Tune of Puff The Magic Dragon
Without the right to protest
Where would we be?
There'd be no votes for women yet
And no democracy.
Blacks still segregated
The poor would have no schools
Kids still working in the mines
While rich folk set the rules. Oh …
Now we're going backward
Bullying is okay
Civility and human rights
Are threatened or passé
Good people, see what's going on
Find power in the word.
The right to speak for what is right
Your right is to be heard. Oh …
Anyone who's “other”
Is wanted out of sight.
Protesters are called terrorists
Who dare to rage and fight
Good people, see what's going on
Find power in the word.
The right to speak for what is right
Your right is to be heard.