---------------------------- Lyrics by : Kathlene Rushing © 2025 Kathlene Rushing original music by creator – full rights owned All rights reserved. ---------------------------- [Verse 1] Children held with no defense Mothers locked without pretense In the land that claims to be A place for hope and liberty No trial, no rights, no voice, no plea Dragged away from family They say it’s order, say it’s pride But justice isn’t on their side [Chorus] This is not the law This is not what freedom means We don’t cage the innocent While waving broken dreams You can’t rewrite the Constitution With fear and chains and shame This is not the law And we won’t forget the names [Verse 2] Los Angeles is crying out In Miami, families shout The silence screams from every cell Where due process has been shelved A badge does not mean righteousness And power does not equal just They bend the rules, erase the page And call it order, call it brave [Chorus] This is not the law This is not what justice sees We don’t turn our backs On dignity and peace You can’t erase the lines we drew In ink and blood and flame This is not the law And we won’t forget the names [Bridge] We swore an oath to something true Not to a man, but to what we knew That no one’s worth is born by fear That law means rights for all held dear [Final Chorus] This is not the law This is not the way we stand We rise for truth Not for command And when they rewrite history We'll still be here to say: This is not the law — But we will light the way We will light the way to justice. Yes, we will light the way to justice for all.
