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north89 - hold the ground lyrics

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[intro]
one, two, three, four

[verse 1]
they built the walls before i was born
told me to smile and carry the th+rns
said “boy, be grateful, you still got breath”
while they wrote my name real close to death

the morning comes but the light don’t stay
another brother lost along the way
his mama’s crying on the kitchen floor
asking god what he made us for

the judge wore a smile, cold as stone
sent him home in a box, all alone
said the system works, said the law is fair
but justice got a price and we can’t pay there

[pre+chorus]
and i’m tired, lord i’m tired
of singing songs n0body hears
i’m tired, so d+mn tired
been tired for a hundred years

[chorus]
hold the ground, hold the ground
even when they push us down
broken ground, broken ground
still gon’ grow right through the ground
[verse 2]
my grandmother worked from dark to dark
never owned the land, just tore it apart
for a man who counted coins on her back
told her “god loves those who don’t fight back”

now my little sister walks in fear
through the same d+mn streets, same d+mn tears
different year, same story told
oppression don’t age, it just grows old

[pre+chorus]
and i’m weary, lord i’m weary
of carrying what they placed on me
i’m weary, god i’m weary
but i won’t let them keep us weak

[chorus]
hold the ground, hold the ground
even when they push us down
broken ground, broken ground
still gon’ grow right through the ground

hold me up, hold me now
love me loud, show me how
hold the ground, hold the ground
we still here, we still around
[bridge]
they can take the field
they can take the crop
they can take our names
but they cannot take
what’s buried deep
in the blood we keep
in the songs we sing
in the love we bring

we are the root
we are the seed
we are the thing
they couldn’t k!ll

we are still here
we are still here

[chorus]
hold the ground, hold the ground
even when they push us down
broken ground, broken ground
still gon’ grow right through the ground

hold me up, hold me now
love me loud, show me how
hold the ground, hold the ground
we still here, we still around
[outro]
they built the walls before i was born
but walls don’t last
when roots run deep

- north89 lyrics

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