Instrument of Change

Bound not by chains but fear
no one stands together here
Not that we should as criminals fight
but as men for what is right
The failures of our pasts loom overhead
away into cages we are sped
As if the greatest punishment is distance
here we must sow seeds of resistance
If we could not by racial lines be drawn
and stand as one to show our brawn
United beneath our banner, one common flag
shoulder to shoulder and do not sag
We would have peace and security
from oppression now set free
But if we're broken and divided as well
the weaknesses in our line would tell
 Fight for this noble reason, this single cause
to be the instrument of change in man's laws.