(written for the ICE OUT nonviolent resistance movement in Minneapolis Minnesota)

1. From many different story lines
   We all live in this land.
   No matter what our starting point,
   we’re here to make a stand
   America, America,
   let’s be a land for all
   Where everybody has enough
   For freedom heed the call.
   
2. At any time in your neighborhood,
   a gray van may come through
   To take away your neighbor there,
   before her children grew
   Is this the way our parents taught,
   to hate and put in jail?
   Let’s make our city safe for us
   and welcoming to all.
   
3. Somewhere deep in the Everglades,
   a place that’s close to hell
   They carted off our neighbors there,
   their story we must tell
   We will not rest, we will not wait, and
   tolerate these things
   We’ll speak our minds, bodies on the line.
   Together let freedom ring.
   
4. The roof that’s up above your home
   The food that’s on your plate
   From maintenance to elder care
   And the art that they create
   Our neighbors taken off by those
   who thrive on fear and hate
   But standing up for freedom here
   Is what makes this country great.

Words: Joe Hesla, 2026
Tune: America the Beautiful