Serve and Protect

The overview of "Serve and Protect", directed by S.W. Wilcox and Epic Muntzir reads: "In the future, justice is no longer blind. Or even human. The year is 2162. Mankind is still reeling from a cataclysmic crash from the greatest technological heights it has ever known. Advances in time travel and medicine were made, but at the price of faster advances in weaponry. The worst fears of the nuclear age were realized and the world was plunged into Atomic War. Now, there are only small pockets of humanity left. In one such city, cyborg police track a resistance fighter, speeding first through a neon city that gasps for energy-remnants and then into a desert showdown. The stunning 4k futuristic animation is achieved through expertise in Adobe After Effects. It details spinning tires, smoky streets and windblown hair to the finest detail, with song lyrics included as a final touch."

You're lying to yourself if you think you're free!
Corruption and power go hand in hand,

According to his director biography, S.W. Wilcox was certified legally blind in 2024, so he is "collecting my final video and scripts while I can still read for a few hours per day." He gives kudos "and horns up to computer-tech that allows breathtaking 4k illustrated videos...that add new life and enjoyment to even 50-year-old songs that millions grew up on." In his director statement he says: "Even those with law degrees are subject to human weaknesses. So no need to rant this is too controversial or disrespectful. Just cue the track in your car stereo and floor it! (Just kidding.)" He goes on to say that music "is a healthy type of chaos, a full three steps away from a destructive kind. Using lyrical phrases, music best introduces a topic for a constructive discussion...music, video, and book, rely heavily and healthily on symbolism..." He notes that "since the time of Gore's PMRC b.s., music and the related arts have been abused and downright stolen from the people of the world, IMHO. Perhaps, though, the Computer Age will help the people have their arts and sciences restored."

(You can read S.W. Wilcox's inspirational journey, including information about his book, Bards of Fantasia, HERE)

S.W. Wilcox mentions PMRC, The Parents Music Resource Center, an American committee that was formed in 1985. The group released a list of songs they found objectionable, including Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It". Dee Snider famously testified before the U.S. Senate to defend one of the band's songs. Years later, in his article "1985 PMRC/Senate Hearings: Then and Now" he wrote: "I did welcome the opportunity to show the PMRC and the Senate subcommittee how you should not judge a book by its heavy-metal cover. Their indignant reactions to my  '80s rock-star look and their dropped jaws when I proceeded to take every one of their arguments apart were priceless." He also pointed out that years later, "everything and nothing has changed. The ultra-conservatives still want to dictate to the masses what they deem acceptable for the general public to see and hear..."

Forget the laws that you've been taught
We'll lock you up and let you rot!
We are the protectorate and we control the game
You fit our profile now do the walk of shame!

In a 2018 article titled "Don't Get It Twisted: 'We're Not Gonna Take It' Can Be Anyone's Protest Song", Rachel Martin wrote that when teachers in Oklahoma went on strike, their message "was amplified by a song - one that, 34 years earlier, had been the sound of student rebellion...was once named among the 'Filthy 15' songs singled out for offensive content and brought before Congress by concerned parents in the 1980s." In that testimony, Dee Snider had said: "The beauty of literature, poetry and music is that they leave room for the audience to put its own imagination, experiences and dreams into the words."

Criminalizing our population.
Turning us into a prison nation
Corruption and power go hand in hand,
Sent to devour the deeds of the damned
SERVE & PROTECT!

https://youtu.be/ko5wCF57lEg?si=ZDrnsuXG2ljrbJXO