Stand On Your Own Lyrics

When I perform

I ask people to raise their hands

Tell them to take command

Don't hide in no-mans land

Deaf and Loud's about moving up

Allowing us to drive a truck

Join the military

Be respected as much

It's about unity

Not saying you're not deaf enough

I'm profound

Some are less

All are what

It's about respect for each other

Striving to be better

Helping others out of the gutter

Being sisters and brothers

Stand on your own

Let your voice be known

Stand on your own

Let your voice be known

Stand on your own

Stand on your own

Some blind people see shadows

They're still called blind

If you went to a deaf school

Or had services

You fall in line

Can't talk on the phone

I need captions

Do what I do from vibrations

Enough with the distractions

We need to unite

Not divide

Teach the world how to sign

Not sit back in spite

Causing declines

Be a voice that appeals

Creating ordeals

Painting yourself in a corner

Demons revealed

I couldn't imagine

Walking away from my pack

The love I'm shown

Will always give back

That why when I tell you to stand, respect

You'll never connect

Segregating some from the rest

Welcome people, this isn't a clique

Makes me sick

A note from a doctor to show your deafness

Total disconnect

Be one who invents

Not one who causes descents

We've come a long way

It never ends

Stand on your own

Let your voice be known

Stand on your own

Let your voice be known

Stand on your own

Stand on your own

Looking back, we were in institutions

We weren't Hitler's perfect humans

Even blue eyed blondes without hearing

Started disappearing

Said we couldn't be fixed

Couldn't raise kids

Salt on stitches

Dead or in prisons

Sick people on sidelines reassuring

No intuition

Near extinction

Sick thinking

Total division

Obliviation, because of diction

What we're they thinking, fiction

Really happened didn't it

Passion

Crazy actions

They really mapped this

Being apathetic

Non magnetic

There I said it

So poetic

Pot stirring

Non alluring

I'm out touring

Keeps occurring

Peoples lack of community

Not sharing opportunities

Truthfully it's cruelty

Some brutally, coming down on ones

Not like you

Not like me

Because of acoustical

Lunacy

Fluently

Dreams killed

Methodically, we're from the same tree

One thing in common

You and me

Stand on your own

Let your voice be known

Stand on your own

Let your voice be known

Stand on your own

Stand on your own

Take the oath