"O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
'Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation!
Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - "In God is our trust,"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/pdf/ssb_lyrics.pdf
http://ninerswire.usatoday.com/2016/08/28/transcript-colin-kaepernick-addresses-sitting-during-national-anthem/
Allen Johnson: Kaepernick's protest
http://www.greensboro.com/blogs/allen-johnson-kaepernick-s-protest/article_ea83d613-1831-5587-813e-431d4cd66f4d.html
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?
People don’t realize what’s really going on in this country.
There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust.
People aren’t being held accountable
...that’s something that needs to change.
That’s something that this country stands for freedom, liberty and justice for all.
And it’s not happening for all right now.
Colin Kaepernick
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
The two presidential candidates that we currently have
also represent the issues that we have in this country right now.
You have Hillary who has called black teens or black kids super predators,
you have Donald Trump who’s openly racist.
We have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails
and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate.
That doesn’t make sense to me
because if that was any other person you’d be in prison.
So, what is this country really standing for?
Colin Kaepernick
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
[We] elected a black president
but there are also a lot of things that haven’t changed.
Colin Kaepernick
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
'Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution.
You have Hillary who has called black teens or black kids super predators,
you have Donald Trump who’s openly racist.
We have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails
and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate.
That doesn’t make sense to me
because if that was any other person you’d be in prison.
So, what is this country really standing for?
Colin Kaepernick
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation!
You have Hillary who has called black teens or black kids super predators,
you have Donald Trump who’s openly racist.
We have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails
and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate.
That doesn’t make sense to me
because if that was any other person you’d be in prison.
So, what is this country really standing for?
Colin Kaepernick
Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - "In God is our trust,"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/pdf/ssb_lyrics.pdf
http://ninerswire.usatoday.com/2016/08/28/transcript-colin-kaepernick-addresses-sitting-during-national-anthem/
The News and Record's Allen Johnson doesn't bother mentioning the Hillary part
like most of the rest of the media;
Allen Johnson: Kaepernick's protest
http://www.greensboro.com/blogs/allen-johnson-kaepernick-s-protest/article_ea83d613-1831-5587-813e-431d4cd66f4d.html
