People Lead
Empowerment Anthem: When the People Lead, Change Follows
Lyrics
When the people lead
When ordinary people take charge or initiate action.
The leaders they will have to follow
Authority figures or leaders will be compelled to follow the lead of the people.
And all their lies and their alibis
Leaders' deceitful statements and excuses will need to be accepted or acknowledged.
They will have to swallow
They will have to accept responsibility for their falsehoods.
And it's you that has the authority
The power or control lies within the general populace.
For the one who is right
Righteousness or correctness is determined by the majority.
Is the majority
The majority opinion holds authority or legitimacy.
When the people lead
Similar to line 1, stressing the importance of people taking the lead.
People take the lead
Emphasizing that it's the responsibility of the people to lead.
Children you've got to take your lead
Directing the younger generation to take initiative to avoid being led astray.
Or you shall be led astray
Warning about the consequences of being led by others if one doesn't lead oneself.
So as long as someone else
As long as someone else controls your past, the truth will remain hidden.
Controls your history
The reality will remain unknown or obscured.
The truth shall remain just a mystery
An analogy indicating the inability to force someone to accept or understand the truth.
For you can lead a horse to the water
An idiom stating that while guidance can be given, one cannot force action.
But you cannot make him drink
Education may be provided, but independent thinking cannot be forced.
You can put a man through school
Similar to lines 1 and 9, emphasizing the significance of people leading.
But you cannot make him think
Stressing the importance of personal initiative in thinking critically.
When the people lead
A repetition emphasizing the importance of the populace leading.
People take the lead
Reiterating the importance of people taking the initiative.
Children you've got to take your lead
A warning to the young to avoid being misled by others.
Or you shall be led astray
Advising against being misled or manipulated by external forces.
Watch them try to hide
Observing attempts to conceal the imposition or control on the world.
This world's imposition
A comparison to an illness that resurfaces despite apparent remission.
But like disease that has come round from remission
When it appears to have vanished, it has actually intensified or worsened.
When it seems
When it seems to have disappeared or lessened.
As if it has left your person
Despite appearances, the situation has actually deteriorated.
All the while it has only worsened
An emphasis on the worsening of the situation despite perceptions.
When the people lead
Reinforcing the idea of ordinary people taking charge.
People take the lead
Empowering the populace to take the lead.
Children you've got to take your lead
Encouraging the younger generation to assume responsibility.
Or you shall be led astray
Warning against being misguided or led astray by others.
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