Warm my heart to remind And hold my head up high And help me to survive Take me for a ride Break me up and steal what's left inside And make them pray The iniquity has died inside and left a scar I'm all red and done Bring me peace and wash away my dirt

The power of equality Can I get just a little bit of power Is not yet what it ought to be It fills me up like a hollow tree My name is peace, this is my hour I've got a soul that can not sleep At night when something just ain't right Blood red, but

Early in the morning When she's all alone Do it how we want it I'm a take my time Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up Just to set the mood girl I brought some Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay So just let the song play The long way, the strong way It's

You say you're livin' on the edge and I think you're hangin' from a ledge Too scared to hold the hand that wants to help you up Are you still a bullet in your daddy's gun Don't forget boy you're your mama's only son She's at home and she's been praying

Holding on for life You and me just Giving up the fight Running towards the light Hoping we survive Strangers in the night Waiting to ignite If you wanted love like this Blowing up with every kiss

As we dance close Come and kiss up on me slow I just can't breathe without my baby So you can kiss up on me 'Cause you the only out of everybody It could be a room full of people, you still on my side Look at how the whole world is searching, but I got

La da da da, da da da da La da da da, da da da da da I went to a wishing well, I sank to the ocean floor I reached for a shooting star, it burned a hole through my hand Made it's way through my heart, had fun in the promised land Cut up by sharpened

Turn the key, turn the volume up to loud Roll right, roll every window down Let the whole block know what this is about That beat is hot This is how it goes Welcome one and all to the show

So, say something, I'm not holding back Before the scene we made goes and fades to black Sometimes, it's one thing And next time, it's nothing It's more than mistrusting It ends up just crushing me Stop with the fighting I know it's the right thing I

This is my indictment of your beliefs This is my indictment of what you hold dear Invoke the name and watch the masses turn on us For fear that I embody what you fear Eyes fill with hatred When they fall upon me You worship gods of violence and bigotry