America’s a coat of many colors;

Its cloth was woven by a mighty hand.

The threads, a thousand cultures and religions,

All came together in one special land.

Arm linked in arm we sailed across the oceans

And met the evil tyrant face to face,

Our blood, poured out upon a hundred beaches,

Would leave the battered world a better place.

But none can say today there aren’t new voices

Assailing each man’s right and liberty

To grow and flourish in the light of freedom …

And thence becoming all that he can be.

So once again we rise to teach the despot

The lesson that our predecessors showed:

We aren’t afraid to pay the price demanded

Of all desiring life on freedom’s road!