Story Tell You Choose Issues You Can’t Control You Choose To Ignore Now It’s Our Turn To Speak Up Parents Of Today Are Not Parents Of The Past Or Yesterday’s Hear Us Now!!! ⸻ Intro You Heard My Voice Today But It Was Heard By Deaf Ears And Fake Smiles You Looked At Me Like Everything Was Fine Then Turned Away From What Was Standing Right In Front Of You ⸻ Verse 1 I May Not Have A Lot I May Not Know Many People But That Doesn’t Make Me Any Less Of A Person I Have Experience In Life I Know What It Means To Need Help I Know What It Means When Nobody Knows Your Name Parents Standing With Their Children Trying To Find Somewhere To Turn Living In A Community That Doesn’t Know They Exist ⸻ Pre-Chorus You Hear The Meetings You Hear The Promises You Hear The Same Old Talk But When The Families Need Something Who Is Actually Walking With Them? ⸻ Chorus Can You Hear Us Now? We’ve Been Speaking For So Long Can You Hear Us Now? We’ve Been Carrying This Alone Our Children Need A Place Our Families Need Support We Are Here We Have Always Been Here Can You Hear Us Now?! ⸻ Verse 2 When You Realize Your Voice Has No Say Because People Feel Comfortable With Concerns They Never Plan To Change They Sit Against Every Answer Because Opposition Feels Safer Than Looking At The People Who Need Them To Understand The Issues Today Can Be Solved In Days Or Weeks When People Stop Looking Away And Start Doing What Needs To Be Done ⸻ Chorus Can You Hear Us Now? We’ve Been Speaking For So Long Can You Hear Us Now? We’ve Been Carrying This Alone We Need Homes For Those Who Need Them The Most Not More Excuses Not Another Closed Door Can You Hear Us Now?! ⸻ Verse 3 I’m Not Going To Accept Those Noses-In-The-Air Attitudes Toward Low-Income Families If You Don’t Know The People Living In Your Community If You Don’t Know How Many Need Extra Care Then You Shouldn’t Be Deciding What Their Lives Should Look Like Get Familiar With The Community Understand What Matters Most Then Work To Improve The Community And The People ⸻ Spoken Break — Parents & Children Parent Voices: “We Are Still Here…” Children’s Voices: “Do You Know We Exist?” Parent Voices: “Our Children Need Help…” Children’s Voices: “Can You Hear Us?” All Voices: CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?! ⸻ Verse 4 Stop Titling People By Their Race Their Religion Their Sexuality Their Job Description Their Education Their Credit Scores A Person Is More Than A Category You Give Them Look At The Human Being Look At The Family Look At The Child Before You Decide Who Deserves To Be Heard ⸻ Bridge When You Follow Like Sheep Into The Wolves’ Den You Don’t Know Another Direction Besides The One The Wolves Tell You To Go But We’re Looking Around Now We’re Asking Questions Now We Won’t Keep Walking Without Knowing Where You’re Taking Us ⸻ Final Chorus CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?! Parents Of Today Are Speaking Up CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?! Our Children Cannot Wait CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?! We Need Homes We Need Understanding CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?! We Need Communities That Know Their Own People We May Not Have Money We May Not Know Everybody But Our Lives Matter Our Children Matter HEAR US NOW!!! ⸻ Outro You Heard My Voice Today… But Did You Listen? You Saw Us Standing Here… But Did You See Us? We Are The Parents We Are The Families And We Are Still Here CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?!
