um, mutatis mutandis? >> oh, mutatis mutandis. yes. (laugh). >> making the necessary changes, what was that about? >> i cannot write over time without writing about social or political-- you know, for me, human issues. and there are things, you know, that we'd gone through-- the change of-- president obama becoming president. and what the country had become then. but there were elements that came out of that that were very negative. and people showing up to some of his speeches with weapons. and, you know, different, and it sort of-- almost, like, burst the boil of pressure that had been building in this country but not being spoken. >> one of the songs was "tea party". >> yeah. >> so, your lyrics, "tea party, the no party, say you want to take our country back. say we want to paint the white house black". am i getting--. >> yeah, no, you're getting it right. (laugh). >> "say the bigotry that you spew and all the same you bring, all the shame you bring--". >> shame. >> "--to the red, white and blue". >> yeah. >> how long did it take yo