[Intro] When they cut the mic What we do Speak louder When they close the door What we do Push harder When they write us out What we do Stand truer The people don’t mute [Verse] They can dim the lights, but they can’t dim lungs Can’t unring bells that the people rung Can’t bury names in a footnote grave When the whole crowd moves like a tidal wave They say stay polite while the roof caves in Say wait your turn while the thieves all win But patience got bruises, mercy got used And the people don’t mute when the truth gets refused [Pre-Chorus] Turn it up Louder now Turn it up Shake the ground Turn it up Front to back Turn it up Answer back [Chorus] The people don’t mute, we multiply sound One voice lost, then a thousand found The people don’t mute, we rise through the static Turn every silence into something automatic The people don’t mute, no fear in the booth No lock on the lungs when the crowd speaks truth The people don’t mute, let the whole night prove You can’t stop the song when the people move [Verse] They got panels discussing why we feel this way Like hunger needs experts on a weekday Like rent needs a graph, like pain needs a chart Like a mother needs permission to defend her heart They got spin doctors spinning till the room turns blue But the bassline knows what the spin won’t do Every lie on the screen gets a horn line back Every cut in the mix gets a clap clap clap [Pre-Chorus] Turn it up Louder now Turn it up Shake the ground Turn it up Front to back Turn it up Answer back [Chorus] The people don’t mute, we multiply sound One voice lost, then a thousand found The people don’t mute, we rise through the static Turn every silence into something automatic The people don’t mute, no fear in the booth No lock on the lungs when the crowd speaks truth The people don’t mute, let the whole night prove You can’t stop the song when the people move [Interlude] Say it once Say it twice Say it till it cuts through ice Say it here Say it there Say it till they know we care [Breakdown] Mute button broken Crowd wide open Mute button broken Truth has spoken Mute button broken Crowd wide open Mute button broken Keep it going [Build-up] From the quiet worker to the child in the street From the old front porch to the subway seat From the last small town to the capital square Let the sound rise up through the poisoned air [Chorus] The people don’t mute, we multiply sound One voice lost, then a thousand found The people don’t mute, we rise through the static Turn every silence into something automatic The people don’t mute, no fear in the booth No lock on the lungs when the crowd speaks truth The people don’t mute, let the whole night prove You can’t stop the song when the people move [Outro] When they cut the mic We speak louder When they close the door We push harder When they write us out We stand truer The people don’t mute