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I have a voice I have opinions I am more than my sexuality Than a novelty Than my gender Last night at a gay night club called Pulse Our world lost 50 souls People who had gone there to be free To be who they were Please don't censor me I don't want this to fade into history To become a story told in passing about a tragedy I want it to be a warning of what hatred can do It can warp a person until they can do Horrible unspeakable things And that's just the thing So many people want these things to stop What are we even doing about it Shout out the answer Don't be shy We can't just let 50 people die in vain That's insane We need to find a way to fix this mess Those people were victims of one person's hate 50 dining room chairs emptied by the twisted intimidated thoughts of one man What if others become overwhelmed with hate What are we supposed to do? Please don't censor me Let this go down in history Because no one's gonna listen to me But that doesn't mean I didn't try to tell you so When America decides to not be so ignorant let me know Hopefully love and understanding can only grow From here Who knows maybe by this time next year we will have ended this needless violence So no more voices go silent Because we are more than our bodies We are more than our sexualities We are more than novelties We are more than genders We are people , humans, and voices And we should stand together