EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
1. WE (<) SOFT-HEARTED, (>) BUT STILL ANGRY PEOPLE. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.
2. WE REALLY-WANT JUSTICE SPREAD. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.
3. WE (<) OLDER, (>) YOUNG, TOGETHER. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.
4. OUR SKIN DIFFERENT"each" COLOR. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.
5. WE (<) GAY, (>) STRAIGHT, TOGETHER. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.
6. WE (<) SOFT-HEARTED, (>) LOVING PEOPLE. ASSEMBLE-TO-me FOR-FOR? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE (<) OPEN-HEART, (>) OPEN-MIND.
Notes: SOFT-HEARTED - HEART + (2h)[5^] descend slightly twice while closing to (2h)[O^].
ASSEMBLE-TO-me - (2h)[S], FO > signer, move > signer while opening to (2h)[5wg].
OPEN-HEART, OPEN-MIND is (2h)[B] hold FT together and over the heart or the forehead and then open like GATE.
REALLY-WANT - the sign WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.
GAY: Notice that this and the other italicized signs are executed by the NDH for more aesthetic spatialization.
LOVING - LOVE++.
Lyrics:
1. We are a gentle angry people,
and we are singing, singing for our lives
2. We are a justice seeking people,
and we are singing, singing for our lives
3. We are young and old together,
and we are singing, singing for our lives
4. We are a land of many colors,
and we are singing, singing for our lives
5. We are gay and straight together
And we are singing, singing for our lives
6. We are a gentle, loving people
And we are singing, singing for our lives