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ONLY OUR FOOTPRINTS
I’m gonna walk softly
No stick at all, strong and tall
Not above it, got to love it, part of it all
Heartbreak, beauty, pleasure and pain,
Death and rebirth that gave me my name
Turn on the news, and I don’t know what’s worse
Our worship of dollar bills or our petroleum thirst
Energy that’s renewable, I know it’s do-able, like my music gives back
Why would I ever want to attack this earth?
I’m gonna rise from these ashes like the bird
With a message of love, send it all ‘round the world
With the power of rhythm and the power of rhyme
I’ll rise up with only my footprints…
But there’s trouble at every turn, what a beautiful world this could be
Heartbreak on every corner, what a glorious time to be free
There’s trouble at every turn, what a beautiful world this could be
There’s heartbreak on every corner
I’m gonna rise, rise, rise…
I used to walk through this world with a cynical grin
That was just a cover-up for my disgust for the shape my world was in
Nothing belongs to me that I can touch, smell, taste or see
Just my choices and my time
And creativity – it’s the thing that keeps me free
But I don’t have a choice if I’m without my voice,
Don’t own my time workin on a sweatshop line,
And my freedom’s not my own if I don’t have a home,
It goes on and on, we can’t so this alone
We gotta break down these walls, make space for us all
Every race, every face, there’s a place for us all
‘Cause you don’t miss the water till the river runs dry…
We gotta rise from these ashes just like the bird
With a message of love, send it all around the world
With the power of rhythm and the power of rhyme
We’ gotta rise up, rise up, with only our footprints behind…
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