joy beats oppresion,   but oppression will make you pay,   cause our joy is fleeting while oppression never goes away.. you look them right in the eye,   yea you shout and sing them down,   but joy, our joy, don't really care for fighting   while oppression will just wait around for you to blink.   joy beats oppresion,   but oppression will make you pay.      speak up , black out, black listed, full blooded, red-      he gave us all he could   but when he got tired   and we all get tired   when we ain't thinking so good      when he got tired this country   it took everything damn back   had freed that it god damn could.   bullies will always take back everything they can,   from the joyous, from the free   lucky drunks who don't give a damn   this country will always take back everything it can.      speak up, black out, black listed, full blooded, red   speak up, black out, black listed, full blooded, red      he wasn't in it for hisself   he was in it for you and for me   but he fought it alone   and that just makes you bitter and mean      For a while this could be so good   For tonight we make the rules here inside this club   Me and the girls are here to tell you      they're fucking with you 'cause they want what you have   and that things are really pretty damn funny   and that things aren't really quite so bad      take this one thing with you to work and to school   and to home to mom and to dad   there are moments when you can stop the world   remember that friends don' t be sad      take this one thing with you to work and to school   and to home to mom and to dad   don't hang a man out to dry again,   don't make a man fight it alone again.      speak up, black out, black listed, full blooded, red   speak up, black out, black listed, full blooded, red