Harris and Walz Speak in Arizona

All that and more are at stake in this election. Since launching this campaign 19 months ago, yes, 19 months ago, I’ve been proud to criss-cross this beautiful state of Arizona. I’ve spoken to Arizonans everywhere. The farmer in Yuma, the sheriff in Parker, the mom in Mesa, the teacher in Maryville, the student in the Navajo nation, the abuelita in Nogales, and here’s the one thing I discovered. We have so much in common. We want to build a better Arizona for our families and our communities. That is what this election is about. These politicians, the Kari Lakes’, of the world would not give us that. She and they will divide us. She’ll ban abortion and not look back. She’ll put Medicare on the chopping block. She has been very clear that she will not do anything to have true solutions to the border. This is the same person that is still trying to declare herself governor, two years after losing an election. Kari Lake is not looking out for you, she’s looking out for herself. What we need is someone to look out for you, to fight for you. I am proudly going to be that person. Because no matter what, and everyone knows it, once a Marine, always a Marine. I never back down from a fight. So I’m going to fight for my daughter Isla, who deserves the same rights that her grandma had growing up. Let’s fight for her. For my mom, who struggled to put food on the table, keep us in our safe apartment, and fight for a better future. Let’s fight for her. For my son Michael, who deserves the brightest future that I can give him, that this country could give him. Let’s fight for him.

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In the Marines, they teach you a lot of things, but one of the most important things they teach you is, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. So here’s what we’re going to do in the next 88 days. Let’s defeat Kari Lake. Let’s defeat Donald Trump. Let’s fight for a better future for Arizona and let’s go win. Let us show them who we are in Arizona. Show them that you don’t dare to come and try to take our rights, our freedoms, and our future away. We are Arizonans. We will fight back. We will protect our rights, and we will protect our future. Let’s do it. Let’s go win. Let’s go Arizona.

Now, please welcome former Congresswoman, Gabby Giffords, and your United States Senator from Arizona Mark Kelley.

Sky falls, you feel like it’s a beautiful day. Don’t let it get away. You’re on the road, but you’ve got no destination. You’re in the mud, in the maze of her imagination. You loving this town, even if that doesn’t ring true. You’ve been all over and it’s been all over you. It’s a beautiful day. Don’t let it get away. It’s a beautiful day.

Gabby, Gabby, Gabby, Gabby, Gabby, Gabby.

Gabby, Gabby, Gabby, Gabby, Gabby, Gabby.

Wow. What a crowd.

What a crowd.

Thank you. Hello, Phoenix. It is so great to be home here in Arizona. Gabby and I are so excited to be with all of you today, and to welcome our next president and vice president to our great home of the state of Arizona. So, Gabby and I played rock-paper-scissors to see who could speak first today, and guess who won. You’re right. My wife, the woman who inspires me each and every day and teaches me to never give up. Gabby Giffords.

Our lives can change so quickly. Mine did when I was shot, but I never gave on hope. I chose to make a new start, to move ahead, to not look back. I am relearning so many things. How to walk, how to talk, and I am fighting to make the country safer. It can be so difficult. Losses hurt. Setbacks are hard. But I tell myself, move ahead. I’m finding joy in small things. Riding my bike, playing the French horn, going to the gym, laughing with friends. The small things add up. We are living in challenging times. We’re up to the challenge. My own recovery has taken years. Many, many, many people helped me along the way. I learned so much. I learned that people care for each other and work together. Progress is possible. A world is possible. Change doesn’t happen overnight and we can’t do it alone. Join me. Let’s move ahead together. Thank you very much. Thank you.

Gabby Giffords, everybody. Arizona Democrats. Now we’ve done a whole lot of winning over these past few years, haven’t we? I don’t know about you, but I think we’re ready to keep winning. We are going to keep winning with Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz. We’ve got to, because there is so much at stake.

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Whether our kids grow up with the same rights and freedoms as the generations before them. Whether our economy works for everyday people or is rigged for billionaires. Whether our alliances are strengthened or shredded. That’s why we have to elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Kamala Harris has served as a prosecutor, an attorney general, a senator, and now, as the Vice President of the United States of America. She is the leader we need to take our country into the future. To lower the cost of child care. To restore reproductive rights. And to help us reduce gun violence.

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And Tim Walz, Tim Walz has served as a coach, as a teacher, as the governor of the state of Minnesota, and in the U.S. House. I don’t know if you know this, but Gabby and Tim Walz were sworn in together as brand new members of Congress. Right?

