fear we’ll never put an end to this
How many lives of children will be lost to it?
How many times?
How many times?
‘Cause that’s the America that we live in
That’s the America we grew up in, don’t you know?
That’s the America that we fight for even though
They fight back at us as they chant “pro-life”
Bringing their guns to a playground fight
Bringing their guns to a playground fight
Cover art created by Mollie Davis
CONTACT
We are very thankful for anyone who would like to help us spread the word about the song "Guns to a Playground Fight" and the organization Lives Robbed.
Performance requests, radio/press inquiries, and other questions regarding the song can be sent to music@gabriellezwi.com or through the website's contact form.
Specific press and information requests for Lives Robbed can be sent to info@livesrobbed.com or through the contact form at the bottom of their website's homepage.
To view the song's EPK page including the press release and other information about the song, visit: https://www.gabriellezwi.com/gtapf