Ballot or the Bullet

Give me liberty or give me death No truer words have ever been said Well are you prepared for your very last breath? Don't you dare start what you cannot finish So when we face, face the adversary No longer are we the minority And when history repeats her hour The pendulum will swing, swing into power Though not in vain like your forefathers Freedom, never had no room for cowards For in the end, there will be equality By any means necessary The ballot or the bullet The choice is up to you The ballot or the bullet Tell me, what you gonna do? The sword or the pen Can't be held by the same hand What's it gonna take to liberate? An emancipation, a false proclamation? All these token words that you legislate Sound a little bit absurd Hey, and a little too late When a house is divided, it just will not stand Once it's decided, a line drawn in the sand Ah, the ballot or the bullet The choice is up to you The ballot or the bullet Tell me what you gonna do The sword or the pen Can't be held by the same hand The ballot or the bullet The choice is up to you The ballot or the bullet Tell me what you gonna do The ballot or the bullet The choice is up to you The ballot or the bullet Tell me what you gonna do? The sword or the pen can't be The sword or the pen can't be The sword or the pen can't be The sword or the pen can't be The sword or the pen can't be Held, held by the same hand --- Ballot or the Bullet - Van Halen