[Verse 1]
Mama raised me on truth
Not on fear and smoke
Seen too many brothers
Turn a block to a joke
We bleed the same red
Wear the same hard scars
She said, "build with your hands
Don't go broke in the dark"
I seen queens with fire
I seen kings fall off
But a house can't stand
When we keep tearing walls off
[Pre-Chorus]
Look at the news, look around
Whole world shaking now
If we don't link up tight
Who gon' hold us down?
[Chorus]
Come together now (come together)
Come together now (come together)
Stop the black-on-black
Pick each other up
Come together now (come together)
Come together now (come together)
We gon' live, we gon' build
We gon' rise as one
[Verse 2]
I want black men healed
I want black women seen
Not a war in the mirror
Not a cut in the dream
Kids need mentors, not graves
Need a lane, not smoke
Need a table set long
Need a future they can hold
I ain't preaching from above
I'm in the same rain
Trying to turn pain to plans
Trying to break chains
[Pre-Chorus]
Look at the news, look around
Whole world shaking now
If we don't link up tight
Who gon' hold us down?
[Chorus]
Come together now (come together)
Come together now (come together)
Stop the black-on-black
Pick each other up
Come together now (come together)
Come together now (come together)
We gon' live, we gon' build
We gon' rise as one
[Bridge]
And when the fear get loud
We don't fold, we lean in
Hands in the circle now
Let the healing begin
No more shooting our own dreams
No more burying pride
If we stand side by side
We can keep this alive
[Final Chorus]
Come together now (come together)
Come together now (come together)
Stop the black-on-black
Pick each other up
Come together now (come together)
Come together now (come together)
We gon' live, we gon' build
We gon' rise as one
Come together now (come together)
Come together now (come together)
Black women, black men
We gon' rise as one