[Intro] They drew a line through the dirt Said, “Stand here, know your place” But the ground remembers every foot And every name they tried to erase [Verse 1] Mara keeps the key to the clinic In a tin beside the flour She opens up before the sunrise When the road floods after showers Across the fence, old Mr. Demba Leaves a jug beside her door Nobody asks who gets to drink first There is enough if we make more [Pre-Chorus] You can measure us in numbers You can price the hours we give But a person is not a ledger And a life is not a thing to sell [Chorus] We are more than what you take More than names on a page Hand to hand, we hold the line No one left outside If one voice breaks, the rest reply If one roof falls, we raise it high We are here, and we remain Human beings, not your game [Verse 2] At the mill, the night shift gathers By the cracked clock in the hall They trade the names of those laid off And write each number on the wall A boy brings bread from his mother A woman brings the union sheet They sign beside the empty spaces Then carry both into the street [Pre-Chorus] You can bury every promise Under paperwork and stone But a neighbor knows your hunger And no one has to face it alone [Chorus] We are more than what you take More than names on a page Hand to hand, we hold the line No one left outside If one voice breaks, the rest reply If one roof falls, we raise it high We are here, and we remain Human beings, not your game [Post-Chorus] Not your number Not your debt Not a life you can forget We are breathing We are near When you call, the hands are here [Verse 3] A mother waits outside the courthouse With her son asleep against her coat She has carried every stamped rejection Like a stone beneath her throat Then a stranger takes the little boy So she can read the final line She looks up, and finds a hundred people Holding space and holding time [Bridge] Let the locked doors hear us Let the cold rooms know There is no honest future Built by keeping people low No one earns the right to matter No one has to prove their worth Every life arrives with meaning Every hand belongs on earth [Breakdown] Say their names Keep them near Share the water Make room here Say their names Keep them near No one is disposable No one disappears [Final Chorus] We are more than what you take More than names on a page Hand to hand, we hold the line No one left outside If one voice breaks, the rest reply If one roof falls, we raise it high We are here, and we remain Human beings, not your game [Final Chorus] We are more than what you take More than names on a page Hand to hand, we hold the line No one left outside If one voice breaks, the rest reply If one roof falls, we raise it high We are here, and we remain Human beings, not your game [Outro] Mara leaves the clinic open Demba fills the jug again One small promise passed between us Can outlast the hands that fence us in
