[INTRO ā PIANO + BASS GROOVE] Before you ask why somebody runs, maybe ask yourself who owned the ground. [VERSE 1 ā GROOVE / MALE VOCAL] The ground had a name before he learned to walk. Some people inherit gold, some inherit the cost. Some names open doors, some faces make them wait. Some are born into fortune, some are born too late. Grandpa left a name, a scar and a story. Whispered through the night so the children could dream. But hunger changes everything when there's nothing on the shelf. They call it a choice when survival chooses itself. [PRE-CHORUS ā BUILD] If you grew up with nothing, you learned to give your share. If you grew up with everything, did you ever learn to care? [CHORUS ā BIG POP-SOUL] Don't let the weight of the world take the fire from your heart. Don't let the color of your skin tell you who you are. Oh, don't let it, no, don't let it bring you down. There's a story in your blood, there's a heartbeat in the ground. Before the first cry, before the first sound, something was already waiting to push somebody down. [VERSE 2 ā FUNK / RAP GROOVE] The city kept on growing, building higher every day. But some people stayed behind while the money found its way. Mama counting every coin, turning numbers into prayers. A kid trying to imagine a future that feels fair. And when somebody breaks down, everybody wants a name. They show you who is guilty, but they never show the frame. Never show the childhood, never show the road. Never show the doors that closed before the anger overflowed. [BREAK ā BASS + PIANO] Who won? Who lost? Who stayed? Who forgot? [VERSE 3 ā SOUL / GROOVE] It's not about a hero, it's not about a crime. It's about a history still living in our time. A country built its fortune on backs that weren't its own. Then blamed the ones left standing for having nowhere to go. And everybody says that now we're all the same. But old wounds have a memory and they still remember names. When another door closes, when another chance is gone, when fear becomes your shadow and hope keeps moving on. [BRIDGE ā PIANO + VOCAL] There's still a dream where the hunger used to be. There's still a song where nobody could sing. And nobody comes into this world wanting anger in their hands. We are more than what they gave us. We are more than where we stand. [FINAL CHORUS ā FULL GROOVE] Don't let the weight of the world take the fire from your heart. Don't let the color of your skin tell you who you are. Oh, don't let it, no, don't let it bring you down. There's a story in your blood, there's a heartbeat in the ground. Before the first cry, before the first sound, something was already waiting to push somebody down. But we're still here. Still breathing. Still moving. Still dreaming. [OUTRO ā PIANO + BASS] Maybe the question isn't: "Why did he end up here?" Maybe it's: "How many roads were closed before he got here?" [PIANO FINAL CHORD] The ground still remembers.
