Say No

Intro

Oh—uh-huh, yeah

(la-la, la-la)

Verse

We gather on the pavement with our hands in the air

Signs like broken promises, sunlight on despair

Not against a people, no blame cast on a name

We're shouting at the tactics, not feeding the flame

Mothers keep on crying, fathers lose their sleep

Children drawing borders in the chalk they couldn't keep

This is for the children who were told the sky was safe

This is for the promise that we swore we'd save

Pre-chorus

Say it loud, say it clear (say it, say it)

We won't stand for the fear, nah (we won't, we won't)

Point to policy, point to pain (point it)

Hold the line, break the chain (break it, break it)

Chorus

Say no to violence, no-no-no

Say no to the gun that steals the home

Say no to the walls that keep us cold

Say no, say no, say no—oh-oh

Say no to the bombing, no-no-no

Say yes to the hands that help us grow

Say yes to the songs that heal the soul

Say no, say no, say no—oh-oh

Verse

We can call it by the name of law or fear or crown

But the smoke that climbs the alley knows no holy ground

Trade the tanks for tables, trade the scripts for bread

Trade the way we mark our borders for the way we hold the dead

Voices in the market, voices in the school

Tired of the calendar that marks a child's funeral

This is not an us-versus-them, it's a wound that needs a cure

We are shouting at the machine, we demand something more

Bridge

No more mothers counting bodies at the door (uh-huh)

No more fathers burying futures in the floor (yeah)

We want justice, we want truth, we want repairs (we do)

We want a world that learns how to care (learn how to care)

Chorus

Say no to violence, no-no-no

Say no to the gun that steals the home

Say no to the walls that keep us cold

Say no, say no, say no—oh-oh

Say no to the bombing, no-no-no

Say yes to the hands that help us grow

Say yes to the songs that heal the soul

Say no, say no, say no—oh-oh

Outro

Say yes to shelter, yes to light (yes, yes)

Say yes to keeping every child alive (alive)

Say no—say no—say no (no-no-no)

Say yes—say yes—say yes (yeah-yeah-yeah)