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Verse1

Stand up all victims of oppression

For the tyrants fear your might

Don't cling so hard to your possessions

For you have nothing if you have no rights

Let racist ignorance be ended

For respect makes the empires fall

Freedom is merely privilege extended

Unless enjoyed by one and all

Chorus

So come brothers and sisters

For the struggle carries on

The Inter-national-

Unites the world in song

So come comrades and rally

For this is the time and place

The international ideal

Unites the human race

Verse 2

Let no one build walls to divide us

Walls of hatred or walls of stone

Come greet the dawn and stand beside us

We'll live together or we'll die alone

In our world poisoned by exploitation

Those who have taken, now they must give

And end the vanity of nations

We have but one world on which to live

Chorus

Verse 3

And so begins the final drama

In the streets and in the fields

We stand unbowed before their armor

We defy their guns and shields

When we fight provoked by their aggression

Let us be inspired by life and love

For though they offer us concessions

Change will not come from above

Chorus