THE 50 WAYs

I've seen a black cloud rise up over Capitol Hill

I've seen the purple mountains majesty melt into mounds of pills

I saw two towers crumble, seen three colors become grey

I've seen my neighbor's father pack up to go protect this land

He went and left his family to fight that terror in a desert sand

I never saw him come back and they never found the things they said that they would

I've seen my mother break down, drop down onto her knees

Didn't know if she'd afford a mortgage in this land said to be free

My father lost his job, we lost it all, three colors became grey

I've seen thunder and lightening, I've seen dark clouds of rain

The devil try to bring me down, but he ain't gonna bring me down today

No, not today

I've seen a mental gunman take down a church of nine

I've seen our homeland ripped down taking out animals, plants of wild

But I've seen a black man rise up, I've seen segregation fall

I've seen the sick be cured by the knowledge of man

I've seen the starving homeless be saved by the helping hands

You see that purple out there, the mountains are rising up

I've seen thunder and lightening, I've seen dark clouds of rain

The devil tryin to bring me down, but he ain't gonna bring me down

No, he ain't gonna bring me down

No, he ain't gonna bring me down today

There is an answer out there despite all the trialled times

Cause life is like our ocean, the waves come and then they pass on by

Yeah, I know I'm young, but age does not define the wise

I've seen thunder and lightening, I've seen dark clouds of rain

The devil tryin to bring me down, but he ain't gonna bring me down today

No, not today

Well the dark clouds they came 

And three colors they turned grey

And yes, for a little while we began to lose our way

But if we come together we might realize we're all the same

Devil's tryin' to bring U.S. down, but he ain't gonna bring us down today

The eagle's gonna rise up

Hope is on the way

We are the 50 ways

We are the 50 ways

We are the 50 ways