We shout in hope that somebody will listen, until we're out of breath, and on our knees We are tired of waiting We are fighting to be free We rise, we rise, we rise We never had a fighting chance This is our time to show them what we can do We rise, we rise, we rise But we're chained where we stand We're fighting to be free To whom do we owe this lie? To whom must we sell ourselves? When their reign of terror ends, nobody will stop to save them Their downfall will come, nobody will stop to save them Take a step back from me, don't come any closer Oh, I won't quit 'til it's over So take it as you may, I'm going to get out of here someday It's us versus them, we will not be your slaves anymore We disobey Nobody will stop to save them Take a step back from me, don't come any closer Oh, I won't quit 'til it's over So take it as you may, I'm going to get out of here someday You have left us helpless, we will leave you breathless