Brer Rabbit - Rise lyrics

[Verse 1:] So much pain, we Don't know how to be but angry Feel infected, like we've got gangrene Please don't let anybody try to change me Me, just me In the middle of a sea full of faces, full of faces Some laugh, some salivate What's in your alleyway, recycling bins or bullet cases? It's not equal, it's not fair We're different people but we're not scared We ain't never scared to pave a new path Make a new street, build a new bridge Say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, free slaves running? Song's words weren't right, now a new day's coming The few stay stunnin' while the many are handsome Your soul is alive, but they want it for ransom The base drummin' is the anthem We step to the heartbeats of our granddaughters and grandsons, and [Hook] Rise together, we rise together We rise together, we rise together We rise together, we rise together We rise together, we rise together [Verse 2] Lost hope and found need Grounded by our surroundings Did the walls scream universities? Or you and I verse the T's? React automatic and we burst when squeezed And make 9/11 each emergency Urgency, amber to red, like the turnin' leaves Oh, please let the hurtin' cease And don't let apathy police the populace We will march across Those stereotypes that were marked for us The answer's obvious, we switch the consonants And change the sword to words and lift continents [Hook] Rise together, we rise together We rise together, we rise together We rise together, we rise together We rise together, we rise together [Guitar solo] [Hook] Rise together, we rise together We rise together, we rise together We rise together, we rise together We rise together, we rise together [Outro] If you believe in redemption I'm callin' to you from another dimension If you believe in redemption I'm callin' to you from another dimension If you believe in redemption I'm callin' to you from another dimension If you believe in redemption I'm callin' to you from another dimension