New Lyrics: "I Am Woke" (Patreon)

So, I felt like writing a protest singalong-along today. I hope it's not too saccharine. Very folky.

I am woke, C

Which only means G

That I care about my fellow human beings F G C

We all have the right to life and liberty, Am Em

The pursuit of happiness, and dignity. Dm F G

Diversity, equity, inclusion C G

Means everyone is welcome on our shore G7 Am

This is the promise of America, F C2 (Am)

And it's a promise that I promise to restore. F G C

Things are much darker than they ought to be, Am Em

They're angry, they're crazy, they're cruel. F G Am

The country's being ruled by people Am Em

Who don't care about the people they rule. Dm G

Right now, they think they are winning Am Em

In a war that no one wants to fight but them, F G Am

But they don't know what they’ve started C (Am???) Em

They don't know we control how it will end, my friend -- Dm F G

I am woke,

Which only means

That I care about my fellow human beings

We all have the right to life and liberty,

The pursuit of happiness, and dignity.

Diversity, equity, inclusion

Means everyone is welcome on our shore

This is the promise of America,

And it's a promise that I promise to restore.

They're afraid of anything they think is wrong,

And by “wrong” they mean “different from them”.

They don't understand how the world works,

But they think they do, and from that, they condemn.

Women, people of color, and indigenous

Are not the enemy, they only want to live.

Trans, nonbinary, gays, and drag queens -- even kids

Can't hurt you by existing, they have only love to give.

I am woke,

Which only means

That I care about my fellow human beings

We all have the right to life and liberty,

The pursuit of happiness, and dignity.

Diversity, equity, inclusion

Means everyone is welcome on our shore

This is the promise of America,

And it's a promise that I promise to restore.

Two hundred fifty years ago, we made our way

Towards a shining city on a hill.

It wasn't perfect then, it isn't perfect now,

But we’ll be more perfect with the heart and will.

So the task that is before us

Is the restoration of our nation's dream:

A government of, by, and for the people

So that shining city on the hill can gleam. can gleam,

So that shining city on the hill can gleam!

I am woke,

Which only means

That I care about my fellow human beings

We all have the right to life and liberty,

The pursuit of happiness, and dignity.

Diversity, equity, inclusion

Means everyone is welcome on our shore

This is the promise of America,

And it's a promise that I promise to restore.

I am woke,

Which only means

That I care about my fellow human beings

We all have the right to life and liberty,

The pursuit of happiness, and dignity.

Diversity, equity, inclusion

Means everyone is welcome on our shore

This is the promise of America,

And it's a promise that I promise to restore.