Revolution Must Come
We are the ones who hammer the steel and turn the wheels
Of commerce and capitalism
We care for the sick and seniors and our children
We make the entire economy work
We believe in our families, children and neighbors,
And justice, love
And the common good of everyone
We hate and chafe at corporate dominion
It riles and raises our natural rebellion
Which runs with the blood of our veins
We hate all they demand and take
To raise profits
Instead of raising wages
In our hands clasped in solidarity
Is the greatest power of humanity
If we rise from accepting scraps to demanding enough
For everyone
Revolution must come
Because they're running out of excuses
For hungry children,
Mass gun deaths,
And poisoned earth and dirt, air and water
Revolution will come when we learn and decide
Scarcity is a deadly lie
There is enough for all of us
Revolution will come when workers take our share.
Stewart Acuff, in the Blue Collar Review