These Are Your Rights (from the Netflix Series "We The People")

作曲 : Kristen Anderson-Lopez/Robert Lopez

Back before 1789

We had to make the constitution a law

But I refused to sign on the line

Until we had amended a flaw...

A BIG one

See, we just had a king who was crazy with power

We fought a whole war to break free

I said

"You want me to sign it

We've got to refine it

So it can't be used against me!

Let's limit what this government can do

And make sure it always works for me and you!"

These are your rights!

I wrote 'em down!

So that you'll never bow down

To a crown

These are freedoms you have every day

Because of the Bill of Rights

No one can take em away!

Number ONE!

We made a glorious mess

And gave the people freedom of speech

We also did the same for the press

And for all religions you wanna preach

The SECOND amendment's the right to bear arms

Which were very different back in my day!

Today's goin' to blend to a region to bade

And everybody must have their say

Number THREE - we all don't know so well

It says soldiers cannot use our homes as their hotel!

These are your rights!

Hip hip hooray!

They make the USA the USA!

It's a good start but there's many more

What are we up to, THREE?

Let's start into FOUR!

The cops can't enter your home

Unless they have a reason and a warrant to look

They can't take away your stuff or tap your phone

If they do they have to go out the book

Everyone's heard of pleading the fifth

They get that from amendment FIVE

The right to stay silent!

Then there's two prices the right to a trial

SIX and SEVEN keep justice alive

Number EIGHT is a simple and serious rule

That if you are punished it cannot be cruel

My favorite amendments NINE and TEN

Say all other rights

Not mentioned here

Revert to the people again!

And there's been more amendments the constitutions never done

These are your rights

They keep you free

They keep our country a democracy

People test them every day it's true

That's where it comes to you!

These are your rights!

Learn what they are!

They may not be perfect but they've worked so far

In a world that's changing every day

We gotta keep up the fight!

For your Bill of Rights!

Your Bill of Rights!

Don't let 'em take 'em away