ANTI-FLAG LYRICS - Vieques, Puerto Rico: Bikini Revisited

"Vieques, Puerto Rico: Bikini Revisited"



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

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

So let's not 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 pretectorate -- of the USA.

Part a home for 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...



So...



STAND UP, FIGHT BACK, RESIST-REFUSE!!

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

So,

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 a different time and place...



Where A-Bombs baked the ground,

Of Bikini's tropical lands.

Where a culture was erased,

Families misplaced,

BY A NAZI-ESQUE LIKE PLAN!!!



All done, in your name, by Uncle Sam...

So if we don't fight it, then we're guilty to!



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!!