We Shall Be Free

Garth Brooks did that in 1992 in a song called "We Shall Be Free," the first song, and certainly the first hit country song, to include gay people in the message that when we're free to love anyone we choose, we shall be free.

That year, Garth Brooks came under fire with his song "We Shall Be Free" due to the phrases "When we're free to love anyone we choose" and "When we all can worship from our own kind of pew" mentioned in the song. Stations refused to play the song because it was either too controversial or it didn't fit their moral standards. There were stations that did play the song and said they only played it because they were obligated to play all country singles that were released unless they fell off the charts. But Garth stood by his song and the message behind it. Garth made a statement that basically said, there are many different kinds of people in the world and we all need to learn to live with each other in peace, and that's what the song represents. (Not an exact quote)

We Shall Be Free lyrics

This ain't comin' from no prophet
Just an ordinary man
When I close my eyes I see
The way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand

When the last child cries for a crust of bread
When the last man dies for just words that he said
When there's shelter over the poorest head
We shall be free

When the last thing we notice is the color of skin
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within
When the skies and the oceans are clean again
Then we shall be free

We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud
'Cause we shall be free
When we're free to love anyone we choose
When this world's big enough for all different views
When we all can worship from our own kind of pew
Then we shall be free
We shall be free

We shall be free
Have a little faith
Hold out
'Cause we shall be free

And when money talks for the very last time
And nobody walks a step behind
When there's only one race and that's mankind
Then we shall be free

We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith, hold out
We shall be free

We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, have a little faith

We shall be free

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