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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[Pre-Chorus]
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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[Chorus]
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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[Verse 2]
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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[Pre-Chorus]
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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[Chorus]
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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[Bridge – softer but intense]
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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[Final Chorus – bigger, explosive]
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
AllieB
