(Verse 1)
They drew lines in the sand, called it truth, called it fate
Turned a spectrum to a weapon, gave it power through hate
Yeah, they branded every shade, made a hierarchy stick
Now you guardin’ every label like it’s something legit
Same DNA, just a shift in the tone
But you’ll die for a color like it’s carved in your bones
Tell me—if you never learned it, would you see me as “other”?
Or just another lost soul tryna reach for a brother?
(Pre-Chorus)
I hear the echoes say “history don’t lie”
Yeah, the scars still bleed, yeah, the truth still cries
I’m not blind to the pain, I’m just questionin’ why
We keep feedin’ a fire that was built on a lie
(Chorus)
One blood, one breath, but we riot inside
Fight invisible lines that were never alive
Call it race, call it war, call it whatever you need
But it only has power if we choose to believe
One name, one truth buried under the noise
They divide, we obey, we destroy, we deploy
If we shattered the frame, let the illusion collapse
Would we finally be free—or just fade into that?
(Verse 2)
We are poems in flesh, different shades of the dawn
But the language is ancient, same code we’re drawn from
Earth never whispered “you don’t belong here”
That was man-made fear dressed up sincere
Mountains don’t care what color you claim
Rivers don’t pause to assign you a name
But we memorize borders like scripture and law
While the ones at the top just keep pullin’ the cord
(Bridge)
Divide and conquer—that’s old but it works
Keep ‘em fightin’ each other while you pullin’ the perks
Turn identity into a cage in the mind
Then convince every prisoner the bars are divine
Pain is real—I won’t bury that truth
But pain ain’t a chain unless we give it the proof
That it owns who we are, that it writes what we’ll be
That the past is a life sentence, not memory
(Final Chorus)
One blood, one sky, but we fracture the view
See an enemy’s face where a reflection once grew
If the lie never started, would we still be apart?
Or just strangers with stories, not targets to mark?
(Outro)
So I stand in the dark where the silence gets loud
Tear the label off slow, let it fall to the ground
Not sayin’ it’s gone—but it don’t own me now
One human race… and I’m sayin’ it proud.
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