[Verse 1]
They tried to teach us fear
With a hand around the door
But every locked up morning
Only made us want more
Boots on the courthouse steps
Dust on the factory floor
We know what hunger does
We know what hope is for
[Pre-Chorus]
When the fences come down
And the lies fall apart
You can hear it growing
Like a drum in the dark
[Chorus]
A people free to choose
Will always choose peace
A people free to choose
Will always choose peace
We want the bread, the truth
And the right to breathe
A people free to choose
Will always choose peace
[Verse 2]
Not with fists in the air
But with children in the shade
Not with blood on the soil
But the work that we made
We plant in the common ground
We build with calloused hands
No throne can outlast
A song that understands
[Pre-Chorus]
When the fear gets loud
And they beg us to kneel
We stand shoulder to shoulder
Make the broken whole again
[Chorus]
A people free to choose
Will always choose peace
A people free to choose
Will always choose peace
We want the bread, the truth
And the right to breathe
A people free to choose
Will always choose peace
[Bridge]
Let the old walls shake
Let the old names fade
If the road is open
Then the future gets made
No more sons to the war
No more daughters to the wire
Just a long bright line
Of a world we require
[Final Chorus]
A people free to choose
Will always choose peace
A people free to choose
Will always choose peace
Hands open, heads high
Let the old hate cease
A people free to choose
Will always choose peace