[Soloist / Choir echo / Unison]
[whisper] We are the 99%
[Male voices] We are the 99... [x4]
[Female voices] We are the 99%! [x8]
Mic check! Mic check! [x3]
As we gather together
in solidarity to express a feeling
of mass injustice, we must not lose sight
of what brought us together.
We write / so that / all people / who feel wronged
by the corporate forces of the world
can know / that we are / your allies
As one / people / united…
We are the 99%! We are the 99%! [x2]
Mic check! Mic check! [x3]
We acknowledge
the reality: that the future
of the human race requires the cooperation
of its members; that our system
must protect our rights,
upon corruption of that system [x3]
it is up to the individuals to protect
their own rights, and those of their neighbors [x3]
that a democratic / government
derives its just power from the people [x3]
The corporations do not seek consent
to extract wealth from the people and the Earth!
We are the 99%! We are the 99%! [x5]
…and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power.
Mic check! Mic check! [x3]
We come to you / at a time when corporations,
which place profit over people,
self-interest / over justice / and oppression
over equality / run our governments.
We are the 99%! We are the 99%! [x2]
We have peaceably assembled here
as is our right,
to let these facts be known that
WE ARE THE 99%!