Years later what you will remember most is the sunshine And the way it pooled in the streets in the summertime Pulling colors off of buildings like taking washing off the line Painted bodies everywhere, laughing as they waltz through the city There is no difference between red yellow black white or grey It’s all just more color, people splattered with diversity Climbing the trees to decorate with rainbow streamers In their doorways stand hesitant half-believers Pass me the pipe and count me with the dreamers
And the rest of the world, they call us freaks We might as well be hipsters hippies jocks nerds geeks Here definition is something no one seeks Children at play is all we have ever been Hoping our mothers won’t catch us fighting again Let your hate go, let your mind heart and eyes open
Love is what ties us together, what makes us strong You don’t have to prove that you’re right or I’m wrong Just raise your voice and join in the throng We’ll climb through your windows and through your walls Claiming plaster back to nature, painting flowers down your halls Planting trees in the classrooms and the public toilet stalls We won’t rest, no we won’t wait until every stretch Of old stone house and weathered park bench Of city block and building’s been covered in some colorful sketch
Say what you will, we are who we are It's our hopes for the future that have led us this far We're not afraid, not alone, though the lines may blur We stand for a future with no hate at all We stand for human rights and we will not fall We're the people of Fremont and we stand tall
a short look back on my life in the neighborhood of Fremont, Seattle