[Introduction] Old drumheads split beneath the weight, A low-end tremor seals the gate. [Chant] Ooh-la-ya, hear the ground! (Hear the ground!) Raise your hands, let the walls come down! [Verse 1] From the ridge where the salt wind cuts, We carried names in our clenched-up guts. Old hands taught us the pulse and pace, No chain can keep what remembers its place. The floorboards buck when the low notes bite, We hold our line through the pressure tonight. You hear that call from the far hillside? We answer back; we don't divide. [Chorus] Jah-no-vi-ah, shake the ground! (Cut through the weight!) We won't bow down! Raise up the drum, let the whole wall fall! One voice, one fire, answering all! [Verse 2] Count it—one, two, teeth set, shoulders square, You built that wall; we brought the weight to bear. Brick by brick, every lie comes loose, You call it order; we call it a noose. I learned that rhythm where the hard roads bend, A promise kept when the daylight ends. No borrowed crown, no permission slip, We speak our names with a clenched-up grip. When the kick lands, let the old locks split, When the bass rolls, let the whole room shift. You drew the line; now watch us cross— We turn that fear into fuel, not loss. [Chorus] Jah-no-vi-ah, shake the ground! (Cut through the weight!) We won't bow down! Raise up the drum, let the whole wall fall! One voice, one fire, answering all! [Breakdown] Down—down—feel the stone give way! No more silence, no more delay! Rise up! Rise up! We are still here! [Final Chorus] Jah-no-vi-ah, shake the ground! (Cut through the weight!) We won't bow down! Raise up the drum, let the whole wall fall! One voice, one fire, answering all! [Outro] Ooh-la-ya, the walls come down. One voice remains. We hold our ground.