Yes.

Right. He served honorably in uniform for decades. Tim has brought that experience to everything he has done since. Fighting for our service members, fighting for veterans, and fighting for military families. Now, that’s not something I expect that Donald Trump would understand. Donald Trump calls those who served suckers and losers. He has zero respect for any of us who have worn the uniform. Folks here in Arizona, we don’t attack people for their service to our country. What do we do? We thank them. Right?

Yes.

So how do we help Vice President Harris and Governor Walz win this election?

Vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote.

Folks, this is not rocket science, and I know a little bit about rocket science. That ain’t this. What this is about is, who works harder? That’s it. It is as simple as that. Here’s the thing, I’ve flown in space four times, and I’ve flown in combat nearly 40 times. But folks, not once did I do any of that by myself. It takes a team of people working together to accomplish a mission. It’s always been that way. Now, I may be a navy guy. I might be a navy guy, but to win this election, we do not need a navy. What we need is an army. Now, here’s the good news, our future vice president, he’s an army guy. So we need all of you to become part of an army.

Yes.

An Unstoppable army that can get this team through the trenches and across the finish line. Gabby and I, we are ready to join this army. Are all of you?

Yeah.

All right, so let’s get this done, Arizona. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you everybody.

One more time.

Thank you.

One more time. One more time, we’re going to celebrate. Oh, yeah. All right. Don’t stop the dancing. One more time. We’re going to celebrate. Oh, yeah. All right. Don’t stop the dancing. One more time. We’re going to celebrate. Oh, yeah. All right. Don’t stop the dancing. One more time now, we’re going to celebrate. Oh, yeah. One more time. One more time. We’re going to celebrate. Oh, yeah. All right. Don’t stop the dancing. One more time. We’re going to celebrate. Oh, yeah. Don’t stop the dancing. One more time. Mm.

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I’m just feeling celebration tonight. Let’s celebrate. Don’t wait too late. No, we don’t stop. You can’t stop. We’re going to celebrate. One more time. One more time. One more time. A celebration. You know we are going to do it right. Tonight. Hey. Just feeling. The music’s got a feeling in me. Need, yeah. Come on. All right. One more time. One more time. One more time, we’re going to celebrate. Oh, yeah. All right. Don’t stop the dancing. One more time. We’re going to celebrate. Oh, yeah. All right. Don’t stop the dancing. One more time. We’re going to celebrate. Oh, yeah. All right. Don’t stop the dancing. One more time. We’re going to celebrate. Oh, yeah. One more time.

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This hit, that ice-cold. Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold. This one for them good girls, them good girls. Straight masterpieces. Styling, wilding, living it up in the city. Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent, got to kiss myself, I’m so pretty. I’m too hot. Call the police and the fireman. I’m too hot. Make a dragon wanna retire man. I’m too hot. Hot yeah. Say my name, you know who I am. I’m too hot. Hot, yeah. And I’m bad about that money. Girls hit your hallelujah. Girls hit your Hallelujah. Girls hit your hallelujah. Cause uptown funk gonna give it to you. Cause uptown funk going to give it to you. Cause uptown funk gonna give it to you. Saturday night and we in the spot, don’t believe me, just watch. Come on. Come on y’all. Come on. Don’t believe me just watch. Oh. Come on y’all. Come on.

Come on.

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Don’t believe me just watch.

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Uptown Funk you up.

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Come on.

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Uptown Funk you up.

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Say what?

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Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up.

Arizona, how are you all feeling?

Uptown Funk you up.

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Come on.

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Uptown Funk you up.

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Say what?

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Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up.

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Come on.

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I’m too hot.

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Call the police and the fireman.

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I’m too hot.

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Make a dragon wanna retire man.

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I’m too hot.

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Say my name you know who I am.

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I’m too hot.

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Am I bad bout that money.

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Break it down.

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Girls sent you hallelujah.

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Girls sent you hallelujah.

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Girls sent you hallelujah.

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Cause Uptown Funk gonna give it to you.

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Cause Uptown Funk gonna give it to you.

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Cause Uptown Funk gonna give it to you.

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Saturday night and we in the spot.

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Don’t believe me just watch.

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Come on.

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Oh, yeah.

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Come on.

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Don’t believe me just watch.

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Oh.

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Oh, yeah.

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Come on.

