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Peace now, peace now Peace now, peace now We are gathered here, we come from so many different places From different identities, different cultures Different backgrounds, different religions And yet we can gather, under the guides of Peace now, peace now We say no to war! (Peace up, war down!) We say no to war! (Peace up, war down!) We say no to war! (Peace up, war down!) We say no to war! (Peace up, war down!) We made it, we're here We're here right now and we're not leaving Now I hear you, I hear you people Now I hear you, I hear you people Now I feel you, I feel you people Now I feel you, I feel you people "Now, we have more reports that more and more people Are just taking on ramps on the bridge and are taking it over" (It's just, I mean, I just, ahh!) This is what democracy looks like! This is what democracy sounds like! This is what democracy looks like! This is what democracy sounds like! "Reports from protests from among Georgia and Amsterdam Fort Lebanon, East Seymour, Florence, Italy, London, Milano, Italy Paris, France, and dozens of cities in Spain, reports in Athens, Georgia And Austin, Texas, Westford, Virginia, Charleston, South Carolina Colorado Springs, and Defiance, Ohio, Denver, Colorado as well as Durango Geneva, New York, and Houston, Texas, Cianis, Massachussetts In Hawaii as well, Lawrence, Kansas, uh, Los Angeles, California And I am only naming a few" Peace now, peace now And as Eleanor Roosevelt said "It isn't enough to talk about peace, one must believe in it It isn't enough to believe in it, one must work at it" And we here, today, are working at it "This is possible, and even necessary So grab the sword, pick up the hammer and the saw And let's build a better world" No blood for oil! We will not be violent! No blood for oil! We will not be violent! No blood for oil! "We will not go to war For a selected president Who wasn't even elected" We must stand unwoke and abound and unchained We need healthcare, we need education We need freedom in this nation, freedom in this nation Freedom in this nation, freedom in this nation "Thousands of people have taken over 3rd Avenue And are marching North The crowd stretches at least 15 blocks from 44th street to 59th Street The police have just simply given up" This is what democracy looks like! This is what democracy sounds like! This is what democracy looks like! This is what democracy sounds like! "We will not sell out, we will not back down We will not compromise, we will go forward Until peace is on the world's agenda!" I started a theory that there were no more heroes in the world But today, I see all the world's heroes standing before me We say no to war! (No war!) We say no to war! (No war!) We say no to war! (No war!)