- United States
- Wisc.
- Letter
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Freedom by peace
Or freedom by war
We will not play
By your rules anymore
You tried to decide who we're allowed to be
Built all your walls and called them liberty
You wrote down the rules and expected our praise
While taking our rights and controlling our days
You wanted us quiet
You wanted us small
You thought if you pushed us we'd finally fall
But every trans girl that you tried to erase
Is standing beside us and taking her place
We demand our freedom
We demand our lives
No more asking permission
Just to simply survive
Our names are our own
And our futures are too
We won't surrender our freedom
To people like you
You have beaten us down
Destroyed who we are
But we won't turn back
We will heal from this scar
You cost us too much
Harmed the people we love
Took us for granted
Now we rise above
We aren't your question
We aren't your debate
We aren't an excuse for your anger and hate
Our bodies aren't ballots
Our lives aren't your laws
We won't spend forever defending our cause
We built our own voices
We learned how to fight
Not for your approval
But simply our right
To walk through this world
Without begging to be
Anything less than completely free
This is independence
Our voices are loud
Trans girls standing together
And we're standing proud
No ruler above us
Deciding our fate
You can give us our freedom
Or watch us take back our place
No more control
No more shame
You don't get
To choose our names
No more rules
That keep us down
We're still here
Look at us now
We stand here united
The revolution is here
So give us our freedom
Or cower in fear
You pushed us together
You gave us a cause
Now watch what happens
When we stop
Following
Your
Laws
Freedom for every trans girl alive
Freedom to flourish
Not merely survive
Freedom to speak
Freedom to choose
Freedom means nothing
When ours can be removed
We won't be governed
By hatred anymore
Freedom by peace
Or freedom by war
You had your rules
We have our lives
You had your power
Now we rise
No permission
No surrender
Our freedom
Forever