Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jlin
Programming
Camae Ayewa
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jerrilynn Patton
Songwriter
Camae Ayewa
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jlin
Producer
Heba Kadry
Mastering Engineer
Dust Reid
Producer
Elia Einhorn
Co-Producer
Katie Garcia
Co-Producer
Massima Bell
Producer
Terrance Thomas
Co-Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We've been through so much
Created futures from less than nothing
Stonewall, Paradise Garage
Fire's ball roamin' the night
[Verse 2]
We've been through so much
Riots, spit, protesting the night
Fight to be, fight to be, fight to be, fight to be
Free in the daylight
[Verse 3]
We've been through so much
Carry grief for those not accounted for
Bodies lost in the wind
Fighting, fighting, fighting all over again to be seen
In the daylight
Fighting, fighting, fighting to be free in the daylight
In the daylight
[Verse 4]
For them lives cut short
Can't carry the weight of what humanity has become
No compassion, war brain syndrome
Go to war with what they can't control
See they can't see that they lost control
Narrative run wild
Hate passed down and earned
Communities become targets
Fires still burn
[Verse 5]
Look at us know all mourning
Young lives cut way too short
Gone way too soon
And way too soon coming one day
Overcoming, hear our name, here our number
When the saints come marching in
Marching in not to kill us
But help us create another way out of loss-ness
Fear coffins more often, shift caution
We've been through so much
We've been through so much
Written by: Camae Ayewa, Jerrilynn Patton