Let these words go forth
from this time and place, oh
To friends across the world
To every stranger's face
We've died in almost every way
We are the children of fear
We hold our breath a hundred days
Our smile a thousand years
And
America, why are you driving
Your children from your shores
And your highways and your free streets
An d from your beautiful law
All my country, right or wrong,
said one man long ago
If my country should be right,
it's like we seldom know
Whoa -oh -oh -oh
And in a time of once -upon
We were the children of tears
Our laughter held a hundred days
Our smile a thousand years
And to the world I am asking
Why do you have these boundaries and you people,
why are you pretending?
It's not to know one another,
oh please tell me, well, are we not all one?
What have we to protect, oh?
Some nation under
God or some shadow to respect
We were the children of this
God
We stood by heaven's gates
Our nations scattered to the wind
East is
United
States
And we were living in your cities
It's put us out of touch
Oh,
America, you eat your children
That's asking much,
too much, too much
We're filled with city death
An d the cities are filled with holes
To cover our negro skin
To hide our
Indian souls
Oh
We've died in almost every
way we are the children of fear
We hold our breath a hundred days our
smile a thousand years
And to the world I am asking
Why do you have these boundaries and you people,
why are you pretending not to know one another?
Oh police and
America, why are you sending your
children from your gates?
Oh
America, quit pretending not
to be the disunited states.
And
America, why are you driving
Your children from your shores?
Oh,
America, why are you driving
Your children from your shores?
Oh,
America
you