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let’s fill our lungs
with all the breaths that were snatched away,
that never lived to see these days,
as we hold them in to exhale on better ones
here we are, we’ve only just begun
and who knows, where these dreams will lead us
if we block the paths of ones sent to deceive us,
we turn them back to their senders, those owners of hateful minds,
we let them know they’re not our kind, here — we make space for progress to thrive
cos’ we believe in a different kind of world, we let wisdom gift us pearls
we raise our glasses to ancestors, their blood was spilled to protect us
remember back in the day, being overworked and underpaid
we felt silenced and unseen, our tired bones tired of struggling
wherever we lay our heads tonight, we gather stamina for one more and another fight
for everything that we go through, I’m so grateful to be close to
ones that stand by me to the death, hand in hand til our last breaths
breathe with me, feel with me
if you believe in a different kind of world, then let wisdom gift us pearls
let’s fill our lungs with all the breaths, pour the love out of our chests
soon we will overcome, our eyes stay lit up by the Sun
