One year ago, I was in Chicago Coke and amphetamines were the only home I'd known And a jazz record and whisky now soothe my weary soul The only way I feel control is to lose control, so I drink some more and lose control Yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah Fed up and wasted with these jail-cell exaltations Being born into this time, the society of lies As these tyrants stand with bullets and hidden genocides I know the truth, it don't comfort you But what you gonna do when they come for you? Can someone please stand? While we can still stand? Stand stand stand Stand stand stand My destination was the police station I had written out a sign that said, "justice is alive" And we have come to speak for freedom And we have come to do what's right And now you threaten use with our very lives? Why do the hungry have to sacrifice? While the richest fill their appetites? Well I guess my brother Bill was right, the revolution won't be televised Well every little girl has a song, sing loud And every little boy has a dream, seek it out Some men are wicked, but some are wonderful And each one is the same As they teach you in each different way As they teach you in each different way Say "I'm not ashamed of the things I am" I cut my ties with the things I dread I look into the fire and the fire I am As I listen to the water and the great I am Some things have changed, on the islands here I pledge my demons in the pull of the sand And I sat in the back banyon while my momma said "the only way to free you pain is to feel your pain" So don't be ashamed go free your pain go feel your pain And my destination was the county station I had written out a sign that said, “the island is alive” And to you who drill and build factories on the land where we reside What you take from earth it takes from you You’re not prepared for what it takes from you And with these gardens full of pesticides You’ve made a prison out of paradise Damn Can someone please stand? While we can still stand? Stand stand stand Well every little girl has a song, sing loud And every little boy has a dream, go seek it out So I sat with uncle Abel and uncle Moses at Kauai, they said “the laws of men, they don’t cover you Follow the sun and moon and your family as you search for truth” So I'm not ashamed of the things I am I cut my ties with the things I dread I look into the fire and the fire I am As I listen to the water and the great I … I'm not ashamed of the things I am I cut my ties with the things I dread I look into the fire and the fire I am As I listen to the water and the great I am The great I am The great I am The great I am The great I am
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