By Fat White Noise
I was taught to pledge to the flag
I was taught to sing the Star-Spangled Banner
But don’t they promise justice and liberty for all
A land of the free, not the hammer?
My brother George was murdered
My brother Ahmaud was lynched
My sister Breonna shot at home
While the world barely flinched.
Cry for the Unheard!
Cry for the Unheard!
Jesus say the meek will inherit the Earth.
But they gasp for breath
As we fail to see their worth.
Now my brothers and sisters
who still can breathe
are taking to the streets
with their anger unsheathed.
But a regime that has assailed its own
And ignored the people’s plight
Now threatens to answer cries for justice
With military might.
Cry for the Unheard!
Cry for the Unheard!
Jesus say blessed are those that mourn.
But their tears flow without end
For the brothers and sisters from whom they’re torn.
And where are those leaders right now
As the raging goes on nonstop
Busy gassing the people they serve
For a good photo-op.
Do they hear us right now
As we scream we can’t breathe?
Or are they lost in their parties
Elephants, donkeys, the unaffected elite?
Cry for the Unheard!
Cry for the Unheard!
Jesus say blessed are the persecuted.
But how many more will die
As the contempt of the proud remains unrefuted.
There’s no call to burn our town
We’ve got to make some peace
But if our leaders keep their knees to our throats
We’ll have to take it back to the streets.
If you take our breath away
If you squash our rights and our life
Our anger only grows
As you turn a blind eye to our strife.
Cry for the Unheard!
Cry for the Unheard!
Jesus say blessed are the merciful.
Let us all stand together
As our pleas for peace are heard by all.
We don’t want to hate
We don’t want to fight
Cause Jesus taught us that
Love and grace is our might.
We’re all one country,
They taught us that as children.
We’re all one people,
We must find that truth within.
Cry for the Unheard!
Cry for the Unheard!
Jesus say blessed are the peacemakers.
We must show the way
Become the strong and the hate breakers.
As we take the path ahead
We must stay together.
If we faulter to hate and disunion,
We’ll be lost forever.
The King says about the riots
Those are the cries of the unheard
So let us join our hands together
Listen and hear their desperate words.
If we learn the lessons of love and justice,
The language of Jesus and our founders,
We can bring this country back together
As our hearts return to center.
The way forward is certainly clear.
Justice for all,
Freedom for all,
Equality for all,
Prosperity for all,
And peace will surely follow.
The King say that when the unheard and forlorn
Are finally loved and given justice
The anger will fade away
And they resort no longer to blood and fists.
I was taught to pledge to the flag
I was taught to sing the Star-Spangled Banner
But don’t they promise justice and liberty for all
A land of the free, not the hammer?
My brother George was murdered
My brother Ahmaud was lynched
My sister Breonna shot at home
While the world barely flinched.
Cry for the Unheard!
Cry for the Unheard!
Jesus say the meek will inherit the Earth.
But they gasp for breath
As we fail to see their worth.
Now my brothers and sisters
who still can breathe
are taking to the streets
with their anger unsheathed.
But a regime that has assailed its own
And ignored the people’s plight
Now threatens to answer cries for justice
With military might.
Cry for the Unheard!
Cry for the Unheard!
Jesus say blessed are those that mourn.
But their tears flow without end
For the brothers and sisters from whom they’re torn.
And where are those leaders right now
As the raging goes on nonstop
Busy gassing the people they serve
For a good photo-op.
Do they hear us right now
As we scream we can’t breathe?
Or are they lost in their parties
Elephants, donkeys, the unaffected elite?
Cry for the Unheard!
Cry for the Unheard!
Jesus say blessed are the persecuted.
But how many more will die
As the contempt of the proud remains unrefuted.
There’s no call to burn our town
We’ve got to make some peace
But if our leaders keep their knees to our throats
We’ll have to take it back to the streets.
If you take our breath away
If you squash our rights and our life
Our anger only grows
As you turn a blind eye to our strife.
Cry for the Unheard!
Cry for the Unheard!
Jesus say blessed are the merciful.
Let us all stand together
As our pleas for peace are heard by all.
We don’t want to hate
We don’t want to fight
Cause Jesus taught us that
Love and grace is our might.
We’re all one country,
They taught us that as children.
We’re all one people,
We must find that truth within.
Cry for the Unheard!
Cry for the Unheard!
Jesus say blessed are the peacemakers.
We must show the way
Become the strong and the hate breakers.
As we take the path ahead
We must stay together.
If we faulter to hate and disunion,
We’ll be lost forever.
The King says about the riots
Those are the cries of the unheard
So let us join our hands together
Listen and hear their desperate words.
If we learn the lessons of love and justice,
The language of Jesus and our founders,
We can bring this country back together
As our hearts return to center.
The way forward is certainly clear.
Justice for all,
Freedom for all,
Equality for all,
Prosperity for all,
And peace will surely follow.
The King say that when the unheard and forlorn
Are finally loved and given justice
The anger will fade away
And they resort no longer to blood and fists.
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