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Don’t believe me just watch.

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I don’t know about you, but I feel good.

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I don’t know about you, but I feel good.

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I don’t know about you, but I feel good.

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I don’t know about you, but I feel good.

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I don’t know about you, but I feel good.

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I’m two plus two, I’m for sure.

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You down, I’m down, baby, let’s go.

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You stop, you drop, baby, then roll.

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You twerk, you pop, booty so swole.

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I’d hate me too if I were you.

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And when it comes to billions, I’ll take two.

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It’s only one life, you don’t get two.

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So live life, don’t let it live you.

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I got a pocket full of hundred dollar bills.

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Put on a jacket cause these diamonds give you chills.

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Two shots, I’m running.

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Two and I’m stunning tonight, tonight, yeah.

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Look in the mirror, I’m like who the hell is hе?

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So many whips and cribs, I’m losing track of keys.

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Ooh, up to something.

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Ooh yeah, I lovе it all right. All right.

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Yeah, yeah, I’m drinking out the bottle.

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Get loose.

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Hanging with supermodels.

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Get loose.

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Feel like I’ve hit the lotto.

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I don’t know about you, but I feel good.

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I don’t know about you, but I feel good.

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I don’t know about you, but I feel good.

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I don’t know about you, but I feel good.

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I don’t know about you, but I feel good.

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I guess the apple don’t fall far from the tree.

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Cause I’ve been looking at you so long now.

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I only see me.

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I wanna throw the apple into the sky.

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Feels like you never understand me.

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So I just wanna drive to the airport.

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The airport.

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The airport.

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The airport.

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I guess the apple could turn yellow or green.

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I know there’s lots of different nuances to you and to me.

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I wanna grow the apple, keep all the seeds.

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But I can’t help but get so angry you don’t listen to me.

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To the airport.

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The airport.

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The airport.

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The airport.

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The airport.

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The airport.

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The airport.

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The airport.

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I’m gonna drive, gonna drive all night.

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I’m gonna drive, gonna drive all night.

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I think the apple’s rotten right to the core.

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From all the things passed down.

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From all the apples coming before.

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I split the apple down symmetrical lines.

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And what I find is kind of scary.

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Makes me just wanna drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive.

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I’m gonna drive, gonna drive all night.

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I’m gonna drive, gonna drive all night, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive.

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Drive, drive, drive, drive, drive.

Clear you throat David.

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Please welcome future Vice President of the United States, Govenor Tim Walz.

Well, I was born in a small town.

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And I live in a small town.

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Probably die in a small town.

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Oh, those small communities.

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All my friends are so small town.

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My parents live in the same small town.

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My job is so small town.

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Provides little opportunity…

Hey. Hello, Arizona. Wow. Hey… Yeah. Wow. Well, you might’ve seen a few people showed up in Philadelphia the other night. And then 10,000 plus walked into a field in Western Wisconsin. And then on Wednesday, the largest crowd of the campaign showed up in Detroit, Michigan. But Arizona just couldn’t leave it alone. Could you? Wow. You know, it’s not as if anybody cares about crowd sizes or anything. Wow. Let me begin by giving a few thanks to some people here and a few dear folks to us. First of all, I want to thank Arizona for sharing Senator Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords with the rest of the country. Gabby was a classmate of mine in ’06, and they are both national treasures. Thank you Arizona.

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Also had the privilege of serving with Congressman Gallego and I’ll have to tell you, he was an amazing colleague. And I have to tell you, he’s going to be an amazing senator but we get a twofer with Ruben because we know who is never going to be a United States senator. To all the local elected officials, thank you. But the most important thank you to each and every one of you. Look, you took time out of your busy lives. You found babysitters. You took time off work. You walked from miles and look, I’m a Minnesotan. I’m like a damn snowman. I’m melting here. We walk on water half the year in Minnesota. It’s so damn cold. But not you, you came and you came into this space with neighbors and you came here for one beautiful, simple reason. You love this democracy. I’ll tell you what… Wow, wow, wow. Well, I couldn’t be prouder to stand with you and I couldn’t be prouder to be on this ticket. You know what’s at the end of this little journey? Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States. This is a leader who wakes up every day on the side of the American people. This is… She will take on the predators, she will take on the fraudsters, she will take on the transnational gangs, and she will stand up to the corporate interest and put middle America first. And she’s been effective. She’s been willing to reach across the aisle no matter what, just to make sure it improves people’s lives. And I’ll have to tell you, I know a little something about commitment to people. Some of you heard this. I was born in a small town in Nebraska, and we talk about small towns.

