We The People

[Spoken Intro — Female Lead] They wrote it down in ink. But we got to live it in blood, sweat, truth, and backbone. Say it plain. [Choir — Soft Build] We the people. We the people. We the people. Still standing. [Verse 1 — Male Lead] I come from a road where the dust don’t lie, Where a handshake still means look me in the eye. Daddy worked steel till his hands went numb, Mama prayed fire when the hard times come. I seen a flag on a courthouse pole, I seen a widow fold one close to her soul. This country ain’t perfect, but I know what it’s worth, Every grave, every field, every foot of this earth. [Pre-Chorus — Female Lead] We ain’t paper. We ain’t noise. We ain’t pawns in another man’s choice. We are names. We are scars. We are hands beneath these stars. [Chorus — Male + Female + Choir] We the people, Hands in the dirt, eyes on the sky. We the people, Built from the ones who would not die. We don’t bend for a lie. We don’t kneel to fear. We don’t let nobody tell us We don’t belong here. From the church to the farm, From the block to the steeple, This land still rises With we the people. [Post-Chorus — Choir] We the people. We the people. One nation breathing. We the people. [Verse 2 — Female Lead] I know the story got blood on the page, I know the truth don’t fit clean in a cage. But I ain’t ashamed of claiming my place, I got my mother’s fire and my father’s faith. I won’t dress up wrong just to make it sound right, I won’t love in the dark what needs daylight. If freedom is real, then it better ring true For the poor, for the tired, for the red, white, and blue. [Pre-Chorus — Male Lead] We ain’t silent. We ain’t sold. We ain’t weak because we still got soul. We are sweat. We are seed. We are more than what the powerful need. [Chorus — Male + Female + Choir] We the people, Hands in the dirt, eyes on the sky. We the people, Built from the ones who would not die. We don’t bend for a lie. We don’t kneel to fear. We don’t let nobody tell us We don’t belong here. From the church to the farm, From the block to the steeple, This land still rises With we the people. [Breakdown — Stomp + Clap + Choir] Say it louder. We the people. Stand up taller. We the people. Truth in the daylight. We the people. Faith in the hard fight. We the people. [Speed Rap Verse — Speed Rapper] We the people, not the throne, not the crown, not the gold, Not the bought-out mouths getting rich off control. I’m talking lunch-pail, cornfield, backstreet, frontline, Night-shift, prayer-line, strong-spine, hard-grind. I’m talking grandma with a Bible and a bill overdue, Young man in a uniform lacing his shoes, Single mama making miracles before sunrise, Old man still standing with the war in his eyes. We ain’t perfect, we press, we repent, we repair, Put the truth in the room, put the weight in the air. If the promise got cracks, we don’t throw it away, We rebuild that thing in the light of day. From Alabama clay to a New York train, From a Kansas wind to a Georgia rain, Every color, every county, every scar, every steeple, Ain’t no America without we the people. [Bridge — Female Lead] Don’t wave that flag and hate your brother. Don’t quote that line and cheat another. Freedom costs more than words we say— It’s how we live when dues come due each day. [Bridge Lift — Male Lead] So I’ll stand for the weak. I’ll work for the land. I’ll tell the truth With my heart in my hand. Not for a party. Not for a king. For the promise still breathing When the church bells ring. [Final Chorus — Male + Female + Full Choir] We the people, Hands in the dirt, eyes on the sky. We the people, Built from the ones who would not die. We don’t bend for a lie. We don’t kneel to fear. We don’t let nobody tell us We don’t belong here. From the church to the farm, From the block to the steeple, This land still rises With we the people. [Choir Vamp — Big Gospel Finish] We the people. Still believing. We the people. Still achieving. We the people. Still repairing. We the people. Still declaring. [Final Tag — All Voices] One nation. Hard truth. Strong hands. Deep roots. We the people. We are American.