Don't Beat 'Em, Join Us

Another year, another new outrage Master's kicking down, shake our can around And I was like you, took a dim view of activists and ideologists Just because they view the world a certain way Doesn't make it right, don't have the only say The Earth itself holds enough surprises Freedom must include what you're despising So don't beat them, join us Different voices joined in one chorus We don't have to see it eye-to-eye To know what we must do So don't beat them, join us Different voices joined in one chorus We don't have to see it eye-to-eye To know what we must do You can't hear the vocal minority They own the column inches, and your property Might read it's all about The Other But who is paying to print those lines? Everything's heating up, we're hungry for change And letting go is beyond their range While we're fighting over each perspective We ignore the bank rollers and their elected So don't beat them, join us Different voices joined in one chorus We don't have to see it eye-to-eye To know what we must do So don't beat them, join us Different voices joined in one chorus We don't have to see it eye-to-eye To know what we must do You don't have to hold my hand You don't have to meet my eye Bigger things require courage It doesn't matter what we're like You don't have to hold my hand You don't have to meet my eye Bigger things require courage It doesn't matter what we're like I need you, and you need me For at least until we're free - whoahh I need you, and you need me For at least until we're free History has always been a teacher Nelson, or Rosa - the end of a blade? Sure you know which one i'd prefer Who will build the future while we're forming brigades? It shouldn't be this hard, it's hard to live day-to-day today Pick up our banner, no but or if Before they drive us off a cliff So don't beat them, join us Different voices joined in one chorus We don't have to see it eye-to-eye To know what we must do So don't beat them, join us Different voices joined in one chorus We don't have to see it eye-to-eye To know what we must do