Ballot or the Bullet Lyrics by Van Halen

Ballot or the Bullet Lyrics

    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 our 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 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 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 be
    The sword or the pen can be
    The sword or the pen can be
    The sword or the pen can be
    The sword or the pen can be
    held, held by the same hand!

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