Our Anthem

[Verse 1] Oh say, can you see By the dawn's early light What so proudly we hail At the twilight's last gleaming [Verse 2] See our stripes and our scars, a perilous fight Our young men behind bars gun down in the night Is this red, white and blue or black, brown and white? Ask yourself is it wrong or is it right? [Verse 3] Our children are suffering And we're blaming religion Why can't we all try a little tenderness [Verse 4] Hear our grievances See our despair Got to make it easier So much easier to bear [Verse 5] Lift every voice and sing 'Til Earth and Heaven ring With the harmonies of, of liberty Then there will be us peacefully In the land of the free, of the free And the home of the brave [Chorus] Why can't we all just try a little tenderness, tenderness When you see your brother sufferin', sufferin' You can, don't grieve us, just believe it Got to, got to, no no no Got to try a little tenderness, tenderness This is our anthem yes, anthem yes [Chorus] You got to, don't grieve us, just believe it Why can't we all just try a little tenderness, tenderness When you see your brother sufferin' Don't grieve us, just believe that Got to, got to, no no no Got to try a little tenderness