Speak Up (feat. WookieFoot)

Now when they came for the mailman
I didn't say a word
'Cause I ain't never delivered no mail
And if he's gone, that won't hurt
Until about three days went by
And I still ain't got no mail
Then the missing mailman
Well, he became my problem as well

Now when they came for my neighbor's water
I didn't say a thing
You're on your own, I've got my own
And your sink is your sink
But then the next day, wouldn't you know
Well, my sink didn't work no more
I should've stood up when my neighbor stood up
Then we'd both still have some flow

Well, the moral to the story is this
Is that power in numbers exists
So we gotta speak up
I said we gotta speak up

Now when they came for the migrant workers
You couldn't hear my call
Well, as a matter of fact, I sat in the back
And I didn't make a peep at all
Well, then the whole town was overrun
With jobs that needed done
Well, I should've helped them like they helped me
'Cause now nobody's life's much fun
Man, I should've spoke up

Now when the police were shooting them brothers
Stayed hid in my house
Well, not a single phrase coming up raised
Not a word came out my mouth
Well, if we sit in complacence
Then the world's overrun by hatred
Well, it's about damn time that we be reminded
That every single life is sacred

Well, the moral to the story is this
Is that power in numbers exists
So we gotta speak up
I said we gotta speak up

Most people wanna live
With their eye down to the pavement
But brought up by misinformation, oversaturated
Turning off your empathy, a new form of enslavement
We can come together now, voices elevated
What's important is for us
Add voice to the chorus
Speak up for the poorest
The river, the forests
Protectors of water
Our sons and our daughters
Come on now, we gotta speak up
The key to revolution is the way of nonviolence
Satyagraha, just like Dr. King said
Our lives begin to end the day that we become silent
Lives begin to end the day that we become silent
So all the people on the ground, speak up (Speak up)
And all the lovers in the world, speak up (Speak up)
And all the tribes in the forest, speak up (Speak up)
From the bottom of your heart, speak up (Speak up)

Well, the moral to the story is this
Is that power in numbers exists
So we gotta speak up (Speak up)
Yeah, we gotta speak up
If we wanna live on this planet forever
We're gonna have to learn to work together
We gotta speak up (Speak up)
I said we gotta speak up