Take it back

We're more than just replaceable cogs in the machine,

revel in your uniqueness, gather back your self esteem,

no longer let their lies divide and keep us all apart,

for money, skin and god mean naught weighed up against a heart,

and they will keep us fighting, splitting wholes creating parts,

and fear and lack of knowledge are the places hatred starts

I don't care to whom you pray, your skin tone or your creed,

but would you lend a hand to one unknown who was in need ?

Would you stand and suffer blows for what you know is right ?

For the way to combat darkness is to bring it to the light,

be rid of fear, and never lets its presence stay your hand,

let your voice become a roar that echoes through the land,

question what your told for truth can withstand scrutiny,

and if the captain lies and cheats the crew its ground for mutiny

Change does not come from above, only enforcement of status quo,

and its the heavily slumbering masses with the power to overthrow

a political system full of rot, where corruption is the norm,

and as the truth starts slowly leaking I can hear the coming storm

Do we choose to live like locusts, a plague that seeks only to consume,

having the terms of life dictated by the screens in every room,

suspicious of all that's different, believing the press-titutes old lies,

ignorance lacking bliss as we dream in brand new four wheel drives

Or do we choose to know the truth, no matter the pain in what we find,

a choice to stand for justice, and a dignified life for all mankind,

to feel injustice overseas as acutely as our own,

to respect what makes us different, a means to learn, not stand alone,

to see integrity and honesty valued higher than a vault,

where the terms of race and sex are not unequal by default,

where we treat the earth with the love reserved for the one from which we came,

where liberty and freedom live on in more than just a name