[Intro] You made it here I know that didn't come cheap [Verse 1] I ain't here to talk over you I ain't here to pretend I walked your miles Whatever it took to put you on this soil That weight is real, I won't dress it as smiles No one's standing here denying you live No one's asking you to vanish or shrink You got a pulse, you got a name, you got a right to exist That's the floor — now hear the next thing I think [Pre-Chorus] Existence ain't the whole arrangement It's the start, not the end of the page If we walk it like enemies, everybody pays If we walk it together, there's a different stage [Chorus] Hand in hand, or it don't hold New ground don't mean no ground rules You struggled here — I see that cost Now we build it so nobody loses Hand in hand That's the only way this works Hand in hand For you, for us, for the street that we share [Verse 2] You didn't cross half a world for a war at the door You came for a life, not a fight on the floor So I'm not gonna shout you down or paint you as the threat I'm gonna tell you straight: we rise or we wreck This house has people already in it They got fears, they got kids, they got rent You want peace? Then peace is a two-way gift You give respect, you get a place that will bend Not bend the law — bend the welcome, make it last Make the next year lighter than the last [Pre-Chorus] Existence ain't the whole arrangement It's the start, not the end of the page If we walk it like enemies, everybody pays If we walk it together, there's a different stage [Chorus] Hand in hand, or it don't hold New ground don't mean no ground rules You struggled here — I see that cost Now we build it so nobody loses Hand in hand That's the only way this works Hand in hand For you, for us, for the street that we share [Bridge] I'm not your enemy You're not my burden We're two sets of feet on the same bit of earth If we pull apart, the floor gives way If we pull together, we both get a birth Not a new country — a livable day [Chorus] Hand in hand, or it don't hold New ground don't mean no ground rules You struggled here — I see that cost Now we build it so nobody loses Hand in hand That's the only way this works Hand in hand [Outro] You made it here Now we make it work Hand in hand
