Call To Action

By Anthony Brown

Lyrics

Too many have died

Too much hate

There's still hope for tomorrow

But something has to change now


Not tomorrow but today

Something must be done

What we see cannot continue

Our ancestors paved the way

And now it's up to us

We've been given trust to make a change


What kind of world will we lead to our children

If we do nothing (if we do nothing)

All the blood of those we lost will be on our hands

We must take a stand now


I'm talking to you, and you, and you

And the ones beside you

We can all do something

(We can all do something)

I'm talking to you, and you, and you

And the ones around you

It's time for you to take your place

In this race


It's time to run, it's time to fly

It's time to live with those that died

It's time to pray and to believe

That we can stand in unity, yeah

Things have got to change, yeah

We can't just let this happen

There's no more time to waste, no


Say it, this is our time it's a call to action

This is our time it's a call to action

This is our time it's a call to action

This is our time it's a call to action

It's a call to action, yeah


Someone tell me where would we be

If it had no been for

Those who paved the way so we could be free

Freedom still so far away

[?] those

Who are responsible grow free instead


What kind of world will we lead to our children

If we do nothing (if we do nothing)?

All the blood of those we lost will be on our hands

We must take a stand now


I'm talking to you, and you, and you

And the ones beside you

We can all do something

(We can all do something)

I'm talking to you, and you, and you

And the ones around you

It's time for you to take your place

In this race


It's time to run, it's time to fly

It's time to live with those that died

It's time to pray and to believe

That we can stand in unity


Say it, this is our time it's a call to action

This is our time it's a call to action

This is our time it's a call to action

This is our time it's a call to action

It's a call to action, yeah

Here we go, here we go


It's time for us to stand up, stand up

It's time for us to stand up, stand up

Use your voice and stand up, stand up

Use your voice and stand up, stand up, yeah

Use your mind and stand up, stand up (yes, sir)

Use your time and stand up, stand up (yes, sir)

Every race, stand up, stand up

Every religion, stand up, stand up

Every creed of God, stand up, stand up

Across borderline, stand up, stand up

It's time for us to stand up, stand up

It's time for us to stand up


Say their names

For George Floyd

Stand up, stand up

For Freddie Gray

Stand up, stand up

For Breonna Taylor

Stand up, stand up

For Trayvon Martin

Stand up, stand up

For Sandra Bland

Stand up, stand up

For Tamir Rice

Stand up, stand up

For Mike Brown

Stand up, stand up

For Jordan Davis

Stand up, stand up

For Stephon Clark

Stand up, stand up

For Botham Jean

Stand up, stand up

For Stephon Davis

Stand up, stand up

For Ahmaud Arbery

Stand up, stand up

For Atatiana Jefferson

Stand up, stand up

For Alton Sterling (stop killing us)

Stand up, stand up

For Oscar Grant (stop killing us)

Stand up, stand up

For Renisha McBride (stop killing us)

Stand up, stand up

For Walter Scott (stop killing us)

Stand up, stand up

For Anthony Hill (stop killing us)

Stand up, stand up

For Eric Garner (stop killing us)

Stand up, stand up

For [?]

Stand up, stand up

And the countless kings and queens we didn't name

It's a shame it's [?]


Let me see you change

We can't just let this happen

There's no more time to waste, no

This is our time

It's your call to action