Unbowed Through the Storm

Shadows stretch long on these worn-out paths Hard, heavy, but the fire never fades Eyes open to chaos, another dawn breaks Slow pockets empty Stomach growls, nowhere to go shift Moms juggle in shifts Till the night bleeds And kids dodging pitfalls Where do we begin? Sirens wail like warnings we can't ignore Dreams defer, knocking on locked doors Hustle turns desperate Choices blur the line, chasing survival One step at a time We grind through the storm Unbowed, unbroken voices rising loud No more words unspoken Urban, post-beaten Fierce and alive from the depths we climb Yeah, we gon' rise Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah We gon' rise Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Brothers fall silent Caught in the cycles Gripped guns, blazed reckless Hope takes a hit Classrooms crumble Wisdom fades from sight But then the cipher we spark The light eviction notices Stack like forgotten vials Roofs leak secrets Walls echo the howls Yet in the struggle roots dig deeper Still turning pain to power Been denying will pause for a breath Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Feel the weight lift slow inside this chaos Seeds of change grow No more victims We claim the throne Together we rise Never alone Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah We grind through the storm Unbowed, unbroken voices rising loud No more words unspoken Urban, post-beaten Fierce and alive from the depths we climb Yeah, we gon' thrive Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah We gon' thrive Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah One rock at a time We rewrite the score Urban struggle forged us Ready for more Lights on the horizon Breaking through the Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah