[Intro] From the coast to the hill From the drum to the school One Earth, one breath One future, one rule [Verse 1] My grandmother taught me names In a language older than maps Her hands held a woven flame That time could never snap I saw it in market smiles In codes passed plate to plate Different roots, same river song Same hunger, same faith A child with a book in hand A dancer on painted ground One learns by asking why One answers with a sound [Pre-Chorus] Lift it up, let it go Let the walls all fall If we carry one another We can carry all [Chorus] One world, one voice We rise, we rise Hands in the circle Eyes to the sky One world, one voice We rise, we rise (cultural diversity for dialogue and development) We rise tonight [Verse 2] Hear the elders on the porch Hear the poets in the street Hear the farmer, hear the nurse Hear the makers with the beat No child born to be locked In a fear somebody fed Truth grows where the tables turn And everyone gets bread Teach the young to build bridges Not the kind that burn away Teach them how to greet a stranger Like a tomorrow coming day From the harbor to the desert From the jungle to the snow Every flag can share the wind And still keep what makes it glow [Pre-Chorus] Lift it up, let it go Let the walls all fall If we carry one another We can carry all [Chorus] One world, one voice We rise, we rise Hands in the circle Eyes to the sky One world, one voice We rise, we rise (cultural diversity for dialogue and development) We rise tonight [Bridge] Mm, we are many Yet we belong Different names, same heartbeat Different drums, same song Sing it in Arabic Sing it in Swahili Sing it in English Sing it, sing it freely No one above, no one behind We move as people, not lines Build the table wider Let compassion be the sign [Final Chorus] One world, one voice We rise, we rise Hands in the circle Eyes to the sky One world, one voice We rise, we rise (cultural diversity for dialogue and development) We rise tonight [Outro] From the coast to the hill From the drum to the school One Earth, one breath One future, one rule One love, one road One shared human light We rise, we rise We rise tonight
