The piece is a spoken‑word performance that weaves personal reflection with a rallying cry for social justice. Speaker A begins by describing the suppression of voices under historic oppression (Jim Crow, societal expectations) and the internal confinement of thoughts. The speaker invokes the legacy of civil‑rights leaders—Dorothy Heights, Bayard Rustin, John Lewis, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.—to underscore the continuity of struggle. Throughout, there is a tension between feeling unheard and a determination to break free, urging collective action, hope, and the emergence of new voices. Speaker B adds a brief hopeful refrain about love and unity. The performance ends with a plea for solidarity, progress, and the illumination of knowledge, urging listeners not to forget past sacrifices while forging a new, empowered future.
Chapters
What if I never let our voices echo Never read between the line to paint a perfect picture on Deco and just let go Never sat Metro only stood when they told us to like we were only meant to do Live below allow Jim Crow Living and walking like there's no soul Kings and queens, we all behold Never forget it and never let go no escrow, just us so we march slow, stay hopeful Repercussion don't matter when you're sick of being better Never knew me like who is me Never thought fluently like no in the past influenced me Kept my thoughts inside a box Never fought, never taught never thought, Never watched or still never S was more than just a drifter Watch her for never lifter But I'm here when I'm screaming and whisper it's time to progress this stuff is a mess it's like they refuse to confess but together we cancel Less passionate.
I can't hide I wanna see the love we live like as if I missed One day we'll sing together
New day, new dream new plot New scheme New voices ready to ring Past generation voices echo still hearing them sing Dorothy Heights Rustin John Lewis Malcolm X and King Friendship nine intertwined minds and climb Let us combine to define on the front line Cause I know that I'm legend Necessary together carry my military far from ordinary solitary Never stand for nothing fall for anything don't make me rise by any means A right delayed is a right denied Please Lord, don't make me ride Denied, never forget Together let's live we can make any shift where knowledge is lit so let's not drift Aim and not miss Think and uplift and live like you mean this who are you?
As passionate as I am we first spoke the words let's hip need a help and I went until then we. Together. But even I Here I come, you can't hide I'm gonna find you and make you love me but here I Here I come, you can't hide I'm gonna find you and make you me Are you as passionate as I am?