From the streets of Selma To Birmingham To their monuments We rose en ma**e A voice of revolt The voices of Revolution No army can withstand the strength Of an idea who's time has come Our history tells us that We must rise up What Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner Gave their lives for The dream that Evers, King, and X Lay dead for That we could Be more than the sum of our evils
Our history tells us that We must rise up To destroy That which is unjust We raised our voices and The outspoken were gunned down Yeah, we'll pay with our lives To destroy yours We paid with our lives A generation removed To this day You try to erase our history Soften the punches And bury the fear you held That we would win