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Break Free
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Xiuhtezcatl
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Break free We sing it with our hands up in the air Freedom Break free Sing it to the land on which we walk Freedom Break free Sing it to the people who've lost hope Free them We sing it with our hands held high We exist for this resistance, with our flags held high Tipping points are behind us, we watching the tides rise Drawn to divide and conquer we're reaching across line I'm searching for a sign that it's not too late That everything that I've fought for is not in vain There's one letter in my name for every year that I’ve sacrificed Good kid in a mad world Fire in the eyes of young boy Watching the world up in flames Fall away, tears running like rivers towards the ocean Trying to speak my truth but I'm choking Passing me the torch, I was born into a world already broken My brothers losing hope and I'm still hoping He can see his silence inspired the world and set movements in motion No matter the adversity we face The greater the challenge the higher we'll rise to fight for change And you don't even need a microphone to lead the nation Giving up's not an option but nobody said this struggle would be painless It's never been easy We need the dark to see the stars The sun matters the most when it's stops raining It's written on our banners and our walls, break free The weight of the world's not enough to break me The breaking down of this system's what it takes to reach break through You can't let the pain of this sinister world break you Chorus: Follow me, follow me, I'm following the horizon Light in the fire, we finding the way we rising Higher and higher we riding the wave through the night And turning the tide we got in the way rising Break free '92 Mama's vision at the torch Give the power to the youth We're not silent anymore We plant the seeds, we lit the spark Now we watch the movement grow Youth are taking back the power around the globe Break free Change the system now, set my people free Break free Marching out of schools, taking to the streets Break free Our generation going down in history We carrying the legacy we breaking free, breaking free Break free The process I’m becoming that I've undergone Break free Swept under the currents I been running from 18 cycles around the sun but it's not enough I'm still making sacrifices, learning lessons, growing up Premonitions of the end, expeditions, searching other planets for answers because we're all afraid of looking within I wipe away my past, trauma of my history My ancestors walk with me, delivering my legacy I will remember where I come from and who I am I am Indigenous, my blood is spilled on the sand They try to steal my language, to erase my past, couldn't strip me of my culture It became my path Mexica [?] Don't let it break you, because breakdowns lead to breakthroughs Following, following, we following the horizon We lighting the fire, we finding a way, we rising Higher and higher We riding the wave through the night and turning the tide We got in the way Now is the time Break free Change the system now, set my people free Break free Marching out of schools, taking to the streets Break free Our generation going down in history We carrying the legacy we breaking free, breaking free Break free Hands up for the world we changing Break free Hands up for this movement in the making Break free There is no better time to be alive I can see the vision, watch my people rise People rise Rappers ain't the only ones to chase paper Politicians play the role of leading but leaderships is at an all time low Follow the dollar, rigged elections and phony bills Executive orders reinforcing borders while oil spills Crisis across the nation, real issues drowned by entertainment He don’t stand for the people His whole agenda is soaked in hatred Putting these stories in my verse is how I doc*ment it Fearing for my family 'cause my father is undoc*mented We haven't seen an end to the oppression and violence Rubber bullets metal shrapnel followed by silence Meant to protect the people now police turned militant The citizens resisting this incident are innocent Shutting down prayer camps and cancelling the climate negotiations, nothing is changing I’m sick of being patient I'm sick of you and your complacence The time we're wasting with money chasing Now there's poison in the water basin Blood on the concrete, cops takin' black lives Someone's father, someone son, more than just a black life My flags hung upside down, democracy is threatened The youth are crying for help but still they fail to listen Fires on the mountain, rising of the seas My people sick of oppression so we takin' to the streets The power of the people’s more powerful than people in power Faced with the end, with our lives and legacy on the line You're telling time there's no time deciding our own fate I believe this can be our finest hour The power of the people’s more powerful than people in power I believe this can be our finest hour The power of the people’s more powerful than people in power Break free I believe this can be our finest hour Following, following, we following the horizon We lighting the fire, we finding a way, we rising Higher and higher We riding the wave through the night and turning the tide We got in the way Now is the time Break free Hands up for the world we changing Break free Hands up for this movement in the making Break free There is no better time to be alive Break free I see the signs, now is the time Chorus: Following, following, we following the horizon We lighting the fire, we finding a way, we rising Higher and higher We riding the wave through the night and turning the tide We got in the way Now is the time Following, following, (I can see my people rise, people rise) We following the horizon We lighting the fire, we finding a way, we rising I can see my people rise The power of the people’s more powerful than people in power Break free I believe this can be our finest hour
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