Look how the ruts cling to my footsteps

The fatal invisible tool

By which we define, we fight for our approval

And fear our removal from the safety of fools



From the tidal forces of our positions

Not won, not one to take for granted

Are our rebel hymns incanted

To sing in the mines of the fortunate sons?



Brothers in spirit, sisters in rage

Will we live out our lives in this concrete cage?



Another heartbeat lost, another police murder

Buried in the public, eyes on the back page

Heartbeat lost in a new world order

Hobbled and bound but still walking away



I pledge allegiance to the world

Nothing more, nothing less than my humanity

I pledge allegiance to the world

Searching for vision, not invisibility



I pledge allegiance to the world

Searching for vision, not invisibility

I pledge allegiance to the world

Until the last lock breaks, none of us are free



None of us are free



We fight to balance our minds

Petty powers pushing profits over our lifetimes

World leaders mortgaging our lives with words

I don't need to be reminded of whom you really serve



Brothers in spirit, sisters in rage

Will we live out our lives in this concrete cage?



Another heartbeat lost, another police murder

Buried in the public, eyes on the back page

Heartbeats lost in a new world order

Standing alone with our backs to the maze



I pledge allegiance to the world

Nothing more, nothing less than my humanity

I pledge allegiance to the world

Until the last lock breaks, none of us are free



I pledge allegiance to the world

Until the last lock breaks, none of us are free

I pledge allegiance to the world

For nothing more, nothing less



In justice and hunger united

Searching for vision united

In justice and hunger united

Law and order, for whose orders?



I pledge allegiance to the world

Nothing more, nothing less than my humanity

I pledge allegiance to the world

Until the last lock breaks, none of us are free



I pledge allegiance to the world

Under no nation will we ever be

I pledge allegiance to the world

For nothing more, nothing less



Than my humanity

Than my humanity

Than my humanity

Pledge allegiance!



To our humanity

To our humanity

To our humanity

To the world