Lyrics by BVOCAL! Boston Voices of Community and Labor, bvocalchorus.org
Use them to give you ideas for verses that apply to your own campaign.
RISE UP
By Charon Hribar and Jose Vasquez
We ain’t gonna let nobody turn us around,
Because the people united will stand our ground.
Every human deserves to be safe
In the land of the free and the home of the brave.
For trans rights we are raising our voice,
We’re demanding respect for every gender choice.
The military doesn’t belong in our streets,
We have the right to assemble and we won’t retreat.
It’s not enough to barely survive,
We believe in a world where everybody can thrive.
We say no to hate and greed,
We say tax the rich and give to those in need.
Red, blue, young, old, white, or black
Together we’re gonna take our country back!
NEW UNSETTLING FORCE
By Charon Hribar, Jonathan Lykes, and Steff Reed
We’re a new unsettling force,
And we are powerful,
A new unsettling force,
And we’re here.
We’re a new unsettling force
For liberation,
And we’ve got nothing to lose but our chains,
And we’ve got nothing to lose but our chains.
ROLL THE MOVEMENT ON
To the tune of Roll the Union On written by John Handcox, an African American singer-songwriter and organizer for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union
We’re gonna roll it for the LGBTQ community…
And if Trump is in the way we’re gonna roll right over him….
We’re gonna roll it for the glory of a free society…
If DOJ is in the way we’re gonna roll right over it…
WHAT DO WE WANT RIGHT HERE TODAY
By Charon Hribar, Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice
What do we want right here today
Human rights for all
We'll march until we get our way
Human rights for all
What do we want? Human rights!
When do we want it? Now!
Justice for our people/Justice!
Bodily autonomy/Trans rights!
Unrestricted healthcare/Healthcare for all!
Housing we can all afford/Affordable housing!
Free and equal public schools/Public schools!
Human rights for all/Human rights!
The right to live in dignity/Dignity!
WE ARE THE MOVEMENT
By the Peace Poets
We are the movement,
Liberation moving,
For every single human
We have come to win/love/etc.
WE SHALL NOT BE RULED
To the tune of We Shall Not Be Moved; based on the African-American spiritual “I Shall Not Be Moved”; adaptation of lyrics inspired by Mark Levy
Refrain:
We shall not, we shall not be ruled (2x)
Just like a free people standing united,
We shall not be ruled.
Hands off our bodies, we shall not be ruled…
Healthcare is a human right, we shall not be ruled…
Saving our democracy, we shall not be ruled…
Hand in hand we’ll light the way, we shall not be ruled…
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