Lyrics Speak Up - Wookiefoot , Satsang

When they came for the mailman,
I didn't say a word
Cause I ain't never deliver no mail
And if he's gone that won't hurt
Until about 3 days went by
And I still ain't got no mail
Then the missing mailman well he became my problem as well
When they came for my neighbor's water
I didn't say a thing
"You're on your own, man I got my own and your sink is your sink."
And the next day wouldn't you know, well my sink didn't work no more.
I should have 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 exist.
So we gotta SPEAK UP.
I said we gotta speak up.
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 have helped them
Like they helped me.
'Cause now nobody's life much fun.
Man, I should have SPOKE UP.
When the police were shooting them brothers
I stayed hid in my house,
Not a single phrase come in a phrase
Not a word come out my mouth
Well if we sit in complacence
Then the world's overrun by hatred.
Well It's about damn time we be reminded
That EVERY SINGLE LIFE IS SACRED.
Well, the moral to the story is this,
Is that power in numbers exist.
I say "We gotta speak up."
I say "We gotta speak up."
Most people want to live
With the rattle to the pavement
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 forest.
Protectors of water
Our sons and our daughters
Come on now
We gotta speak up!
The key to the revolution is the way of NON-violence.
Lives begin to end the day we become silent.
Lives begin to end the day we become silent.
To all the people on the ground:
SPEAK UP!
To all the lovers in the world:
Speak up!
To all the tribes in the forest:
Speak up!
From the bottom of your heart,
Speak up!
Well, THE MORALE to THE STORY IS THIS:
Is that Power in numbers exist.
So we gotta speak up."
Yeah, we gotta speak up.
We gotta SPEAK UP
If we wanna live on this planet forever,
We have to learn how to work together.
We gotta speak up!
We gotta speak up!