How You Vote

What's the first thing you're gonna do now that you're 18?
Vote! Vote! Vote!
Somebody say vote
What?! Who are you
I'm Demo. Demo?
Like Dem-o-nique
Democracy. Democracy Johnson.
I appear whenever someone says vote 3 times
So you're like magical
Hold on kid! This is my job. I clocked in for this.
And I gotta take my break soon. So let get you ready to vote
Take a listen

This is how you vote
Got to do your civic duty
This is how you vote
You got to be a voting cutie
This is how you vote
Better listen to this flow now
This is how you vote
I'ma tell you all the know-how
This is how you vote

Version one, you ain't even gotta roam
Request your ballot and then you can vote from home
You can do it without wearing shoes or even socks
Just fill it out, and then put it in your mailbox.and you can track it
Version two, now I'm squawking like an albatross
Take the mail-in ballot and just throw it in a ballot box
Drop it early, it's so legit.ooh, ooh, ooh
Put it in the box and then you split, and that's it, ooh
Version three, this that classic, this that old school
Tuesday in November like the only public restroom
First you stand in line, then you proudly rock the booth
Then you get a sticker woo woo

This is how you vote
Got to do your civic duty
This is how you vote
You got to be a voting cutie
This is how you vote
Better listen to this flow now
This is how you vote
I'ma tell you all the know-how
This is how you vote
But my uncle thinks voting doesn't matter
Is your Uncle magical? Didn't think so
This ain't just about the president
The ballot includes issues that effect your entire life
Really?
Let Demo break it down

To your uncle I would make a proposition
Real difference made in them local propositions
I know people pay attention to the orange clown
But you better pay attention to the races that are down
Down in the ballot, ay, down in the ballot, ay
Gotta do your research to the places where it matters, ay
City council, county supervisors, and attorneys
And I'm learning all the wordies to the measures they be serving, ya
And I know that the electoral college
Is really quite the problem that don't seem to have the knowledge
But if you focus local, you can start to rearrange
You can be the change

This is how you vote
Got to do your civic duty
This is how you vote
You got to be a voting cutie
This is how you vote
Better listen to this flow now
This is how you vote
I'ma tell you all the know-how
This is how you vote

So many of our ancestors black, brown
And even white, sacrificed their life to give
You the opportunity to vote. They marched
And were beaten and were jailed so that we
Could have a better world today. Now we taught
You everything you need to know. Go voice your vote
Hey Democracy, who should I vote for
This is how you vote