Laid off NOAA Employees Sing in Protest Against DOGE and Elon Musk: ‘This Joy that I Have the World Didn’t Give It to Me …’

UNKNOWN MALE: “Thank you for coordinating. Now for another selection from Rapid Response Choir.”
DI LIBERTO: “People’s movements are built on hope, strength, joy, and pride. Do you have hope?”
CROWD: “Yes!”
DI LIBERTO: “Do you have strength?”
CROWD: “Yes!”
DI LIBERTO: “Do you have joy?”
CROWD: “Yes!”
DI LIBERTO: “People out there are going to try to tear you down, but the world outside can’t take us down, and that’s what this song is about. Can you sing?”
CROWD: “Yes!”
DI LIBERTO: “Can you clap?”
CROWD: “Yes!”
UNKNOWN FEMALE: “This joy —“
DI LIBERTO: “Joy.
UNKNOWN FEMALE: “— this — this is the lyrics. This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me, the world can’t take it away. Very simple, sing with us.”
CHOIR and CROWD [sing]: “This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. The world didn’t give it, the world can’t take it away.”
UNKNOWN FEMALE: “Strenght.”
CHOIR and CROWD [sing]: “This strenght that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. This strenght that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. This strenght that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. The world didn’t give it, the world can’t take it away.”
UNKNOWN FEMALE: “Love.”
CHOIR and CROWD [sing]: “This love that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. This love that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. This love that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. The world didn’t give it, the world can’t take it away.”
UNKNOWN FEMALE: “Pride. It’s pride.”
CHOIR and CROWD [sing]: “This pride that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. This pride that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. This pride that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. The world didn’t give it, the world can’t take it away.”
UNKNOWN FEMALE: “Last one, that’s joy. Yes.
CHOIR and CROWD [sing]: “This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me. The world didn’t give it, the world can’t take it away.”
(Cheering and Applause)
UNKNOWN FEMALE: “Thank you for singing!”
UNKNOWN MALE: “Thank you Rapid Response Choir!”
(Cheering and Applause)