We’ve lost the sense of liberty
Now doled out like a prize
Kept in reserve and rationed
Brashly politicized
It is no more a world for all
It’s for a privileged few
Turning us subordinate
Not owed what we are due
One cannot say it’s you or me
It can’t be gain or loss
Autonomy is sacrosanct
Secured at any cost
Give me freedom, or give me death
Is oft a battle cry
But if you take my freedom
Is it that I’m meant to die?
But we will not die or be destroyed
You will not drown desire
You’ve brought a gavel to the fight
You’ve stoked an untold fire
We’ll take back independence day
Not cowed nor underserved
You’ve written not my elegy
I’ll live as I deserve!
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