a song of distress

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hear us out
we have a song to be sung
with raging hearts
a song about fear
a song about pain

we have all the words
that been shoved back into our throats,
rhyming in our song.
we have the sound of dreams
that were shattered by you.
we have the voices of people
who are neglected and divided by power.
we have our children in the street,
fighting the unjust, fighting the evil.
we have mothers everywhere,
protecting and nursing all the children of this land
we have our brothers
shalttering the people in pain

and here we have come together
to stop your greed, your patriarchoy
and fasict needs
here we have come together
to sing a song
with raging hearts
a song about fear
a song about pain

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