What’s Happening to USA Today
(Verse 1)
Sirens singing through the midnight rain
Another mother crying from the pain
Kids grow up hearing fear on the news
People fighting, people picking sides to choose
Walking streets with anger in the air
Too many people acting like they do not care
A broken system keeps repeating shame
Different faces, but the story stays the same
(Pre-Chorus)
Why we hurting one another every day?
Why does hatred always find a way?
We all bleed red, we all feel pain
So why’s the world still chained?
(Chorus)
What’s happening to USA today?
Too much fear and too much hate
Too many lives just fade away
While everybody looks away
People crying, candles in the dark
Trying hard to heal these broken hearts
Can we change before it’s too late?
What’s happening to USA today?
(Verse 2)
Children scared when they hear loud sounds
Families praying when the sun goes down
Too many headlines filled with loss
Too many names written on the walls
Some are judged before a word is said
Some live life with a target in their head
We need justice, we need peace to grow
Not more anger burning out control
(Bridge)
Maybe one day we can stand as one
Not divided by the things we’ve done
Listen close instead of throwing blame
Every human heart should matter the same
(Final Chorus)
What’s happening to USA today?
Can we rise above the hate?
Put the fear and violence away
And make a better place someday
Hold each other, don’t turn away
Help the hurting, hear what they say
Maybe hope can light the way
For USA today
Remember Emmett Till, a child with a smile so bright
Taken by hatred in the middle of the night
The world saw pain his family could not hide
Yet his story still echoes through time
Trayvon Martin walking home in the rain
A hoodie on, but people judged his name
Another young life stolen way too soon
Another candle underneath the moon
George Stinney Jr. was only fourteen years old
A tragic story that still feels cold
Years later truth finally came to light
Showing how justice can fail what’s right
(Bridge Addition)
How many tears have to fall again?
How many lives before the hurting ends?
We remember names so they won’t fade away
And hope tomorrow brings a better day.
