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