[Verse 1] They tried to fold you small Tried to dim your name But your hands still hold That old bright flame Broken ground, same feet Still we stand here tall One voice in the dust Can rise through it all [Rap Verse 1] From the cold tenement halls to the steel and the glass We been carrying the weight of a history past They been stackin' up the odds, try to break us in two But we stronger when the many move as one, me and you In the shadow of the towers, where the sirens sing Where the chalk on the pavement still remembers the sting We been marchin' in the rain, we been prayin' for change Now we write it in the street, rearrangin' the game [Pre-Chorus] Raise it up, don't hide Let the whole world see What we are when we move Side by side, free [Chorus] Take ya power back One love, we unite Take ya power back We stand in the light One love, we unite One love, we unite [Verse 2] From the market to the yard From the bus to the block Every heart got a drum Every soul got a rock No more bowed-down talk No more bitter chains We can turn that hurt Into healing rain [Rap Verse 2] On the A train rumblin', faces all tired Dreams in they bag and they hope gettin' wired To the rent due notices, food line queues Still we share one story with a thousand views Yeah, the system got a lock, but we pickin' the gate Every cypher on the corner is a plan for escape From the fear, from the lies, from the walls they build We the ones in the struggle, we the city that’s real [Pre-Chorus] Raise it up, don't hide Let the whole world see What we are when we move Side by side, free [Chorus] Take ya power back One love, we unite Take ya power back We stand in the light One love, we unite One love, we unite [Rap Verse 3] From the mothers on the grind to the kids in the park To the workers on the shift pushin' deep in the dark We connected by the pain, but we bigger than scars Turn the block into a choir, city singin' to stars Gotta lift up the ones that the world left behind Every language in the crowd, every color aligned We been fightin' every night just to breathe, just to eat Now we risin' as a people, put that strength on the beat [Bridge] When they say you can't Say, watch me now When the night gets heavy We don't back down One hand, one road One fire, one name Different colors, same pulse Different songs, same aim [Rap Verse 4] City lights on the glass, we reflectin' the truth From the elders on the stoop to the restless youth If they try to shut us up, we just turn up the sound Every verse is a march, every rhyme is a ground From the East to the West, from the Queens to the Heights We been learnin' how to heal in the middle of fights When we stand side by side, every border collapse One love in the struggle, put that real in the raps [Final Chorus] Take ya power back One love, we unite Take ya power back We stand in the light One love, we unite One love, we unite Take ya power back One love, we unite Take ya power back And nobody divides One love, we unite One love, we unite
