DESCRIPTION:
Peter Mulvey wrote this song after the massacre at Emanuel AME Church, then invited other songwriters to add a verse. Many focused on one of the people who were murdered that day, while others address Bree Newsome or even the killer himself.
Mine was written today, after the flag in Charleston came down, but one still flies in DC. And several states throughout the south still put the confederate flag on their license plates if folks pay extra.

Peter Mulvey & Ellis July 12, 2015
Written by Peter Mulvey, Ellis, and Terri Delaney
TAKE DOWN YOUR FLAG

Every flag over Charleston is at half-mast today except one.
Except one.
Every flag over Charleston is at half-mast today except one.
Except one.

Take down your flag to half-mast.
Take down your flag to half-staff.
Take down your flag to half mast.

In the South Where I grew up
We said we "didn’t see race”
I didn’t know at the time, but we just looked the other way
Nine lives have been lost because of what we didn’t say
Silence is a flag saying this hatred is okay

For Cynthia Hurd, Suzie Jackson, Twanza Sanders, Dpain Middleton Doctor, Ethel Lee Lance, Rev Shiranda Coleman Singleton, Myra Thompson, Rev Daniel L Simmons Sr, Sen Rev Clementa Pickney

I believe love will conquer hate too....

And now let’s Take down your flags in Alabama,
In Georgia, and Louisiana,
In Maryland, Mississippi, and Virginia
In Tennessee and both Carolinas
Take it off of your state license plates...

It will take all of the love in all of our hearts,
and it will also take something more.
It will take all of the love in all of our hearts,
and it will also take something more.

Take down your flag to half-mast (in DC)
Take down your flag to half-staff (for our country)
Take down your flag to half mast.
Then take it down for good.