An anti-racist song. An ally song. We want to call on allies who don't take action because they believe they can fix the problem simply by saying "I'm not racist". Guitar riff was written over several weeks by our lead singer while he was performing on the BBC children's TV show "Andy and the Band”. Lyrics were written by him a year later with the rise of BLM.

Lyrics

Sabotage is voluntary suffering
I choose to shoot my foot and keep on blundering
When most that’s ever felt is pre-conceptual
Betraying my attempt at intellectual

Here comes another
Jumping on the wave
No self-controller
Here comes another
Overactive, on the fence
No rock’n’roller

Get up off the bench and join the team
Get up off the bench and join the team

He had a dream
You shared it too
Or so it seemed…
But, only when it’s comfortable for you?

No one truly breaks from their upbringing
No one ever shakes off their conditioning
So
Escape the escape
You might just stick around
But
Avoid the void
And to the ground you’ll be bound

Jumping on the wave
Here comes another
Overreactive on the fence
No rock’n’roller

(There goes another
Running from the wave
He doesn’t understand)

Get up off the bench and join the team
Get up off the bench and join the team

He had a dream
You shared it too
Or so it seemed…
But, only when it’s comfortable for you?

I’m not under oath,
So I pledge my allegiance to truth

(Time to grow, let it flow
Listen to the youth)

I’m not scared of growth
So I pledge my defiance of you

(Time to grow, let it flow
Gotta tell the truth)

The truth might hurt
The likes of me and you

(Time to grow, let it flow
Listen to the youth)

But, that’s only fear
Of the egos left to bruise

(Time to grow, let it flow
Listen to the truth)

Change the status-quo
Break the status-quo
Let it protect you no more (let it protect you no more)
Than another of colour
Forget that badge of honour
You wore for an act no longer tolerable

I know it was comfortable
You thought you could retain control
But, it’s time to get accountable
It’s time to step back and attract
The unaccountable

He had a dream
You shared it too
Or so it seemed…
But, only when it’s comfortable for you

He had a dream
He had a dream
We have a dream
We have a dream