Hey America/Stand
Words & music by Anne Stott

Dear America hear my plea
Can we get honest name the real enemy
Not rioting or taking a knee
It’s this virus passed down for centuries

Hey America we’re getting tested
Can we rise to heed the message
Who walks free who gets arrested
Which lives matter which have been expended

Stand up stand ready stand tall
Stand up stand ready stand tall
Hey America your lies are gonna fall
Cuz we the people rise to the call
Stand up stand ready stand tall
Stand up stand ready stand tall
Hey America your lies are gonna fall
Cuz we the people rise to the call

Now America we gotta be more brave
Time for some to shed some unearned grace
We’re lying in a bed of our own making
Which is why police don’t shoot white people while they’re sleeping

Stand up stand ready stand tall
Stand up stand ready stand tall
Hey America your lies are gonna fall
Cuz we the people rise to the call
Stand up stand ready stand tall
Stand up stand ready stand tall
Hey America your lies are gonna fall
Cuz we the people rise to the call

Wake up America your freedom is a lie
Built on the backs of so many stolen lives
And just so long as you turn a blind eye
That’s how long you’ll keep this country divided

Stand up stand ready stand tall
Stand up stand ready stand tall
Hey America your lies are gonna fall
Cuz we the people rise to the call
Stand up stand ready stand tall
Stand up stand ready stand tall
Hey America your lies are gonna fall
Cuz we the people rise to the call

Stand
Stand
Stand
Rise to the call
Stand
Stand
Stand
Rise to the call

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