Verse 1
Why we gotta feel caged on the land
That our ancestors built with their hands?
Built with their blood, their scars, their pain
Chains on their bodies, hope in their veins
They stole the right just to read, to speak
Taught them to feel like they were weak
All because of the color of skin
Now we inherit the war they were in
We the future, the children of flame
Still feel shackles in a modern-day chain
Still labeled, still hunted in streets
Still judged before we even speak
Pre-Chorus
We fight twice as hard just to stand in position
Still die for a voice, still die for suspicion
They say we’re free, but freedom feels thin
When survival alone is the win
Chorus
We are killed for speaking
Killed for existing
Killed just for trying to breathe
We are dying to live
Dying to thrive
Dying to just be
Mothers cry for their sons in the night
Prayers fall through blue and red lights
Tell me—when will it end?
When freedom ain’t just a song we pretend?
Verse 2
They say “Let freedom ring,” but it echoes in fear
Every step got us looking behind us in here
We pledge to a flag that don’t always defend
The lives of the ones it’s sworn to protect
We claim the First, but we’re forced to stay quiet
Minds pleading the Fifth in a world built on riots
We’re told be calm, be still, don’t resist
While history repeats with a clenched iron fist
Pre-Chorus
We wear our pain in our skin every day
Carry our ancestors’ cries in our veins
We don’t want war, we don’t want a fight
We just want to make it home at night
Chorus
We are killed for speaking
Killed for existing
Killed just for trying to breathe
We are dying to live
Dying to thrive
Dying to just be
Mothers cry for their sons in the night
Heaven fills with broken lives
Tell me—when will it end?
When freedom ain’t just a dream we defend?
Bridge
Is it when every child feels safe in the street?
When justice don’t stutter, don’t skip a heartbeat?
When our skin ain’t a reason to die?
When our tears don’t fall from the sky?
We don’t ask for more than our share
Just equal ground, equal air
Let freedom ring from every soul
Not just words we’re taught to know
Final Chorus
We are done with the cages
Done with the pages
That keep rewriting our pain
We’re still here, still breathing
Still believing
We can break every chain
Let freedom ring in every home
Where fear once made its throne
Tell me—when will it end?
When we’re finally seen as human again
Outro
Let it ring in every street
Every heart, every beat
No more silence, no more fear—
Let freedom ring… right here.
