Vieques, Puerto Rico: Bikini Revisited Songtext

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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...