We Rise Together

This is my anthem for the day. "We Rise Together"

Today we are all casting our votes. No matter the outcome, we are a United States of America. It takes all of us to be that. It takes all of us to make America better. After today, let's take the energy we've shown, and put aside the anger and the fear and the mistrust of those with ideas different from our own, and each do our part, our unique contribution to affect Change in the world.

"...'Cause this country needs a change, for the better. If you believe we can make a difference...If you believe it takes all kinds of opinions to make freedom...If you believe that, would you say something with me: Rise..."

[It's easier to hear the lyrics in the music video.]

Flobots- "Rise"




So much pain we
Dont know how to be but angry
Feel infected like weve got gangrene
Please dont let anybody try to change me
Me
Just me
In the middle of a sea full of faces
Full of faces
Some laugh some salivate
Whats in your alleyway
Recycling bins or bullet cases
Its not equal
Its not fair
Were different people
But were not scared
We aint never scared
To pave a new path
Make a new street
Build a new bridge
Say can you see by the dawns early light
Free slaves running
Songs words werent right
Now a new days coming
The few stay stunning while the many are handsome
Your soul is alive but they want it for ransom
The base drumming is the anthem
We step to the heartbeats of our granddaughters and grandsons
And

Rise together we

Lost hope and found need
Grounded by our surroundings
Did the walls scream universities
Or you and i verse the tees
React automatic and we burst when squeezed
And make 9-11 each emergency
Urgency amber to red like the turning leaves
Oh please let the hurting cease
Don't let apathy police the populace
We will march across
Those stereotypes that were marked for us
The answers obvious
We switch the consonants
Change the sword to words and lift continents

If you believe in redemption
I'm calling to you from another dimension