The Infamous Left - Refused

Rise

Rise up

Damned of the earth

Damned of the earth

Rise up damned of the earth

Scorned and tattered, no self worth

The tenet died an academic death

A generation from the blood and the sweat

Rise up, put your papers down

Hear the boots march right outside

You theorize safe in your seat

But the struggle never left the streets

So clever clever with it’s opinions

Do you remember how we used to fight

It wants tenure not opposition

It has the watches — it has the time

It’s time to strike

Right now

Rise up damned of the earth

Keep the promise of a brand new birth

For everyone that fought before

For every song sung about this war

Rise up, all you wretched souls

We want it all and deserve it all

Rise up, make the powers pay

For every wound that bled the way

You’re clever clever but it’s still in you

And I remember how we used to fight

Fuck a defeatist disposition

We have the watches — we have the time

And we need to strike

What’s left of the promise that we once made

What’s left that could chase the vultures away

Rise up right now