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These are those Nebraskans that moved out here for the winter. But look, small town was all about community. My mom and dad, they taught us to show some care to your neighbors, show some generosity, work towards a common good, be a decent human being to your neighbors. My dad, and some of you know him in here, you had him, a chain-smoking Korean War era veteran. Cared about his community but two days after I turned 17, he took me down to join the Army National Guard. And for 24 years I proudly wore that uniform. I’m proud of that service. But what my nation gave my dad and millions of others and me was an opportunity to use the GI bill to get a college education. My dad was a teacher. My brothers and sisters and I all became teachers. And we married teachers. I had the privilege of teaching high school social studies for 20 years and you might’ve heard, coaching a state championship football team.

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Now, if the Vikings could just win that would be awesome. [inaudible 00:34:22]. Look, that worked better near Green Bay, I’ll tell you. So look, it was my students. It was my students who encouraged me to run. They saw in me what I hope to instill in them, a commitment to a common good. The belief, the true belief that one person, one of us in here can make a difference in somebody’s life. I wasn’t very politically savvy because I did not know it when I decided to run for Congress that there had been one other Democrat elected in that district since 1892. But my neighbors believed and they graced me with an opportunity to serve them in the United States Congress for 12 years. And I’m proud of the work I did as ranking member on the Veterans Affairs Committee, working on the Agriculture Committee.

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And I worked hand in hand with Republicans to make sure that we were crafting legislation that improved the lives of veterans and people all across this country. I learned how to compromise without compromising my values. And as governor of the great state of Minnesota, I brought all of those experiences to the challenges facing the state of Minnesota. This idea about a common good, this idea about something bigger than ourselves, this idea of kindness, generosity, and compassion, that this building, which I have been told by the way, might be the largest political gathering in the history of Arizona. I think it’s safe to say Donald Trump sees the world a little differently than we do. First and foremost, and be very clear about this, he doesn’t know the first thing about service.

No.

It’s hard to provide service when you’re too busy serving only yourself. Again and again and again, Donald Trump weakens our country to strengthen his own hands. You’ve watched him mock our laws. You watched him sow chaos and division at every opportunity. And that’s to say nothing of his record as president. As governors he froze during COVID and pitted us in a hunger game against our neighbors to try and find basic life-saving needs. And because of him, our neighbors died. By failing to address COVID he drove the economy into the ground. And let’s be very clear, the statistics and the facts are clear about this, violent crime was up under Donald Trump. And we don’t even have to count his crimes in that to make it up so [inaudible 00:37:52]. Look… [inaudible 00:38:04]. Better yet, beat the hell out of him at the ballot box. Beat the hell out of him at the ballot box. Look, you and I, especially the gray hairs in the crowd we know our relatives. Republicans used to be the people talking about freedom. Not this group. When they talk about freedom, it means that the government should be free to invade your exam room with your doctor. Look, in Minnesota, we respect our neighbors and the personal choices they make. We maybe wouldn’t make the same choices, but we respect them. And I know in Minnesota and in Arizona, and places across this country, you know what makes society work best, is when you learn a golden rule. Mind your own damn business. Mind your own damn business. We don’t need it.

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I don’t need you telling me what books to read. I don’t need you telling me about what religion we worship. And I sure the heck don’t need you to tell me about my family. Look, this one’s personal for me. This one’s personal for me, about IVF and reproductive care. When my wife and I, my wife of 30 years because yes, we share family values. We just make our own choices about our family. But when we wanted to have children, we went through years of fertility treatment. And I remember it like it was yesterday, just waiting for good news and then the phone would ring and you would be tensed up and then you would hear that the treatments had failed. It would blot out the sun that you just wanted something so beautiful and so simple to have a child. And then one day, and it wasn’t by chance when that news came and we welcomed our daughter into the world. We named her Hope. We named her Hope.

