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They said the story was ancient, but I see it every day.
Listen up, it’s the One against the ninety-nine!
No trippin’ up, we heaven sent from the divine
History don’t repeat, nah, it just rhymes
Same fear dressed up in a different design
Moses stood up! So we must stand
On this earth right here, given by Your hand
One voice, one heart, one promised land
Pharaohs in the system, yeah we’re callin’ them out
Power to the people, that’s what this is about!
No tyrant, no badge, no dollar, no crown
Can drown out a people who refuse to bow down
Only to the One above we fall, we speak, we call
The story of Moses we do recall
Pharaoh on our backs but we rise with spirit
Yeah, people got a power and we’re gonna live it!
From the pipelines pushed through Native land
To the prisons packed tight ’cause profit demand
No tear gas cloud or billionaire’s plan
Can silence this crowd or make us forget Sudan!
From the homeless on the corners to the kids in debt
To the hands up, don’t shoot, yeah we won’t forget
From the borders they build to the wages they freeze
We’re the storm they fear, we’re tired of saying please!
Got a whole tribe with me, we don’t fold, we don’t flee
Turn a whisper to a roar, break the lock, set it free!
There’s a burning bush moment in every crowd
When a whisper grows big and gets too loud
Pharaohs of the day think the world’s on repeat
We’re here to break the cycle, we won’t accept defeat
Praying on our knees helped us rise to our feet
Moses took a stand, now it echoes in me!
With a million hearts strong that's a whole new sea!
We stand in the river like Moses did,
Fear in our lungs but we still won’t quit
When the pressure builds up, that’s the moment we rise
No chains on our name, no fear in our eyes
No crown above the people when the people awake
Every lie, every fear, we break the chains they make
From the stories of the past comes the strength we claim
Let the tyrants tremble when they hear our name
Their power an illusion, their grip overblown
Cause everything they built will be overthrown
We’ll take back the streets they said we don’t own
So hold your ground when the night gets cold
Cause a thousand-year story’s in the fists we hold
When we move together, corruption will be undone
Yeah, a sea parts fast when people rise as one!
Check it, yeah we got plagues of our own:
Students graduate, debts heavy like stone
Prices so high, we can’t afford a home
From the workers on strike to the mom on the train,
To the kid skipping meals to the addict in pain
You can hear it in the sirens, taste it in the air,
When the rent’s too high and the system don’t care.
Pollution in the water, algorithms that track,
A healthcare system that’ll break your back.
Warnings ring out – but will the leaders react?
Pharaoh’s got an upgrade: suit, tie, and a grin,
Smiling at the press while the world caves in.
He don’t need a crown when the dollar’s his throne
Oppression got upgrades but the script’s still known
Rulin’ over us now, disguised as a corporation
Time to fight back, shareholder liberation!
I see dead kids being pulled from the rubble
Listen up 1 percent, time to burst your bubble
Hear the drums, feel the march, let the whole world see
Yeah I’ll say it, Palestine will be free!
Nothing can stop a people rising up from the debris.
They say the world’s too heavy, the system too big
But I’ve seen what can happen when the seas do split
There’s a burning bush moment in every crowd
When a whisper grows big and gets too loud
Pharaohs of the day think the world’s on repeat
We’re here to break the cycle, we won’t accept defeat
Praying on our knees helped us rise to our feet
Moses took a stand, now it echoes in me!
With a million hearts strong that's a whole new sea!
Cost of livin’ crisis, let’s rise up to fight this
Every protest chant has a rhythm that leans
On the shoulders of those who tore through regimes.
All is not lost, never thirst, never fear
When you strike the stone, cool springs can appear
To lead my own people from the darkness they’re in,
Build a new world where the righteous can win
The promised land isn’t lost, it’s a world made fair
Where the kids can play and breathe clean air
Where the weak stand tall ’cause the strong all share
Breakin’ chains that were built in order to deceive
We’re the wave, we’re the tide, the ones who believe!
Peace to my brother, steadfast and true,
His story a lantern to light what we do.
And when I’m tested — as all souls are tried
I’ll call on my Lord, with Moses by my side
So let the waters part. Let the old world drown.
Let the pillars of injustice come crashing down
When the tide finally stops, we rewrite that line
Where a sea once stood, now the path is mine.
Yeah, Moses lit the fuse - now it burns in you and me
Spread the news - we were always destined to cross the
sea
An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.