American Reckoning
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โฑ๏ธ 4:41 duration
๐ ID: 18265173
๐ Lyrics
America's on fire
There's protests in the street
Her conscience has been looted
And her soul is under siege
Another mother's cryin'
As history repeats
I can't breathe
Goddamn those eight long minutes
Lying face-down in cuffs on the ground
Bystanders pleaded for mercy
As one cop shoved a kid in the crowd
When did a judge and a jury
Become a badge and a knee
On these streets?
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
American reckoning
I'll never know what it's like
To walk a mile in his shoes
And I'll never have to have the talk
So it don't happen to you
Three little words written 'cross the chest
Of a twelve-year-old who hasn't lived life yet
Am I next?
Am I next?
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
American reckoning
Is this a moment or movement?
Is this the tide or a flood?
Is our American reckoning
Our story written in blood?
Or in love?
Or in peace?
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
American reckoning
In our American reckoning
There's protests in the street
Her conscience has been looted
And her soul is under siege
Another mother's cryin'
As history repeats
I can't breathe
Goddamn those eight long minutes
Lying face-down in cuffs on the ground
Bystanders pleaded for mercy
As one cop shoved a kid in the crowd
When did a judge and a jury
Become a badge and a knee
On these streets?
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
American reckoning
I'll never know what it's like
To walk a mile in his shoes
And I'll never have to have the talk
So it don't happen to you
Three little words written 'cross the chest
Of a twelve-year-old who hasn't lived life yet
Am I next?
Am I next?
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
American reckoning
Is this a moment or movement?
Is this the tide or a flood?
Is our American reckoning
Our story written in blood?
Or in love?
Or in peace?
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
American reckoning
In our American reckoning
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:09.29] America's on fire
[00:13.71] There's protests in the street
[00:18.23] Her conscience has been looted
[00:21.87] And her soul is under siege
[00:26.95] Another mother's cryin'
[00:31.22] As history repeats
[00:34.52] I can't breathe
[00:38.27]
[00:44.78] Goddamn those eight long minutes
[00:48.29] Lying face-down in cuffs on the ground
[00:53.60] Bystanders pleaded for mercy
[00:57.13] As one cop shoved a kid in the crowd
[01:02.66] When did a judge and a jury
[01:06.86] Become a badge and a knee
[01:10.29] On these streets?
[01:13.22]
[01:15.72] Stay alive, stay alive
[01:20.28] Shine a light, stay alive
[01:24.48] Use your voice and you remember me
[01:28.90]
[01:31.86] American reckoning
[01:35.97]
[01:38.23] I'll never know what it's like
[01:42.53] To walk a mile in his shoes
[01:47.24] And I'll never have to have the talk
[01:51.47] So it don't happen to you
[01:55.85] Three little words written 'cross the chest
[01:59.19] Of a twelve-year-old who hasn't lived life yet
[02:03.78] Am I next?
[02:07.93] Am I next?
[02:10.70]
[02:13.66] Stay alive, stay alive
[02:18.11] Shine a light, stay alive
[02:22.37] Use your voice and you remember me
[02:26.60]
[02:29.58] American reckoning
[02:33.40]
[03:07.01] Is this a moment or movement?
[03:11.47] Is this the tide or a flood?
[03:16.00] Is our American reckoning
[03:20.25] Our story written in blood?
[03:23.44] Or in love?
[03:27.75] Or in peace?
[03:30.81]
[03:42.47] Stay alive, stay alive
[03:47.07] Shine a light, stay alive
[03:51.14] Use your voice and you remember me
[03:55.67]
[04:00.27] Stay alive, stay alive
[04:04.67] Shine a light, stay alive
[04:09.18] Use your voice and you remember me
[04:13.47]
[04:16.43] American reckoning
[04:21.28]
[04:24.93] In our American reckoning
[04:27.58]
[00:13.71] There's protests in the street
[00:18.23] Her conscience has been looted
[00:21.87] And her soul is under siege
[00:26.95] Another mother's cryin'
[00:31.22] As history repeats
[00:34.52] I can't breathe
[00:38.27]
[00:44.78] Goddamn those eight long minutes
[00:48.29] Lying face-down in cuffs on the ground
[00:53.60] Bystanders pleaded for mercy
[00:57.13] As one cop shoved a kid in the crowd
[01:02.66] When did a judge and a jury
[01:06.86] Become a badge and a knee
[01:10.29] On these streets?
[01:13.22]
[01:15.72] Stay alive, stay alive
[01:20.28] Shine a light, stay alive
[01:24.48] Use your voice and you remember me
[01:28.90]
[01:31.86] American reckoning
[01:35.97]
[01:38.23] I'll never know what it's like
[01:42.53] To walk a mile in his shoes
[01:47.24] And I'll never have to have the talk
[01:51.47] So it don't happen to you
[01:55.85] Three little words written 'cross the chest
[01:59.19] Of a twelve-year-old who hasn't lived life yet
[02:03.78] Am I next?
[02:07.93] Am I next?
[02:10.70]
[02:13.66] Stay alive, stay alive
[02:18.11] Shine a light, stay alive
[02:22.37] Use your voice and you remember me
[02:26.60]
[02:29.58] American reckoning
[02:33.40]
[03:07.01] Is this a moment or movement?
[03:11.47] Is this the tide or a flood?
[03:16.00] Is our American reckoning
[03:20.25] Our story written in blood?
[03:23.44] Or in love?
[03:27.75] Or in peace?
[03:30.81]
[03:42.47] Stay alive, stay alive
[03:47.07] Shine a light, stay alive
[03:51.14] Use your voice and you remember me
[03:55.67]
[04:00.27] Stay alive, stay alive
[04:04.67] Shine a light, stay alive
[04:09.18] Use your voice and you remember me
[04:13.47]
[04:16.43] American reckoning
[04:21.28]
[04:24.93] In our American reckoning
[04:27.58]