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I’m not crying. You’re crying. So, when Vice President Harris and I talk about freedom, we’re very clear. We mean the freedom to make your own healthcare decisions. And for all of our children to be free to go to school without worrying they’ll be shot dead in their classroom. And in Minnesota, believe me, we believe in the Second Amendment, but we also believe in common-sense gun violence laws. I remind my colleagues when I was in Congress, Ruben could tell this story. For three years in a row I was the top gun in the Congressional trap shoot so we can shoot better than them too, just by the way. When Vice President Harris talks about freedom, it’s when freedom is when education is a ticket to the middle class. Not crippling student loan debt. And this building and what we believe in, we are people that settle our political differences, not through violence, but through voting. It’s a simple… Imagine every person in here is going to vote and every person in here is going to get 10 other people to vote.

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And here’s… And let’s just go ahead and not go through this thing that it’s so close. Let’s just win big people. Let’s just win big. That’s our choice. How often do you get a choice so simple that this is going to decide the direction of our country? We have 87 days to decide the direction we’re going to go. And I’ve been saying it, we can do anything for 87 days. Anything. And my mantra is, and look, you can see it on me over the last five days. We’ll sleep when we’re dead. We’ll sleep when we’re dead. Not now. Not now. Look, you know it and I know it, but I think we need to be reminded. You know exactly what Donald Trump’s plans are, you know which direction he’s taking us. Don’t believe this guy. Don’t believe… Right, that’s like, listen, no one in here believes this guy so anyway… But don’t believe it when he’s playing dumb about this Project 2025. He knows exactly what it’ll do. They are not playing. They

… he wrote their plan out, but just like they’re getting arrogant about it, they’re saying the quiet stuff out loud. It’ll take our freedoms. It’ll rig the economy for the super rich. It’ll underfund veterans. And you know that if he goes back again, he’s not only going to let go where he left off, it is going to be much, much, much worse. So look, rising costs, pulling healthcare from us, you know the whole routine. Look, I get this too. I know I’m preaching to the choir, a damn, big and beautiful choir. But practice is over people. The choir needs to sing. The choir needs to sing.

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Trump is not fighting for your family. He doesn’t give a damn. And his running mate shares the same dangerous, twisted, backward agenda. Every kid, every kid in my class of 25 studied at Yale, had their career funded by Silicon Valley billionaires, and then writes a book trashing the very people who raised you. I’ve said it. It wasn’t a name, it was an observation. These guys come up with the weirdest damn ideas that you’ll ever imagine.

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You know it’s true. But here’s the good news. We know the stakes. We know who they are. When they told us we believed them, we know what’s coming. But here’s the big thing about it is, that’s a reality that’s not going to happen because the people in this building and millions across the country. This is a campaign about the future. We know what’s there. We know it can come. We are not people who are afraid of the future. We shape the future.

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Kamala Harris believes in the freedom to make your own choices. She believes in the opportunity for every single person to enter the middle class. And she believes something so beautiful. She believes in the promise of America, the promise of America. So I want to say thank you, madam, vice president for the trust you’ve placed in me. And I want to say something else that this incredible leader, this incredible woman, has brought to this fight.

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She has brought back compassion and decency, and humor, and joy to our politics. So Arizona, Arizona, bring that joy with you. Bring those smiles, bring that positive future as you join me in welcoming the next president of the United States, Kamala Harris.

Freedom.

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Freedom.

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I can’t move.

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Freedom, cut me loose.

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Singin’, freedom.

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Freedom.

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Where are you?

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‘Cause I need freedom too.

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I break chains all by myself.

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Won’t let my freedom rot in hell.

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Hey! I’ma keep running.

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‘Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves.

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I’ma wade, I’ma wave through the waters.

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Tell the tide, “Don’t move”.

Good evening, Arizona.

I’ma riot, I’ma riot through your borders.

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Call me bulletproof.

Good evening.

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We’re going to do this. Good evening. Good evening. Thank you all. Thank you. Can we hear it for Tim Walz?

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Oh my goodness. Oh, it’s good to be back in Arizona. Good evening, everyone. Oh my goodness. Thank you all so very much. Oh, it is good to be back. Let me just say, let me just start by thanking everyone who is here. Thank you all so very much all of you. We’re going to do this. We’re going to do this. We are going to do this. Yes, we are. And I want to thank all of the incredible leaders who are here, including Congressman Greg Stanton. Your next United States Senator, Congressman Ruben Gallego. And my dear friend, United States Senator Mark Kelly. And let me just say, as Arizona knows, Mark is an extraordinary leader who has dedicated his life to the service of our nation as a fighter pilot, as an astronaut, and as a member of the United States Congress. And he has given so much to our country. He always fights for the people of Arizona. And I am so grateful, Mark, for your friendship and your leadership. And of course, the phenomenal congresswoman, Gabby Giffords. They’re also an incredible group of mayors with us today, Mayor Kate Gallego, Mayor Corey Woods, and Arizona co-chair of Republicans for Harris, Mayor John Giles. So today, I also bring greetings from our incredible president, Joe Biden.

Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe.

Joe, Joe, Joe.

Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe.

And I know we are all deeply grateful for his lifetime of service to our nation. And we thank Joe Biden each and every day for all he is and all he has done, and all he has yet to do. Let us thank him always. So Arizona, this has been a big week. On Monday, I officially became the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. And on Tuesday, I announced my running mate in this campaign, Governor Tim Walz.

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And as you all just heard, Tim has a great record as governor of the great state of Minnesota. And to those who know him best, Tim goes by a few more titles besides governor to his wife, Gwen.

USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA.

Thank you. So Tim, we know him by governor, but you’ll soon get to know his wife, Gwen, to whom… You know what? Hold on a second. Hold on, hold on, hold on, everybody. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Here’s the thing. We are all in here together. I’m told an extraordinary number of folks who are here together because we love our country. We’re here to fight for our democracy, which includes respecting the voices that I think that we are hearing from. And let me just say this on topic of what I think I’m hearing over there. Let me just speak to that for a moment and then I’m going to get back to the business at hand.

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So let me say I have been clear now is the time to get a ceasefire deal and get the hostage deal done. Now is the time and the president and I are working around the clock every day to get that ceasefire deal done and bring the hostages home. So I respect your voices, but we are here to now talk about this race in 2024. So Tim Walz, so let’s just say this. Besides being governor, the thing I’ve come to learn about Tim Walz that you have known and may learn more, he’s an extraordinary person. He’s known by many titles. To his wife, Gwen, he is husband. To his kids, Hope and Gus, he is dad. To the people of Southern Minnesota, for 12 years, he was congressman.To his former high school students, he was Mr. Walz. And to his former high school football players, he was coach. And in 88 days, the nation will know Coach Walz by a new title. Vice President of the United States.

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So it’s so good to be back in Arizona, and I thank you all for turning out today. This is an extraordinary, extraordinary thing. And, Arizona, I will also say this, as exciting as this is, we cannot lose sight of a really important fact. We are definitely running as the underdog. We are the underdog. We are out in great numbers, but we got a lot of work to do. And this is going to be hard work. But I know we like hard work. Hard work is good work for all of us.

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Hard work is good work and we will do it with joy. And I know we are all clear about what we are up against. As many of you know, before I was elected vice president, I was an elected United States senator. Before that, before that I was an elected attorney general. And before that, an elected district attorney. And before that I was a courtroom prosecutor. So I took on in these roles, perpetrators of all kinds, predators, who abused women, fraudsters, who ripped off consumers, scammers who broke the rules for personal gain. So Arizona, hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type.

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In fact, I’ve been dealing with people like him my entire career. For example, as attorney general of California, I took on one of our country’s largest for-profit colleges that scammed students. Well, Donald Trump ran a for-profit college that scammed students. As a prosecutor, I specialized in cases of sexual abuse. Well, Donald Trump was found liable for committing sexual abuse.

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As attorney general, I held Wall Street banks accountable for fraud. Well, Donald Trump was just found guilty of fraud, 34 counts. So all of this… Yeah, the courts will deal with that. We are going to win in November. We’re going to win in November. We’ll handle that too. But all of this is to say in this campaign, I will proudly put my record against his every day of the week. Every day of the week. But make no mistake, that being said, our campaign is not just about us versus Donald Trump. It is about-

We love you, Kamala.

And I love you, Bob. Our campaign, our campaign. It’s about two different visions for our nation. One, our focused on the future, the other focused on the past. And Arizona, we, we fight for the future, a future with affordable healthcare, affordable child care, and paid leave. A future where we build a broad-based economy where every American has an opportunity to own a home, to start a business, to build wealth.

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Here with us today, I know we have a number of native leaders. And as president, I will tell you, I will always honor tribal sovereignty and respect tribal self-determination. And fight for a future where every native person can realize their aspirations and every native community is a place of opportunity. We here, we believe in a future where we lower the cost of living for America’s families so that they have the chance not just to get by, but to get ahead.

