From the factories to the fields to darkness wields its knife To the hearts of beating For those who have a burning down inside that scares them to death but keeps them alive In the middle of the surrounding
No matter how battles are won, the war will continue to rage on their unlimited weapons of media, power and money And just when you feel all hope is lost, you hear of with their life they've paid the cost You return to the fight a little more scarred, a little determined
Everyone else you wallows in the abyss of mediocrity But you're all consumed with the vision that every person should be free
But through every cloudy night, your only driving is to do what's right You give in, you keep fighting the good fight
You fight for one person to get a second and you fight for the masses to be able to dance In a freedom drenched of dignity and justice Your heart well it must be strong, and soul true enough to carry on As you lose your mind in the of all the shambles
The are stacked so high, its so much easier to resign Yourself to live your the way they told you
We know we're strong to survive, but we'll be damned if our kids have to live their lives With the same kind of hopelessness and despair We can't protect them from every evil see but we can fight for them to live free With a self worth and liberty screaming
And those that came us and worked all their lives Never made it ahead, let alone, even get by got to enjoy what they worked so hard for For our children who yet to come, and our parents and grandparents who fought on and on and on That forges the unyielding passion for the fight of
They're think we're crazy and look down on us We may be poor, but our souls are And I'd rather be damned than live how they me to