[Verse 1] You sold us fear in suits You fed us half-truth meals Hidden hands in marble halls Counting up what pain reveals We see the grin behind the mask We hear the cash in every line You keep the doors locked tight While you pick our pockets blind [Pre-Chorus] But the room is waking up You can feel it in the floor Every lie you piled so high Only makes us want more [Chorus] We rise, we rise No more paper crown (paper crown) We rise, we rise Pull the whole thing down We rise, we rise Your time runs thin now We rise, we rise And the people stand loud [Verse 2] You trade our trust for private jets You trade our blood for fenced-in gold Burned-out towns and broken schools While your story stays controlled But every street got eyes now Every kitchen got a flame You can’t hide the broken truth Once the neighbors say your name [Pre-Chorus] Now the room is waking up Hear it building at the door Every lie you stacked so high Only makes us want more [Chorus] We rise, we rise No more paper crown (paper crown) We rise, we rise Pull the whole thing down We rise, we rise Your time runs thin now We rise, we rise And the people stand loud [Bridge] We’re done being patient Done being small Done letting thieves in power Write the rules for us all Hands in the air Not in surrender Hands in the air To remember [Final Chorus] We rise, we rise No more paper crown (paper crown) We rise, we rise Pull the whole thing down We rise, we rise Your time runs thin now We rise, we rise And the people stand loud We rise, we rise (we rise, we rise) No more paper crown (paper crown)