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Because, look, while our economy is doing well by many measures, prices for everyday things like groceries are still too high. You know it and I know it. When I was attorney general, I went after price fixing schemes. And when I am president, I will continue that work to bring down prices. I will take on big corporations that engage in illegal price gouging. I will take on corporate landlords that unfairly raise rents on working families.

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I will take on big pharma and cap the cost of prescription drugs for all Americans. And all of this is to say, unlike Donald Trump, I will always put the middle class and working families first. Because you see Coach Walz and I know the middle class built the United States of America. And when the middle class is strong, America is strong. And while we work to move our nation forward, look, Donald Trump be very clear, intends to move us backward. Just look. And we’re not going back.

We’re not going back. We’re not going back. We’re not going back.

We’re not going back.

We’re not going back. We’re not going back.

We’re not going back. We’re not going back.

We’re not going back. We’re not going back. We’re not going back.

No.

We’re not going back.

But just look. Tim talked about it. Look at his Project 2025 agenda. It is 900 plus pages. I can’t believe they put that thing in writing, by the way. But when you look at it, when you read it, you will see Project 2025 is a plan to weaken the middle class. If he is elected Donald Trump intends to give a tax break to billionaires in big corporations. He intends to cut Social Security and Medicare. He intends to surrender our fight against the climate crisis.

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And, Arizona, every day you feel the impact of extreme heat and drought. You know his crisis is real. He calls it a hoax. And on top of all of this, if Donald Trump wins in November, he intends to end the Affordable Care Act. And take us back to a time when insurance companies have the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions. You remember what that was? Remember what that was?

He won’t win.

He won’t win. You’re right.

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We will win. We will win.

We will win. We will win.

We will win. We will win. We will win.

And part of why we are going to win is because we remember, and we are smart, and we know what’s happening, and we’re not falling for the gaslighting, and we’re not falling for the Okie doke. That’s why. Look, America has tried so many of those failed policies before, and like we all know, we’re not going back. We will move forward and take on the biggest issues facing our nation. For example, the issue of immigration. I was attorney general of a border state. I went after the transnational gangs, the drug cartels and human traffickers. I prosecuted them in case after case, and I won.

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I know what I’m talking about. We know our immigration system is broken, and we know what it takes to fix it: comprehensive reform that includes strong border security and an earned pathway to citizenship. Donald Trump does not want to fix this problem. Be clear about that. He has no interest or desire to actually fix the problem. He talks a big game about border security, but he does not walk the walk. Everybody here knows, earlier this year we had a chance to pass the toughest bipartisan border security bill in decades, but Donald Trump tanked the deal because he thought by doing that, it would help him win an election. When I am president, I will sign the bill.

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Arizona, ours is a fight for the future, and it is a fight for freedom. Across our nation, we are witnessing a full-on assault against hard fought, hard-won freedoms and rights, the freedom to vote, the freedom to be safe from gun violence, the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride, and the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government telling her what to do. On that last point, understand how we got here.

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When he was President, Donald Trump hand-picked three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would overturn and undo the protections of Roe V. Wade. And as he intended, they did. And now, in over 20 states in our nation, there is a Trump abortion ban, many like Arizona, with no exceptions even for rape or incest. Just yesterday, in a press conference, we got a fresh reminder of what Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda would do. It would ban medication abortion in every state. But we are not going to let that happen, because we trust women. When I am President of the United States, and when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedoms for every woman in America, I will sign it into law.

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Listen, here’s the thing that we all know. Here’s the thing we all know. Generations of Americans before us led the fight for freedom. Now, the baton is in our hands, each and every one of us. We who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. We who believe in the freedom to live safe from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban, universal background checks and red flag laws. So much is on the line in this election, and understand, this is not 2016, and this is not 2020. This time around, the stakes are even higher, and that’s because last month, the United States Supreme Court basically just told the former president who has been convicted of fraud that going forward, he will be effectively immune no matter what he does in the White House.

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Think about what that means. Think about what that means in this election. Think about what that means. He’s been effectively told he will be immune if he’s back in the White House. Think about what that means when you remember Donald Trump has openly vowed if re-elected, he will be a dictator on day one, that he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies. Remember that he even called for the “Termination of the Constitution of the United States.” Understand what this means, and let us be very clear. Someone who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States should never again stand behind the seal of the United States President. Never again. Never again. Arizona, it all comes down to this. We are here because we love our country. We love our country.

USA, USA, USA.

We love our country, and I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country. That’s how we preserve the promise of America. After all, the promise of America is what makes it possible for Governor Walz and me to be on the same stage together, because think, two middle-class kids, one a daughter of Oakland, California, who was raised by a working mother, had a summer job at McDonald’s. The other, a son of Nebraska plains who grew up working on a farm. Think about it, only in America is it possible for them together to make it all the way to the White House. Only in America. Only in America.

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We together, all of us, we’re running this campaign on behalf of all Americans, from red states to blue states, from the heartland to the coast. When we are elected, we will govern on behalf of all Americans, all Americans. Arizona, ultimately in this election, I do believe we each, each one of us, we face a question. That question being, what kind of country do we want to live in? Do we want to live in a country of chaos, fear and hate, or a country of freedom, compassion and rule of law? The beauty of our democracy is that we each have the power to answer that question. Each one of us in a democracy has the power to answer that question. The power is with the people, and in the next 88 days, we need you to use your power. We need you to knock on some doors. We need you to register folks to vote. We need you to energize, to mobilize, to organize, and to make your voices heard. Arizona, I ask, are you ready to make your voices heard? Do we believe in freedom? Do we believe in opportunity? Do we believe in the promise of America? Are we ready to fight for it? When we fight, we win. God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.

Freedom, too.

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I break chains all by myself. [inaudible 01:20:04] freedom, rot in hell.

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Hey, I’ma keep running because the winner don’t quit on themselves.

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I’ma wade, I’ma wave through the waters.

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Tell the tide, don’t move.

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I’ma riot, I’ma riot through your borders. Call me bulletproof.

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Love forgive me, I’ve been running, running blind in truth.

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I’ma wade, I’ma wave through your shadowed love, tell it deep, I’m new.

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I’m telling, these tears are going to fall away, fall away. May the last one burn into flames.

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Freedom, freedom, I can’t move. Freedom, cute me loose.

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Freedom, freedom, where are you? Because I need freedom, too.

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I break chains all by myself, don’t let my freedom rot in hell.

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Hey I’ma keep on running because a winner don’t quit on themselves.

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10 Hail Marys, I, meditate for practice. Channel nine news, tell me I’m moving backwards.

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Eight Blacks left, death is around the corner. Seven misleaders statements by my persona. Six headlights waving in my direction. Five-O asking me, what’s in my possession? Yeah, I keep running, jumping the aqua.

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There’s fire, hydrants and hazard, there’s smoke alarms on the back of us.

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But Mama, don’t cry for me. [inaudible 01:22:07] for me, try for me, live for me, breath for me, sing for me. You’re honestly guiding me. Y’all can be more than I got to be.

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Steal from me, lie to me, nation hypocrisy.

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Goad on me, driving me, wicked, my spirit inspired me, like yeah.

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Open correctional gates and high deserts.

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Yeah.

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Open our mind as we cast away oppression.

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Open the streets and watch our beliefs, and when they carve my name inside the concrete, I pray it forever.

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Freedom, freedom, I can’t move. Freedom, cut me loose.

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Freedom, freedom, where are you? Because I need freedom, too.

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I break chains all by myself. Don’t let my freedom rot in hell.

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Hey, I’ma keep running, because a winner don’t quit on themselves.

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What you want from me? Is it true you see a [inaudible 01:23:06]?

I had my ups and downs, but I always find the inner strength to pull myself up.

People, keep on learning.

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Soldiers, keep on warning.

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World, keep on turning, ’cause it won’t be too long.

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Powers, keep on lying, while the people keep on dying’.

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World, keep on turning, ’cause it won’t be too long.

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I’m so darn glad he let me try it again, ’cause my last time on earth, I lived a whole world of sin.

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I’m so glad that I know more than I knew then.

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Gonna keep on trying, til I reach the highest ground.

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Teachers, keep on teaching.

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Preachers, keep on preaching.

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World, keep on turning, ’cause it won’t be too long. Oh, no.

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Lovers, keep on loving.

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Believers, keep on believing.

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Sleepers, just stop sleeping, ’cause it won’t be too long.

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I’m so darn glad he let me try it again, ’cause my last time on earth, I lived a whole world of sin.

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I’m so glad that I know more than I knew then.

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Gonna keep on trying, til I reach my highest ground. Whoo.

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Til I reach my highest ground.

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Don’t you let nobody bring you down, they’ll sho ’nuff try.