On and On

On and On  by War & Pierce 

(C Pierce, S Ward and J Faber 2016)

We’re calling… Out to you!

Everybody!  We got to move!

Sunny War and Chris Pierce

We’ve been down… Way too long!  

It’s our right, to right the wrong!

We’re gonna walk!  
We’re gonna crawl!

Gonna make it, through it all!

Through the fire… through the rain 

Won’t stop fighting. 
Until we’re free again

On and on, the tears will flow 

On and on, that’s all we know

On and on, still so far to go

On and on, the tears will flow 

On and on, that’s all we know

Tears will flow that’s all we know  

And we have so much further left to go

Stand up. We all belong!

Up on the hill, that some live on.

Keep on strong!, Keep on proud!  

Tell the truth, say it loud!

We’re gonna walk!  We’re gonna crawl!

Gonna make it ,through it all!

Through the fire… through the rain 

Won’t stop fighting. Until were free again

On and on, the tears will flow 

On and on, that’s all we know

On and on, still so far to go

On and on, the tears will flow 

On and on, that’s all we know

Tears will flow that’s all we know  

And we have so much further left to go
On and on....

These are the lyrics to a new song and video by blues singer/songwriter duo War & Pierce.  I found this on an email from Playing for Change accompanied by this message:

      “On and On” is a powerful testament to how far we’ve come as a human race but             also speaks to how far we have to go in order to reach freedom and justice for all.           Let us not forget that WE have to be the change we want to see in the world and as         the song says, “It’s our right, to right the wrong.”

The video includes black and white footage of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s interspersed with footage of Indigenous people, a Stop the Pipeline poster held by a young girl, a recent march to protest Trump’s anti-refugee stance, a Union march and a Black Lives Matter poster.  The song and the video capture the pulse of these times and link it to the past.  War & Pierce help to tell this old and new story of people walking, marching and standing up for the rights of each other.  It is a story in which “we all belong.” You can view the video here.