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We will gather there in freedom square
and we will not leave until thereâs freedom there
in the end weâll stand hand in hand
as their machine guns rip us all in half
We shall be overcome
Those who refuse to fall locked in the dark
where theyâll pull our minds and bodies apart
we know our coffins will be our clothes,
we will sing until they cut our throats
We shall be overcome
The agents hunt our families down and take them in the night
the leaders in their ballrooms feel no shame, they tell their lies
the newsmen check their hair and sip champagne as they transcribe
the history books recording only space between the lines
forgotten as we die
They will shut us up, they will have their way
our bodies ragdolls dumped in unmarked graves
theyâre free to roll ahead once weâre brushed aside
they deserve the world we leave behind
We shall be overcome