Best protest song lyric recs? I'll go with one that's been on my mind:
There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone.
And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone.
And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone.
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here.
There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone.
And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone.
And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone.
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here.
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We refuse to let hatred in. We rise up.
We won’t back down.
We’re in this til the end.
-Mark Miller
I want to talk about it but I'll be late for work.
And if you're saying wait a minute yeah we have to stop this,
We had one but you didn't want the lady in office.
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Ztfx8ORaPdsvSZeHRglgr?si=C9kvuWj3QvCvgh7d0npnNA
...... and you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin' .....
https://youtu.be/CQU0TugySoo?si=1g0shpz_wAQuuW3G
Equal and opposite
That’s why, my friend, the blood tastes good
Every time I’m hit
I gotta will to win and a Cheshire grin
Yeah, the Nightwatchman is near
And you can’t get it where you’re at
But you can sure get it here
Come wind or frigid snow
There’s 100,000 in the street
And that number’s gonna grow
And when we put the governor on trial
I’ll be in the front row
Just take a look around, we’re a union town
One, two, three, four, let’s go!
All down the line
This is a union town, a union town
All down the line
And if you come to strip our rights away
We’ll give you hell every time
This is a union town, a union town
All down the line
All down the line
Say you want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And into the street
-John Lennon
(based on quote by Arundhati Roy)
Similar vibe:
https://youtu.be/5WrOcKmlQL4
And your death will come soon
I'll follow your casket
By the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand over your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead
I pray the lord my soul to save
Oh, I'll be a good boy
I'm trying so hard to behave
Because there's one thing I know
I'd like to live long enough to savor
That's when they finally put you in the ground
I'll stand on your grave
And tramp the dirt down
You don't owe nothing, so boy, get running
It's the best years of your life they want to steal
But you grow up and you calm down
And you're working for the clampdown
You start wearing the blue and brown
And you're working for the clampdown
The Clash
The time to rise has been engaged
You're better best to rearrange
I'm talkin' here to me alone
I listen to the finest worksong
Your finest hour
Your finest hour
Another chance has been engaged
To throw Thoreau and rearrange
You are following this time
I beg you not, beg to rhyme
Just like a lion, you came for a sheep
Oh no, don't try to hustle me
You took my love, mistook it for weakness
I guarantee I won't repeat this
No, don't try to hustle me
'Til earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on 'til victory is won.
We are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down
Ready to cut you down
https://youtu.be/nvhO8jA9cQM?si=wiIoIjzG8NReIm06
That's anti-climactic
Tired of bein' hunted like an antelope
Take the system by the throat
That's the antidote
So I pose a proposition
Take a look, be in support or opposition
Then be proactive proceed with confidence
Cause you know that you can't change shit by ridin the fence
You may be surprised
The people in this world
Are getting organized
You’re bound to lose
You fascists bound to lose
They say my music's too loud
I try talking about it
I get the big runaround
I try to roll with the punches
I get knocked on the ground
By all this bullshit going down
- Fight The Power, Isley Brothers
When the operation of the machine becomes so odious
Makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part
You can't even passively take part
And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels
Upon the levers, upon all the apparatus
And you've got to make it stop
You poisoned my sweet water
You cut down my green trees
The food you fed my children
Was the cause of their disease
What you gonna do about me?
I work in your factory
I study in your schools
I fill your penitentiaries
And your military too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzHLPnGuVSQ
https://genius.com/Patti-smith-people-have-the-power-lyrics
We need a movement with a quickness
You are the witness of change
And to counteract
We gotta take the power back
Yeah, we gotta take the power back
Come on, come on!
We gotta take the power back
Hey hey ho ho. Elon Musk has got to go. :)
Bridge:
You say "Can we talk about this later? Can we talk about this later?"
Blinded by your self adulation
Deafened by your heinous orations
Hey, hey
Give us a break you big baby!
Sun is up, the world is flat
Damn good address for a rat
The smell of blood, the drone of flies
You know what to do if the baby cries
Hoist. That. Rag.
...
The cracked bell rings and the ghost bird sings
The gods go begging here
So just open fire when you hit the shore
All is fair in love and war
Hoist. That. Rag.
https://youtu.be/jseXqO8t7g8?si=ns0ZduE5QSGvWnwZ
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
Free up from fear, it will devour you
Watch out for the ego of the hour
The ones who say they know it
Are the ones who will impose it on you