The Internationale - Featuring YOU, my patrons. (Patreon)

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. day everybody.While I didn't originally intend to put this out on a holiday, it feels entirely appropriate.MLK Jr was assassinated because of his support for the economic and social liberation of all people, and while he may not have called himself a Socialist, the ideals he championed and the goals he pursued sure lined up with the ideals and goals of Socialism. May we finish what he started, for "change will not come from above". Eugène Pottier and Pierre De Geyter wrote the originalBilly Bragg did the updated lyricsI did this arrangementBIG thanks to fellow patrons H3, Jade, and Skippy for their help with this ^^Lyrics:Stand up, all victims of oppressionFor the tyrants fear your mightDon't cling so hard to your possessionsFor you have nothing, if you have no rightsLet racist ignorance be ended

For respect makes the empires fallFreedom is merely privilege extendedUnless enjoyed by one and allSo come brothers and sistersFor the struggle carries onThe InternationaleUnites the world in songSo comrades come rallyFor this is the time and placeThe international idealUnites the human raceLet no one build walls to divide usWalls of hatred nor walls of stoneCome greet the dawn and stand beside usWe'll live together or we'll die aloneIn our world poisoned by exploitationThose who have taken, now they must giveAnd end the vanity of nationsWe've but one Earth on which to liveSo come brothers and sistersFor the struggle carries onThe InternationaleUnites the world in songSo comrades come rallyFor this is the time and placeThe international idealUnites the human raceAnd so begins the final dramaIn the streets and in the fieldsWe stand unbowed before their armorWe defy their guns and shieldsWhen we fight, provoked by their aggressionLet us be inspired by life and loveFor though they offer us concessionsChange will not come from aboveSo come brothers and sistersFor the struggle carries onThe InternationaleUnites the world in songSo comrades come rallyFor this is the time and placeThe international idealUnites the human race