Battle Hymn for Voting Rights
Our grandmas fought to get the vote a hundred years agobut folks of color had to keep on fighting even moreToday we fight an evil push to take our rights…
Our grandmas fought to get the vote a hundred years agobut folks of color had to keep on fighting even moreToday we fight an evil push to take our rights…
Trucks going by every dayrisking the lives of the folks on the wayhauling tons and tons of plutoniumthree hundred and fifty milesCargo of nuclear waste,nuclear waste that can blow us…
Cry for the children of GazaThe blue skies rain terror on youThere is no refugenowhere to run toYour parents slaughtered right there beside youCry for the mothers of GazaWe hope…
No, no, no nos moveran!no, no no nos moveránComo un árbol firme junto al rioNo nos moveránWe shall take our country back!We shall take our country back!Because it’s ours, we…
Hello Putin, my old friendI’m here alone with you againUkraine is hoping we’ll talk of peaceWe only want to make our spoils increaseLet Ukrainians see the writing on the wall:We’ll…
Come gather ‘round people, we want you to hear ‘bout threats to the earth, they are something to fearthe world is on fire — Armageddon is nearThis is urgent –…
There’s something happening hereWhat it is, is perfectly clearThere’s a coup going down in DCtaking a chainsaw to everything we believeIt’s time to STOP! Hey! Stop the coup!Everybody speak out…
ANGRY PEOPLE Tune: Lonely People by America This is for all the angry peoplewatching the tyranny beginDon’t give up, we got tomarch in the streets togetherand keep on fighting…
Mine eyes have seen the bunglingand the stumbling of the TrumpPretending he’s the king asElon plays him for a chumpHe lost sight of all reason 'cause his head is up his…
Hey, Mr. Tangerine Man, stay away from meYou are creepy, and you are no good for anythingHey, Mr. Tangerine Man, stay away from meYou’re a traitor to our nation ’cause…
HOUSING RIGHTSTune: When the Saints Go Marching InThe right to housing is a rightjust like our other human rights:right to life, religion & freedomfor them all, we’ve got to fightOur…
Tucked into an alley, sometimes I live in a boxOr sleep in the bushes down by the railroad trackConsider it lucky that I have two pairs of socks Couple of…
Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember meI fell on some hard times, that I could not foreseeI have lost my home and now I'm living on the streetDo…
HOUSE THE POOR Tune: I Walk the Line, Johnny CashWith wages low and ever rising rents,folks live in cars, or hunker down in tentsThis is a crisis, and it’s plain to…
WHEN CIVIL RIGHTS BELONG TO ALL Tune : When the Saints Go Marching In When civil rights belong to allWhen civil rights belong to allWe will make our…
Kidnaping innocents, mass deportationsPredators, kleptocrats looting our nationFascistic gangsters assaulting our rights These are some thingsthat go Trump in the night Pardoning violent rioters and traitorsHiring all flunkies who call…
RAISE YOUR VOICE Listen with heart, you’ll hear their voices callingfrom Palestine, where terror reigns supremevoices of sorrow, grief and desperationThey call to us: to our humanitySo raise your voice to…
Over there! Over there!Don’t you dare kill those kids over there!Babies pure with virtueThey never hurt youYou must not harm them over there! So, beware! Yes, beware!Listen up! Read our lips! …
LANL is building more atom bombsgonna lead to annihilationThe people say NO! ’cause the people know that the bombs are an abominationIt's against the law; United Nations law; nukes have…
Sittin’ pretty, in your black gownsSittin’ pretty like serious clowns With every case you hear you twistthe Constitution up in your fists You’re no good, you’re no good, you’re no good…
“The problem is burning too much fuel” she said to me“and drilling my hide to death, and cutting down my trees”She said “Please help me in my struggle just to…
When I think of Gaza’s plightthe children haunt me day and nightAll the children who are cryingAll the children who are dyingAnd the things they’ve seenthat no one should have…
Oh ancient land of Palestine, the tanks are rolling byThe children run as soldiers guns alarm them and make them cryAnd in the dark streets shineth the merciless searchlightsThe hopes…
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me an AR-15with hundreds of bullets and a big magazineYou know how I yearn for a killing machineOh Lord, won’t you buy me an AR-15Oh…
Skip the check-ups that you needPrices are absurdTake good care of yourself'cause you're uninsuredBigger tax cuts for the richare certainly preferredover care of our health,so we're uninsuredThe right-wing plan is…
Our nuclear weapons are sealing our fateThere’s no place to hide, there’s no place that’s safe And we know that all life on earth is at stakeSo we say NO…
The other night, Sun, as I lay sleepingI dreamed our ozone layer was goneWhen I awoke, Sun, inspired to action,I just had to write down this songYou are my sunshine,…
This is a recent revision of the song "America For the People" which was written for voting rights and the "For the People Act." It has now been updated to…
We shall take our country backWe shall take our country backBecause it’s ours, we reclaim democracyWe shall take it back!Against the MAGA fascists, we are standing strongAgainst the MAGA fascists,…
We’re gonna get rid of nasty nukesWe will abolish them – we will abolish them We will abolish themWe’re gonna get rid of nasty nukesWe will abolish them – abolish…