Americas on fire
~#**************#~
Theres protests in the street
~#**************#~
Her conscience has been looted
~#**************#~
And her soul is under siege
~#**************#~
Another mothers crying, as history repeats
~#**************#~
I cant breathe
~#**************#~
[Verse 2]
~#**************#~
God damn those 8 long minutes
~#**************#~
Lying face down in cuffs on the ground
~#**************#~
Bystanders pleaded for mercy
~#**************#~
As one, cop shoved a kid in the crowd
~#**************#~
When did a judge and a jury
~#**************#~
Become a badge and a knee
~#**************#~
On these streets?
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Stay alive, stay alive
~#**************#~
Shine a light, stay alive
~#**************#~
Use your voice and you remember me
~#**************#~
American reckoning
~#**************#~
[Verse 3]
~#**************#~
Ill never know what its like
~#**************#~
To walk a mile in his shoes
~#**************#~
And Ill never have to have the talk
~#**************#~
So it dont happen to you
~#**************#~
Three little words written ‘cross the chest
~#**************#~
Of a twelve year old who hasnt lived life yet
~#**************#~
“Am I next? Am I next?”
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Stay alive, stay alive
~#**************#~
Shine a light, stay alive
~#**************#~
Use your voice and you remember me
~#**************#~
American reckoning
~#**************#~
[Instrumental Break]
~#**************#~
[Bridge]
~#**************#~
Is this a moment or movement?
~#**************#~
Is this the tide or a flood?
~#**************#~
Is our American reckoning?
~#**************#~
Our story written in blood
~#**************#~
Or in love
~#**************#~
Or in peace
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Stay alive, stay alive
~#**************#~
Shine a light, stay alive
~#**************#~
Use your voice and you remember me
~#**************#~
Stay alive, stay alive
~#**************#~
Shine a light, stay alive
~#**************#~
Use your voice and you remember me
~#**************#~
American reckoning
~#**************#~
In our American reckoning
