[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
