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No Human Is Illegal

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Intro (spoken) They taught you to fear people. So you wouldn’t question power. Verse 1 They say “illegal migrant” like a human is a crime, Like existence needs permission, like breathing needs a line. They flipped the law upside down, now people are the case, No longer judge the action — they criminalize the face. In law, no human being is illegal, Only actions can be unlawful, this is foundational, not medieval. When a system turns existence into a violation, It stops being justice and becomes domination. Law was made to judge what people do, Not to label who they are or where they come through. Once you turn identity into criminal status, You didn’t protect order — you abandoned it in practice. Hook (chorus) No human is illegal, that’s the line they cross, When they turn a person into a file, a number, a loss. They don’t enforce law, they enforce control, When existence is a crime, power eats the soul. No human is illegal, that’s the truth they hide, They don’t judge the action — they judge your side. That’s not justice, that’s the state in decay, When law becomes power dressed in gray. Verse 2 A crime exists only where there is a victim, No victim, no crime — that’s the system. Crossing a border without a stamp or permission Doesn’t transform a human being into a transgression. Paper lines on a map don’t own the land, No institution owns the Earth by command. What’s dangerous is not movement, it’s the belief That a building called “government” decides who gets to breathe. They say “prove you belong here, prove you’re allowed,” But freedom works opposite — power must justify itself aloud. The burden is on authority, not on the man, Or law collapses into rule by command. Hook (chorus) No human is illegal, that’s the line they cross, When they turn a person into a file, a number, a loss. They don’t enforce law, they enforce control, When existence is a crime, power eats the soul. No human is illegal, that’s the truth they hide, They don’t judge the action — they judge your side. That’s not justice, that’s the state in decay, When law becomes power dressed in gray. Verse 3 First they change the language, then they change the mind, Then cruelty becomes normal, one step at a time. Yesterday “illegal Jew,” today “illegal man,” Same logic, new century, same authoritarian plan. When law stops judging conduct and starts judging birth, It’s no longer protecting order — it’s redesigning worth. History is loud for those who listen close: Dehumanization always starts with prose. They don’t need chains when they own the frame, They don’t need guns when they rewrite the name. Call a man illegal and the conscience sleeps, Because power is clean when language bleeds. Bridge (slow, dark) Law without limits is not law at all. It is organized force behind a moral wall. Final Hook (strong) No human is illegal — remember this line, When power wants obedience, it corrupts the sign. They criminalize being when they can’t defend rule, That’s not civilization — that’s domination made cool. No human is illegal — that’s the line we defend, Because once people are crimes, justice ends.