| I’ve seen a black cloud rise up over Capitol Hill
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| I’ve seen the purple mountains majesty melt into mounds of pills
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| I saw two towers crumble, seen three colors become grey
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| I’ve seen my neighbor’s father pack up to go protect this land
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| He went and left his family to fight that terror in a desert sand
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| I never saw him come back and they never found the things they said that they
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| would
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| I’ve seen my mother break down, drop down onto her knees
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| Didn’t know if she’d afford a mortgage in this land said to be free
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| My father lost his job, we lost it all, three colors became grey
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| I’ve seen thunder and lightening, I’ve seen dark clouds of rain
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| The devil try to bring me down, but he ain’t gonna bring me down today
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| No, not today
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| I’ve seen a mental gunman take down a church of nine
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| I’ve seen our homeland ripped down taking out animals, plants of wild
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| But I’ve seen a black man rise up, I’ve seen segregation fall
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| I’ve seen the sick be cured by the knowledge of man
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| I’ve seen the starving homeless be saved by the helping hands
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| You see that purple out there, the mountains are rising up
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| I’ve seen thunder and lightening, I’ve seen dark clouds of rain
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| The devil tryin' to bring me down, but he ain’t gonna bring me down
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| No, he ain’t gonna bring me down
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| No, he ain’t gonna bring me down today
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| There is an answer out there despite all the trialed times
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| 'Cause life is like our ocean, the waves come and then they pass on by
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| Yeah, I know I’m young, but age does not define the wise
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| I’ve seen thunder and lightening, I’ve seen dark clouds of rain
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| The devil tryin' to bring me down, but he ain’t gonna bring me down today
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| No, not today
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| Well the dark clouds they came
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| And three colors they turned grey
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| And yes, for a little while we began to lose our way
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| But if we come together we might realize we’re all the same
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| Devil’s tryin' to bring U.S. down, but he ain’t gonna bring us down today
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| The eagle’s gonna rise up
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| Hope is on the way
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| We are the 50 ways
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| We are the 50 ways
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| We are the 50 ways |