Listen now, the story’s told
Of a province bought and sold.
Homes pulled right from people’s hands,
Rents climb higher than hope can stand.
Tenants trembling, fears run cold—
Renovictions paid in gold.

Chorus 1

Go ahead—take all your treasure,
Stack it high and call it gain.
But Ontario will rise together—
We will break these chains.

Food banks stretching, day by day,
Families still turned away.
Shelters full as nights turn cold,
Cuts to care for young and old.
Safety nets are torn apart,
Yet we hold each other’s heart.

Chorus 2

Go ahead—take all your treasure,
Turn your back on people’s pain.
But Ontario will rise together—
We won’t bow again.

Green lands strained and tightly bound,
Fields once open, fenced around.
Climate cries through broken dreams,
Rivers choked in fading streams.
Greed digs deep through every scar,
Still the earth begins to speak.

Chorus 3

Go ahead—take all your treasure,
Clear the forests, drain the streams—
But Ontario will rise together—
We will guard these dreams.

Bridge

Raise your voices—stand, resist!
Hand in hand, we won’t desist.
What they hoard, we’ll reorganize;
What they break, we’ll re-rise.
Every town and every shore—
We are stronger than before.

Final Chorus

Ontario will rise—together!
Ontario will rise—unbowed!
Side by side we’ll build forever,
We the many, strong and loud.
From the lakes to city skies,
Hope is where our power lies.
They may take, but we reclaim—
Ontario will rise again.