Seems a song was stricken from the program at the Philadelphia tribute to Nobel winner Malala Yousafzai because it sounded much, much too patriotic -- too unapologetically 'pro-America' -- to some of her advisers' ears.
No worries.
I got this.
To Ayla, the budding pop songstress whose video performance was censored by the National Constitution Center (only in America), I suggest making a few simple edits.
First to go: That shameless refrain, 'I'm so lucky to live in America.'
The simple insertion of 'unlucky' does the trick!
Also, Ayla, you must correct 'America...where the hopes are free' to 'America...where hopelessness is me.'
Substitute 'unsafe' in the line 'where the kids are safe.'
Erase 'can' from 'where I can be me' and replace it with 'can't.'
And by all means, toss 'it matters what I say in the USA' into the memory hole, and insert 'it doesn't matter what I say in the USA.'
Problem solved.
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KEVIN RIORDAN