[Intro] Same sun, same streets Same blood, one beat From Kingston rain To concrete heat (Yeah) [Verse 1] They drew them lines on a paper map Then told us trust that tear and gap But the sky never asked what shade you are Clouds don’t care who you pray to, star Grandma said, “Child, don’t drink that hate It dries your heart, it warps your fate” If pain got a passport, it stamps us all From favelas to flats to ghost-gray halls They sell us fear like a flagship brand Same old script in a fresh new hand But I won’t let their small talk shrink my view I see the world in a wider hue You bleed red, I bleed red too Cut one of us, we all leak truth If power loves walls, let’s learn that math: Brick by brick, we reclaim this path [Pre-Chorus] Hands up, not in surrender Hands up, promise to remember Every face is a family tree Roots run deeper than an enemy [Chorus] One world, under the same sun (same sun) Many colors but we all one (all one, hey) Hold firm, love is the language We don’t inherit hate, we’re taught that damage So we sing, “No race over another” Every shade is a sister, brother From the islands to the inner city Same heart, same hurt, same dignity [Verse 2] Look—bias coded in the morning news They crop the frame so you lose the clues Call you “threat” when you’re just sixteen Same books, same dreams, caught in that screen But listen—identity’s not a weapon It’s a archive, living lesson Culture’s a garden, not a cage Let it bloom, don’t burn the page Some pray East, some pray West Some wear turbans, some wear vests But grief got the same wet on every cheek And joy got the same laugh when elders speak They said “go back,” I said “go where?” I’m from every place that learned to share My accent a map of the trade and tears Still I dance through the weight of years If history’s doors been slammed in your face Kick that hinge, repaint that space Justice ain’t charity, justice a debt We cash that check, not just accept [Pre-Chorus] Hands up, buildin’ a future Hands up, healer, not accuser Every border is a story line We can edit that, redefine [Chorus] One world, under the same sun (same sun) Many colors but we all one (all one, hey) Hold firm, love is the language We don’t inherit hate, we’re taught that damage So we sing, “No race over another” Every shade is a sister, brother From the islands to the inner city Same heart, same hurt, same dignity [Bridge] Who taught you that fear? Who sold you that lie? Who profits when we Stop seeing eye to eye? If hatred is learned It can be unlearned If respect is earned It can be returned (Oh-oh, yeah) Stand up in the place you stand Pass the courage hand to hand Teach the babies they belong Every heartbeat joins this song [Chorus] One world, under the same sun (same sun) Many colors but we all one (all one, hey) Hold firm, love is the language We don’t inherit hate, we’re taught that damage So we sing, “No race over another” Every shade is a sister, brother From the islands to the inner city Same heart, same hurt, same dignity [Outro] Same sun, same streets (same sun) Same blood, one beat (one beat) When we rise as a million “we” Every chain looks small to me (yeah)
