TAKE IT BACK! LYRICS

1. New Empires

I've been tossing in my sleep
Plagued by the things I've seen
I see grown men in the streets
Begging for food to eat
I see a young mom in the church
Shunned because her baby has no father
I see a war on the TV
That leaves orphans in the streets
And I think to myself
What a world we live in
Where people use God's name
To expand their empires
They say its just the way it is
That I should just learn to accept it
Well I beg to differ man
I won't give in
You villainous men
With your treacherous hands
Have taken away all the meaning in this
Road you claim to travel
Is in the path of his steps
All the while your the shell of a Christian man
So I won't tread lightly
I won't go quietly
I won't speak softly
I won't let you get the best of me
This has to end here
This has to end right now
No longer can we wait for things to all work out
Just open up your eyes
And look past your front door
Your sisters in the streets and your brothers at war
Compassion has been lost
In a nation built by greed
But we could be a generation that is truly free
No longer will we answer
To a king who wears a crown
But a king who ruled through peace
Then laid his life down
Rise up
Rise up true sons of Zion
I will be the change I want to see in the world

2. What We Are Fighting For

Your story's been set
And I regret that I have been portrayed
As a villain in your God forsaking crimes
But if the fault is all mine
Then can someone tell me why
That there's no blood on my hands now
If that song is being sung
Why are we looked down upon
For not being another one
To fall in line
My convictions lead me
So this won't be a waste of time
For me this is exactly where I need to be
Right now
So why does a difference in opinion
Mean that I am wrong
Clear eyes clean heart and
A mind that wont forget where we came from
It's not that you were wrong
But your life's not for me
Your story's been set
And I regret that I have been portrayed
As a villain in your God forsaking crimes
But if the fault is all mine
Then can someone tell me why
I'm still breathing
And I'm sorry but I
Did not choose your life
There's nothing I can say
But I will show you
These words aren't in vain
My hearts still the same
And that's why I that's why I
I will love the unloved
I will cherish the hated ones
I will welcome the shunned
With my sweat and my blood
'Cause if we burn down the walls of this world
Then we will burn through the hearts of the still
And if I must stand alone
I will stand with my head held high
Cause it seems to me
Like we're two enemies fighting on the same side
Can't you see
This is all a means to an end
I hope that one day we will live in harmony
Unified in the same goal
'Cause now is not the time for us
To draw a line in the sand
To decide which side we're fighting for

3. American Fantasy

I know it’s hard for you to understand what I’m going through.
'Cause every night we go around to all the kids in different towns, and I see their smiling faces, and I know this feeling won’t die down.
I hate to say it, but you don’t know what is best for me...
This is what separates us.
This is what separates me from your American fantasy.
And don’t you think (and don’t you think) that I’m on the brink (that I’m on the brink) of your American fantasy...
This is who I am...
And after all the things I’ve been shown, the 9 to 5 just seemed too dull.
I don’t know what to tell you, I will just have to stay true.
I hate to say it, but you don’t know what is best for me...
This is what separates us.
This is what separates me from your American fantasy.
And don’t you think (and don’t you think) that I’m on the brink (that I’m on the brink) of your American fantasy.
This is what separates us.
This is what separates me from your American fantasy.
But I’ll never want that, so I’ll never look back to your American fantasy.

4. Rise Above

Jealous cowards try to control
Rise above
We're gonna rise above
They distort what we say
Rise above
We're gonna rise above
Try and stop what we do
Rise above
When they can't do it themselves

We are tired of your abuse
Try to stop us it's no use

Society's arms of control
Rise above
We're gonna rise above
Think they're smart
Can't think for themselves
Rise above
We're gonna rise above
Laugh at us
Behind our backs
I find satisfaction
In what they lack

We are tired of your abuse
Try to stop us it's no use

We are born with a chance
Rise above
We're gonna rise above
I am gonna have my chance
Rise above
We're gonna rise above

We are tired of your abuse
Try to stop us it's no use

Rise above
Rise above
Rise above
We're gonna rise above
We're gonna rise above
We're gonna rise above

5. To Burn Again

My heart’s jaded once more, callous within.
Remove this stone from my chest, only You can make it flesh again.
Give me the fire, give me the fire that burned within.
Flames that burned in my eyes, I’ve let them fade.
Need Your help to get out, of this rut I’ve accidentally made.
Give me the fire, give me the fire that burned within.
Give me the fire, give me the fire to burn again...
In desperate need of Your strength, renew me now.
Prayers for awakening, free me from this mundane life somehow.
Give me the fire, give me the fire that burned within.
Give me the fire, give me the fire to burn again...
I raise my hands up to the sky, I now surrender.
Burn in me.





TAKE IT BACK! LYRICS