[GAVROCHE] How do you do? My name's Gavroche These are the people, here's my patch Not much to look at, nothing posh Nothing that you'd call up to scratch This is my school, my high society Here in the slums of Saint Michel We live on crumbs of humble piety Tough on the teeth, but what the hell Think you're poor? Think you're free? Follow me, follow me! [BEGGARS] Look down, and show Some mercy if you can! Look down, look down! Upon your fellow man [GAVROCHE] There was a time we killed the king We tried to change the world too fast Now we have got another king He is no better than the last This is the land that fought for liberty Now when we fight, we fight for bread Here is the thing about equality Everyone's equal when they're dead Take your place, take your chance Vive la France, vive la France! [BEGGARS] Look down And show some mercy if you can! Look down, look down! Upon your fellow man When's it gonna end? When we gonna live? Something's got to happen now Something's got to give It'll come, it'll come, it'll come, it'll come, it'll come [ENJOLRAS] Where are the leaders of the land? Where is the king who runs this show? [MARIUS] Only one man, General Lamarque Speaks for the people, here below Lamarque is ill and fading fast Won't last a week, how so they say [ENJOLRAS] With all the anger in the land How long before the judgment day? Before we cut the fat ones down to size? Before the barricades arise? [STUDENTS] Vive la France! Vive la France! Vive la France! Vive la France!
One can never get tired of the contrast, a child's voice standing up to the rotten establishment and its 'dignitaries' with all his mind, body, and soul.
Thought about this today amidst the whole COVID-19 thing. "When's it gonna end? When we gonna live? Something's gotta happen now, something's gotta give."
