Multi Year General Operating Dollars (M.Y.G.O.D.)

Yo listen I've been writing grants everyday, Gettin' so creative Billy Shakespeare status just to find a way To make my application fit with what these guidelines say Why do these grantors gotta be so strict now anyway All I want is that general operation Unrestricted so that I can be in contemplation Planning how to most effectively serve my population Rather than spending all my time in calculation Trying to figure out who's paying for utilities Pencils pens and paper printers postage ink and salaries All these grantors only wanting to pay for programs makes it hard That's like only wanting to pay for gas, but not the car With some unrestricted funding we could really thrive Maybe finally upgrade from Windows 95 Pay our staff a living wage and help them get on by Replace this chair from back when Biggie Smalls was still alive To all the grantors, the foundations and the trusts, We've got the answers, of how you can best help us, To all the grantors, the foundations and the trusts, We've got the answers, we think it's time to discuss, Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars They say they want to help us grow our capacity But then they won't put a cent towards a salary How are we supposed to do the work without the we What you think, that nonprofit means we work for free Working overtime cause we don't really need to sleep Zero costs of living we don't even need to eat Photosynthesis for nourishment just like a tree a little sun some oxygen and H2O that's all we need And what about our financial stability Making us take off a year or two for dependency the truth is that that doesn't really help in reality It just makes it harder to do our work from uncertainty Means less time for actually doing our work and more for grants Flying high and dry by the seat of our pants Never knowing if we'll ever get around to launch our programs cause the funding that we need depends on happenstance To all the grantors, the foundations and the trusts We've got the answers, of how you can best help us To all the grantors, the foundations and the trusts We've got the answers, we think it's time to discuss Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars Now listen funders please don't get this message twisted Or think that we'd be glad if you didn't exist It's thanks to your support and generosity that we can do our work and if you weren't around you would be dearly missed It's just that there's a bunch of ways that we could do this better Starting from the application to the grant report letter Just imagine how impactful and productive as a team that we could be if we got better at the way we work together There'd be no limit to the things that we could do Eradicating poverty and solving climate change too If you'd only liberate us from the paperwork, restrictions, and reports then our accomplishments would all be thanks to you By now you probably know, the title of this song For this last chorus please join us sing along It's the best way to empower us to achieve our mission Give us the tools we need, and make us strong To all the grantors, the foundations and the trusts We've got the answers, of how you can best help us To all the grantors, the foundations and the trusts We've got the answers, we think it's time to discuss Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars Multi Year, General, Operating Dollars