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Tyranny
03:01
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TYRANNY
Soldiers marching, guns a-blazing
In villages far and wide
Machines extracting
Corporations stealing
Wealth that is ours
Drones a-flying, surveillance sweeping
To quell our fight for rights
Governments silencing, laws removing
Our fundamental rights
With guns, they kill us
With tanks, they crush us
But from the ground we still rise
With laws, they suppress us
With rules, they repress us
But our voices still heard up high
With fear, they silence us
With jails, they muzzle us
But our spirit cannot die
Resistance must reign
Tyranny must die!
Armed men sweeping, guns a-swaying
In cities far and wide
Profits flowing
Corporations taking
Wealth that is ours
Motorcycles roaring, bullets hailing
At innocents, side by side
Governments silencing, laws removing
Our fundamental rights
With guns, they kill us
With tanks, they crush us
But from the ground we still rise
With laws, they suppress us
With rules, they repress us
But our voices still heard up high
With fear, they silence us
With jails, they muzzle us
But our spirit cannot die
Resistance must reign
Tyranny must die!
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2. |
New Beginnings
03:44
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NEW BEGINNINGS
Today I saw an elder
Bent with the burden she bears
Beside her sat a soldier
Haunted by the horrors of war
Across the street, not much farther
A child, alone and uncared for
Is this the world that we live in
Surely we all deserve more
What do you say to the people?
No pension when they grow old
What do you say to the young men?
Fight wars, for whom they’re not told
What do you say to the children?
The future is bleak as foretold?
Can there be new beginnings
A better life for us all?
I think about a new heart beating
Still with so much hope
Every day, new beginnings
Innocence, a fresh look at all
I think about the women
Who bring life and nourish us all
Still so much oppression
Inequality besets us all
What do you say to the people?
No care when they are old
What do you say to the children?
The world burns, with greed untold
Every day the rich gets richer
Not much left for us all?
Can there be new beginnings?
A better world for us all
What do you say to the people?
No care when they are old
What do you say to the children?
The world burns, with greed untold
Every day the poor gets poorer
Not much left for us all
Can there be new beginnings
Build a different world
Ah…a different world.
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3. |
Where is the Heart
03:19
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WHERE IS THE HEART
We see strangers at the gate
We close our eyes, hope it all abates
Yet we still hear knocking at our door
We ask ourselves, should we do more
Some answer the door
With heart so cold
Tear the children away
at the border they’re told
Children crying in cages
Late at night
For mama and papa
A heart wrenching sight
Where is the heart that burns
With emotions that churn for humanity
Where is the heart?
Are migrants so different from you and me
Dreaming of a life with no poverty
When we cannot take harsh reality
Uproot our lives and face uncertainty
This is now a familiar scene
Should we turn away
Hope it’s all a dream
Should we look inside
And try to find
Our heart, compassion
And say we mind
Where is the heart that burns
With emotions that churn for humanity
Where is the heart?
Where is the heart?
Where is the heart?
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4. |
It's You
03:14
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IT’S YOU
Is it your imagination
Are things getting worse?
They say it is inflation
Or a bad curse
They dazzle us with jargon
But I know what’s real to me
It’s one giant con
So we let things be
It’s not the suits in Wall Street
Who’ll solve problems they don’t face
It’s not the local preacher
Who will say who’s behind this mess
It’s not bureaucracy
That will make democracy
The answers, you pursue!
It all starts with you!
No jobs, low wages, precariousness
Forget about $15 and fairness
I do know money’s flowing
From our pockets to the corporate rich
We can’t afford decent housing
But fancy condos are being built
It’s not the suits in Wall Street
Who’ll solve problems that you face
It’s not the local preacher
Who will say who’s behind this mess
It’s not bureaucracy
That will make democracy
Real change, it is due!
It all starts with you!
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5. |
Falling
03:59
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FALLING
Lost souls drifting through the night
Forgotten beings, out of sight
Bound to substance, looking for a hit
In society, viewed as misfits
Falling, falling through the cracks
Falling, falling through the cracks
Homeless people, left all alone
Invisible portraits as people hurry home
Driven to the streets
By uncaring institutions
Kept in despair
By the absence of solutions
Falling, falling through the cracks
Falling, falling through the cracks
Down-and-out women selling their wares
Teen run-aways, who really cares?
Blamed for their lives, focus of derision
But these deeds are forced decisions
Falling, falling through the cracks
Falling, falling through the cracks
It’s easy to lay blame
It’s all part of the game
We say no resources
But the few still flourish
Falling, falling through the cracks
Falling, falling through the cracks
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6. |
The Greatest Gift
02:31
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THE GREATEST GIFT
The first breath of air
First touch of love
New life emerges
While eyes look from above
What a wonderful feeling
To get the greatest gift
Of life, I ponder
What else could we wish for
In life, I wonder
Is there supposed to be more?
Does life mean more than
Each passing day
In life, the real gift is
What you give away
The first laugh with delight
At things big and small
Through innocent eyes
Strive to learn all
What a wonderful feeling
To get the greatest gift
Of life, I ponder
Would things look the same?
As we get older
Seems not much has changed
Does life mean more than
Each passing day
In life, the real gift is
What you give away
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7. |
True Heroes
02:42
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TRUE HEROES
A great deed, a courageous feat
An image we have of a hero
Every day struggles, with countless defeat
Publicity is pretty much zero
Fight for the oppressed, die for the cause
A choice, not many will make
Does not get air time, not worth a dime
Does not get a double take
The invisible, the defenders
Of rights, yours and mine
Put their lives on the line
When no one else gives a damn
These heroes also fall to the ground
What would it take for us to see?
True heroes we meet everyday
Call them radicals, the activists
Thanklessly, trying to find a way
To right the wrong
Help the weak to be strong
They challenge the order of the day
For this they pay, their lives at stake
Fight the power
And hope they don’t break
The invisible, the defenders
Of rights, yours and mine
Put their lives on the line
When no one else gives a damn
These heroes follow to the ground
The invisible, the defenders
Who fights for them when they fall
Put their lives on the line
When tyrant fist cracks down
Don’t let heroes fall to the ground
The invisible, the defenders
Don’t let true heroes fall to the ground
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