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DERECK ROSE: MUSIC

SPEAK MY MIND

(DERECK ROSE)
THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR ME TO SAY, JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN THE WAY I FEEL, THAT IN THESE GRAVE AND CRUCIAL TIMES, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK OUR MINDS, DAYS I REMEMBER NO SO LONG AGO, WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND PROUD TO KNOW, THAT IF WE WORKED AND TRIED REAL HARD, THEN WE WOULD SURELY REAP REWARDS, NOW THINGS ARN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE, JUST BROKEN DREAMS AND WE'RE NOT FREE, RIGHT NOW THE FIGHT HAS JUST BEGUN, A WAR OF WORDS AND CONFUSION, IN A WORLD OF WOLVES AMONG THE SHEEPS, WHERE ONE MAN SOWS AND ANOTHER REAPS I WILL.
CHORUS
I WILL SPEAK MY MIND
I WILL, I WILL
I WILL SPEAK MY MIND.

IT AIN'T FUNNY WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND, THE POWERS IN HIGH PLACES ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP YOU DOWN.

SPEAK YOUR OPINIONS LET THEM BE HEARD, FLY ON A WING WHISTLE LIKE A BIRD, GO LIKE THE SOWER SCATTER YOUR SEEDS, THOUGH SOME MAY FALL AMONG THE WEEDS, POETS AND MINSTRELS OF THESE MODERN DAYS, UTTER A SONG LET THE MUSIC PLAY, GET THE TRUTH RIGHT OFF YOUR CHEST, THOUGH WORDS MAY FAIL THE INSULT TEST, SAY IT CLEAR DON'T COMPROMISE, SPEAK FOR THE POOR REVEAL THE LIES, I CAN'T PLEASE THEM ALL I DO AGREE, BUT ONLY TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE I WILL.