all united, all as one, let's make a stand

we've got a privilege in the power that we command

so let'snot drown in ignorance and let our strenght waste away

as the richest nation in the world, we've got a responsibility.



vieques, puerto rico, a protectorate -- of the U.S.A.

part a home to native families, the rest... a navy bombing range!

shells misfired kill civilians there, and napalm hangs in the island air

but the government beats down protests against this misuse.



chorus:

so... stand up! fight back! resist-refuse!

'cause if we don't do it, no one's going to

sp... stand up! fight back! resist-refuse!

'cause if we don't do it, no one's going to



i look into the eyes, of a dead island boy's face

his (eyes) remind me of another's, from different time and place

where a-bombs baked the ground, on bikini's tropical lands

where a culture was erased, families misplaced, by a nazi-esque like plan!



chorus:

all done, in your name, by uncle Sam

so if we don't fight it - then we're guilty too!

so... stand up! fight back! resist-refuse!

'cause if we don't do it, no one's going to



i think it's 'bout time that we had a change

i think it's 'bout time that we make a change