Ted James - Solidarity Forever (feat. Jennifer James)

  Ted James - Solidarity Forever (feat. Jennifer James)Original "Solidarity Forever" lyrics written by Ralph Chaplin.Lyrics were adapted to genre by Ted James.Verse One: Ted JamesWhen the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall runThere can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sunYet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of oneSo keep it blasting through the speaker, let it ring throughout the slumAin't a thing we hold in common with these greedy parasitesWho would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with their mightWe got to get it, get it popping, we got to organize and fightPushing back and never stopping, through the union we get right.Chorus: Ted & Jennifer JamesSolidarity ForeverSolidarity ForeverSolidarity ForeverFor the union makes us strong.Verse Two: Ted JamesYo, you know we plowed the prairies; built the cities where they tradeDug the mines and built their websites, endless miles of highway laidNow we’re standing here starving outside the fortresses we madeBut we're rowdy and we're barging through the gates, we won't behaveAll the world that's owned by Wall Street loans is ours and ours aloneWe have laid the wide foundations; built it skyward stone by stoneIt is ours, and not to slave in, but to master and to ownWhen we organize, they cave in, through the union we atone.Chorus: Ted & Jennifer JamesSolidarity ForeverSolidarity ForeverSolidarity ForeverFor the union makes us strong.Verse Three: Ted JamesThey have taken untold billions that they never toiled to earnBut without our minds and muscle, not a single wheel can turnWe can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learnThat our voices rain down showers 'til their greed ceases to burnWith our hands we built a movement greater than their hoarded goldGreater than the might of armies, magnified a thousand-foldWatch us as we birth the new world from the ashes of the oldShare the wealth, disperse the riches, the mighty union we are bold.Chorus: Ted & Jennifer JamesSolidarity ForeverSolidarity ForeverSolidarity ForeverFor the union makes us strong. (Repeat)© 2012 Millinium VII Entertainment / Produced by Jennifer James / Mixed by Ted James and Jennifer James / Recorded at The House of Jeezy Studios / This song contains parts of a recording of "Solidarity Forever" by the 2010 General Assembly of the Texas State Employees Union (CWA Local 6186) with lead vocals and guitar by Boone Taylor / Lyrics adapted for genre from lyrics originally written by Ralph Chaplin / All rights reserved