No Due Process, No Democracy

[Verse 1]
They came in the silence, no trial, no crime,
No lawyer, no warning, just vanishing time.
A student, a thinker, a voice in the crowd,
Now locked in a cell for speaking too loud.

[Pre-Chorus]
It starts with a whisper, a list, a decree,
But it ends with a boot where your rights used to be.

[Chorus]
🎶 No due process, no democracy,
The law must shield both you and me.
If justice bends for power’s sake,
Then every freedom’s bound to break.
No due process, no democracy,
What they do to one, they’ll do to three.
Don’t wait your turn to lose it all —
Stand up now or watch us fall. 🎶

[Verse 2]
The rule of law is not a gift,
It’s not for sale, it doesn’t shift.
It guards the meek, restrains the throne,
And if it cracks, we stand alone.

[Pre-Chorus]
One protest punished, one student betrayed,
And soon every voice will be afraid.

[Chorus]
🎶 No due process, no democracy,
The law must shield both you and me.
If justice bends for power’s sake,
Then every freedom’s bound to break.
No due process, no democracy,
What they do to one, they’ll do to three.
Don’t wait your turn to lose it all —
Stand up now or watch us fall. 🎶

[Bridge]
John Quincy Adams warned us true:
Take one man’s rights, and they’ll take yours too.
The chains you see around his feet
Are forged in silence, shame, defeat.

[Breakdown – Spoken or soft]
Not favor…
But justice.
Not sympathy…
But law.
Not for citizens…
But for all.

[Final Chorus – Strong and Full]
🎶 No due process, no democracy,
No peace without equality.
If rights can vanish overnight,
Then none of us will win that fight.
No due process, no democracy,
This is the line — the place to be.
Defend the law, defend the free,
Or lose the land of liberty. 🎶