Rise Again

Break down my walls

But I will rise again

'Cause I stand stall

In my environment

How could I ever close my eyes

And stay silent since

They tried to take me down

With their violence

So when I see my people fight off the evil, just know, this ain't new

A picture can be framed but every eye will see a different view

So when I hear the chants

When I hear the screams

When I see the horrible scenes

When I see the horrid things coming from human beings

I pray that one day

A new way

Will take over

What it's like to breathe life in a coma

We're so blind to the pain of the other

We must see beyond me in this struggle

Break down my walls

But I will rise again

'Cause I stand stall

In my environment

How could I ever close my eyes

And stay silent since

They tried to take me down

With their violence

Compassion

Empathy

Open heart

I know it's hard

Some march on the boulevard

Some build, some pull apart

Some blame, some do their part

Bring light when we're in the dark

Stuck between a rock and a hard place

Scarred face, burnt arms it's alarming

How we can't hold space

For multiple truths, multiple hues

Talking 'bout vacuums

Sucked into the social chat rooms

Discussing disgust but ain't

Taking no action

Thinking that you know but it's only a fraction

How you get the answers without asking

The math ain't mathin

Break down my walls

But I will rise again

'Cause I stand stall

In my environment

How could I ever close my eyes

And stay silent since

They tried to take me down

With their violence

So many persons hurtin'

But they still put the work in and you can't?

Try and change things that are more uncertain

Than they've ever been

Submerged in the open seas

Look at all these vets with ptsd

Zero discernment

But decipher the codes

Thinking you know

Easy to eat the apple from the serpent

Media servant

Regurgitate these words for what purpose?

Are you adding more fuel to the flames?

Will this bring change?

Will this sustain?

Or will this be another stain

That adds to the pain?

Break down my walls

But I will rise again

'Cause I stand stall

In my environment

How could I ever close my eyes

And stay silent since

They tried to take me down

With their violence

Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh

Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh

Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh

But I will rise again

'Cause I stand stall

In my environment

How could I ever close my eyes

And stay silent since

They tried to take me down

With their violence

But I will rise again