[Verse 1] I stood before the world in flame, No title, crown, or holy name. Just truth I carried in my hands, While silence ruled the broken lands. I saw the towers start to shake, The ice to fall, the levees break. And still they smiled, and still they lied— But truth won't drown, and truth won’t die. [Chorus] I gave truth to power— A voice they couldn’t chain. Through fire, flood, and fury, I spoke through all the pain. You can mock, delay, deflect— But I’ll scream through every hour. 'Cause I gave truth… I gave truth to power. [Verse 2] I watched the numbers climb the wall, The planet cry, the future stall. But still I stood, my words unbent, My breath a storm against cement. They built their walls of profit wide, But couldn’t stop the turning tide. You cannot buy a second sun— You cannot hide from what you’ve done. [Pre-Chorus] It only takes one voice to start— And one brave heart to spark the fire. [Chorus] I gave truth to power— When the room went cold and still. You turned your backs in comfort, But I never lost the will. Call me fool, or saint, or coward— I just gave truth to power. [Bridge] Power doesn’t listen—until you make it. Truth doesn’t sleep—until you fake it. But truth returns. And truth remains. And truth will rise—again. [Final Chorus] We give truth to power— Not in anger, but in light. We stand with rising oceans, We scream for what is right. No more silence. No more towers. This is the age… We give truth to power.
