WE ARE NOT QUIET

Verse 1]

We built this ground with blistered hands

Bled for a voice they couldn’t stand

Locked in rooms, told “know your place”

Now we’re screaming straight to their face

They changed the words, rewrote the lines

Turned our pain into a headline

Say “be kind,” say “don’t offend”

But silence isn’t something we lend

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You don’t get to take our voice

Dress it up and call it choice

We’ve been fighting far too long

Just to be told we’re wrong

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We are not quiet, we are not small

We are the echo that shakes your walls

We are the fire you couldn’t tame

Say our name, say our name

We are not labels, we are not lies

We are the storm in human eyes

We are the line you won’t erase

This is our time, this is our space

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We ran those miles, we earned that place

Sweat and tears we can’t replace

Now we’re told to step aside

Smile soft, and let it slide

We remember history clear

A hundred years of swallowed fear

From “stay at home” to “speak your truth”

Now we’re fighting for the proof

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You don’t get to draw the line

Through our bodies, through our fight

We won’t bend, we won’t break

Not this time, not today

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We are not quiet, we are not small

We are the echo that shakes your walls

We are the fire you couldn’t tame

Say our name, say our name

We are not labels, we are not lies

We are the storm in human eyes

We are the line you won’t erase

This is our time, this is our space

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🎤 [Clean Rap Verse – controlled fury, sharp delivery]

Yeah

We carried the weight, now we carry the flame

They talk over pain, then they rewrite the name

We asked to be heard, not erased in the fight

Not pushed to the edge, not lost in the night

We built every step that we stand on today

Now we’re told to be quiet, just smile and obey?

Nah

This ain’t hate, this is drawing a line

This is years of being told we’ll be fine

While the rules keep shifting under our feet

And they call it fairness, but it don’t feel equal to me

We’re not stepping back, we’re not fading out

This is what resistance sounds like, loud

Respect isn’t silence, it’s hearing the pain

And we’re done being told to just “stay in our lane”

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We’re not your enemy

We’re just asking “see me”

Hear the weight we carry

Hear the truth, not theory

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We are not quiet, we are not small

We are the echo that breaks it all

We are the voices history made

Unafraid, unafraid

We are not shadows, we are the light

We are the reason we still fight

We are the line you won’t erase

This is our time, this is our space