The Song

We Are Your Children is a children's national anthem and a gift to America's children for a better future. This page shares the song, its lyrics, and resources for choirs and communities who want to bring it to life.

We Are Your Children

Verse 1 - Female Lead

Wake up every morning
The news is all the same
Another name, another face
Another life erased
We see the truthIt's clear as day
The lies, deceit, the greed
You tell us we're the future
Help us sow the seeds we need

Chorus - Full Choir

We Are Your Children,
Hear us loud and clear,
We Are Your Children,
Look into our eyes
And feel the fears we fear
We Are Your Children,
Please don't turn away
We Are Your Children,
Stand up for us today
Stand up for our children today.

Verse 2 - Male Lead Rap

We didn't make this world we see
We didn't build the walls of greed
We didn't start the wars or fights
We didn't take away the rights
We didn't teach to lie or hate
We didn't cause the pain we face
We didn't invent the drugs and guns
We want a peaceful world for everyone
We're rising up, we need your help
We are your children

Chorus - Full Choir, building

Bridge - Leading Voices

Let the students be the teachers
'Cause the children best explain
We're a world of different voices
But our cries all sound the same
The same
The same
The same

Final Chorus - Full Choir A capella

We are your children
Hear us loud and clear
We are your children
look into our eyes
And feel the fears we fear
We are your children
Please don’t turn away
We are your children
Stand up for us

Final Chorus - Full chorus, big build

We are your children
Hear us loud and clear
We are your children
Look into our eyes
And feel the fears we fear
We are your children
Please don’t turn away
We are your children

Chorus Tag / Outro - Full Chorus

Stand up for us, your children
Stand up for us, your children
Stand up for us, your children
Stand up for us, your children
We are your children

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