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letra de rise - zakiyyah

rise lyrics

verse 1:
i try to keep my patience but my spirit’s growing hardy/
hoping i won’t have to tell my predecessor’s sorry/
the time’s been up for justice but as usual we tardy/
cuz we been lookin’ for our invitations to the party/
a seat at someone else’s table eatin’ smaller portions/
instead of pooling resources to create a fortune/
we conceived our own once but opted for abortion/
and the ones we brought to life soon became orphans/
a black white house crеated an amnesia/
put evеn the wokest under luring anesthesia/
and we’ve always got a threat to our development/
cuz some of these supremacists are out here wearing melanin/
we giving accolades to people too quick to forgive/
and wonder why they keep challenging our basic right to live/
all these years still dreaming, mlk/
all these tears and ain’t one bill been paid/
how many cheeks turn before you’re just a pushover?/
how long before the chance to turn things around is over?/
much respect to king, but now we need to understand/
we can’t afford a dream this time, we really need a plan/
only a fool placates to the morality of people who have yet to face their own innate brutality/
and if we really wanted liberty as a reality/
we wouldn’t ask permission to protect our own vitality/
chorus:
rise, fight, grow, repeat
rise, fight, grow, repeat
rise, fight, grow, repeat
rise and grow
rise, fight and grow

verse 2:
imagine having a stranger stab you in the back/
knife all twisted up to leave a trail of blood to track/
then the next day, they invite you out to eat/
acting like ain’t nothing happen, knife still planted nice and deep/
i can’t think of any f–ing thing more insulting/
besides the people who sit down to eat and feel exalted/
thick lips, big back, fit for just a savage/
fast forward white girls buy ‘em–they the baddest/
we could’ve taken up arms but didn’t take a look/
cuz while this sh-t went down our heads were stuck inside the book/
praying to a god who saw the chains and turned away/
much like the people he’s protected up until this day/
coulda had our own wakanda and built a nation/
but we chose integration begging for representation/
we like equality, but prefer to be the token/
narcissism is rewarded by the cultures of the broken/
a smile on a black face is revolutionary/
but a smile that remains conscious is luminary/
so be angry–but never let ‘em steal your joy/
be peaceful, but prepare to deploy/
don’t mistake the words that i’m sayin’ in this song/
we can still win but can’t repeat what we did wrong/
it’s not a sorry regret, but it’s a call-to-action/
to put excuses down and finally make our visions happen/
chorus:
rise, fight, grow, repeat
rise, fight, grow, repeat
rise, fight, grow, repeat
rise and grow
rise, fight and grow

adlibs:
wonder why they keep challenging our basic right to live/
some of these supremacists are out here wearing melanin/
narcissism is rewarded by the cultures of the broken/
we can still win—it’s a call-to-action/

-preacher –
make no mistake about it that god will handle your enemies/
god said love thy enemies as you love yourself, can i get an amen?/
this young man may be gone today but tomorrow, we will see justice!/
this young man died in a tragic way but i believe that god has a plan!/

rise. fight

-dialogue scene-
mother: i just want justice for my son
officer: on the ground now!
boy: come on man, let me go!
officer: get on the ground!
mother: he never bothered n0body, he was a good kid
officer: he’s resisting, hold him down!
boy: come on man, that hurts!
mother: but i have to forgive them for what they’ve done
officer: hold him down!
boy: i can’t breathe
mother: because they’re gonna have to live with that for the rest of their lives
boy: i can’t breathe
rise, fight, and grow
cop: suspect down. request emt immediately

- zakiyyah

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