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Anthem

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They’re coming for you, for you’re not wanted
They’re coming for you if you’re black or brown
They’re coming for you if you speak Spanish or Creole
Yes, they’re coming for you and they want to bring you down

They’ll stalk your children so that they can find you
They'll knock down your door if you won’t let them in
They’ll wait for you where you live and work, smash the windows of your car
They’re coming for you and they’re coming for your kin

O say can you see 
By the dawn’s early light
What so sadly we’ve seen so many times before
That only some of us belong and are worthy
The rest can be disposed of, just enemies in their war

They’re coming for me if I dare to speak out
They’re coming for me if I oppose the things they do
They’re coming for us all if we stand together
They will try to take us down and divide us too

But through the tear gas’s dreaded glare
The flash-bangs bursting in air
We'll give proof through the night
That we’re united in the power that we share

We stand together to protect our neighbors
We’ll surround their prisons, bring their dark deeds to the light
They have guns and bombs and tasers, we have whistles and our cameras
But they know that we are watching and will not give up the fight

Cause we’re coming for them, calling out their lies and their hatred
We’re coming for them, the truth won’t be denied
We all rise and fall together, we will not let this fear stand
We’re standing with each other, side by side

O say does that star-spangled flag of hope still wave
We ‘ll make a land where we are free
Stand together and be brave