Insults and stings thrown like hand grenades waiting to explode at their feet
Children tossed at a wall told they're worth nothing
People begin cutting sinking and drinking till they're nothing

Take a round trip of the globe and you see the same
Except here the pain is on their faces and in their minds
Having seen their mothers ***** and fathers killed
Having seen their siblings slaughtered and their friends beaten
Having run away from war stricken land
To know that they are no one with nothing
Alone in the wild of the world
With nothing to their name
No family, no papers, nothing

There's a flood of children being abused each day
By adults and by children
Torn apart from their hearts within to their minds above
Told they're worthless because they were born
They're warned to stay quiet
Let no one hear your voices, they say
Sounding like barbed wire

I say stand up and rise!
Let not the cries of the oppressed ring in your ears any longer!
Let us grow stronger
No longer will we cower in the corner
Of the cell they placed us in
Boxed in and locked away never to see
The light of day

Rise and fight because it's right
Shine bright and let not the world sink into darkness
Caress it's cheeks with fondness
And stare into its eyes with sharpness
Harness the fire in your heart for what's been done to you
And rise again to live another day
To do battle as needed
To live and learn
To be who you are

Wait not for the cries of the oppressed to ring in your ears
End this slavery of mind and body
Call out their names and lead them with the North Star to victory

I believe in you
As does the world
Go make yourself known
Don't get struck down by barbed wire