Just remember
things get worse before they ever get better
and there's only two choices you can make
run away or stand and fight
one day we all have to decide
where we stand and if we're willing to use our voice
has your heart grown cold and your anger died
or can you hear those distant cries
and the promise of a better day to come
will you pander and fall
to a system that controls your life
to a government
that has no interest in mine
will you bury your head and close your eyes
or clench your fists and defy
together we can cripple this machine
has your heart grown cold and your anger died
or can you hear those distant cries
and the promise of a better day to come
one voice can break the silence
be the fire that sparks the riot
our discontent will light the flame
one fist can smash the barricade
throw the brick through their charade
we won't believe the lies anymore
resist and rise above
resist and rise above
all you can do is all that you can
it's up to you and I to take control