Richard Ashcroft

Released: October 29, 2021

Songwriter: John Lennon

Producer: Richard Ashcroft

We don't care what flag you're waving
We don't even want to know your name
We don't care where you're from or where you're going
All we know it that you came

Your making all our decisions
We have just one request of you
That while you're thinking things over
Here's something you just better do

Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
(Do it, do it, do it, do it)
Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now

Well, we were caught with our hands in the air
Don't despair, paranoia's ev'rywhere
We can shake it with love when we're scared
So let's shout it aloud like a prayer

Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
(Do it, do it, do it, do it)
Free the people now, (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now

We understand your paranoia
But we don't wanna play your game
You think you're cool, know what you're doing
666 is your name

So while you jerking off each other
You better bear this thought in mind
Your time is up, you better know it
But maybe you don't read the signs

Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it (do it) now
(Do it, do it, do it, do it)
Free the people now, (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now

Well, you were caught with your hands in the kill
And you still gotta swallow your pill
As you slip and you slide down the hill
On the blood of the people you killed

Stop the killing now! (do it, do it)
Do! (do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now)
(Do it, do it, do it)
Stop the killing now! (do it, do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
(Do it, do it, do it, do it)
Stop the killing!
(Free the people now) (do it, do it, do it, do it)
(Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now)
(Do it, do it, do it, do it)
Stop the killing!
(Free the people now) (do it, do it, do it, do it)
(Do it, do it) do it, do it, do it
Stop the killing!
(Free the people now) (do it, do it, do it)

Richard Paul Ashcroft (born 11 September 1971) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and occasional guitarist of the alternative rock band The Verve from their formation in 1990 until their split in 1999, and continues as a lead vocalist working with guitars and keyboards. He became a successful solo artist in his own right, releasing three UK top three solo albums. The Verve reformed in 2007 but again broke up by summer 2009. Ashcroft then founded a new band, RPA & The United Nations of Sound, and released a new album on 19 July 2010. Ashcroft’s fourth solo album, These People, was released in May 2016.

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