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