Ani DiFranco
Speak Out
[Verse 1]
Who are you?
What have you become?
What have you done to this beautiful kingdom?

[Verse 2]
I don’t want your guns
I don’t want your poisons
I don’t want your weapons and tools of mass distractions
I don’t want your red flags
Don’t want your baggage
I don’t want your hate speech
Your supremacy

[Verse 3]
Where are your wilds?
Where is your rough edge?
Don’t tell me you’ve traded it for comfort and privilege
I don’t want your fast foods
I don’t need to buy shit
I don’t want your miles and miles of advertisements

[Chorus]
So step up, speak out, show up, be loud
Step up, speak out, show up, be loud
Step up, speak out, show up, be loud
Step up, speak out, show up, be loud
[Verse 4]
Pеace of mind or a piece of thе pie
Nine to five living in a plastic empire
Where is the house for the wounded and homeless
Can’t sleep in the streets
Can’t afford to own this

[Verse 4]
Everything is I, I, Me, Me, Mine, Mine
Busy working for the dollar while the well runs dry
Minimum wages. Maximum security
Simple pleasure traded for business and authority

[Chorus]
So step up, speak out, show up, be loud
Step up, speak out, show up, be loud
Step up, speak out, show up, be loud
Step up, speak out, show up, be loud

Be loud
Be loud