(Intro – Spoken, light tone)
(steel drum riff, ocean ambience)
Take a breath…
Yeah… we still here.
Lazarus ting… we rise again.
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(Hook – Upbeat / melodic)
One hand up, yeah we lightin’ the way,
Gift and the curse but we dance anyway.
Freedom ain’t free but I’m free in my soul,
Turn pain to rhythm, now I’m back in control.
Came back alive, yeah I carry the scars,
Still shine bright like the sun and the stars.
If I fall, if I break, I rebuild my wave—
I ain’t livin’ for the grave, I’m alive and I’m saved.
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(Verse 1 – Bounce / rhythmic flow)
Abandonment echo but I flipped that tone,
Left young, had to learn how to stand on my own.
Pain in my chest but I move with style,
Turn tears to a step, now I dance for a while.
I show up present, no runnin’ away,
Used to fear loss now I’m here to stay.
Yeah I questioned love, yeah I doubted the bond,
Now I build from within, let the real ones respond.
Mirror talk deep but I faced that truth,
Had to heal that man and forgive that youth.
Now I move with peace, not fear or regret,
Every step forward, I’m collectin’ my breath.
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(Hook)
One hand up, yeah we lightin’ the way,
Gift and the curse but we dance anyway.
Freedom ain’t free but I’m free in my soul,
Turn pain to rhythm, now I’m back in control.
Came back alive, yeah I carry the scars,
Still shine bright like the sun and the stars.
If I fall, if I break, I rebuild my wave—
I ain’t livin’ for the grave, I’m alive and I’m saved.
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(Verse 2 – Dancehall cadence)
Survivor’s guilt but I turned that grace,
Every breath that I take, I’m winnin’ this race.
Hospital nights, yeah I been through the storm,
Now I step in the light, let the new me form.
They say miracle, I say purpose and plan,
Still growin’, still buildin’, still do what I can.
Worth don’t come from what people might say,
I was born with value, now I move that way.
Still that kid but I honor his fight,
Now I carry his strength when I step in the light.
From the struggle to rhythm, from pain to the groove,
If I’m breathin’ right now… I got somethin’ to prove.
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(Outro – Chant / crowd vibe)
LIB… we rise!
Freedom… we rise!
Pain turn power—watch we rise!
(steel drums fade… crowd ambience… ocean waves)
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