[Verse 1]
I told my brother hate is too heavy to bear
Lay that burden down, it will just interfere
No dogs are gonna turn us around
No hoses or injunctions gonna turn us around
Too many brothers put in the ground
We stand hand in hand and they still beat us down
Now you know our mission is clear
We got the wheels turning, now it's our time to steer

I remember getting stabbed in NYC
Doctors told me I would've died there if I had sneezed
If I had sneezed, I would've never lived to nineteen-sixty three
Would've never lived to march on Washington to share my dream
I've seen the mountaintop, so I have no fear
I fear no man, this I hope my brothers hear
The devil want me under the grass
Can't choose when you're down, but this too shall pass

I told my brothers hate is too heavy to bear
Lay that burden down, it will just interfere
No dogs are gonna turn us around
No hoses or injunctions gonna turn us around
Too many brothers put in the ground
We stand hand in hand and they still beat us down
Now you know our mission is clear
We got the wheels turning, now it's--

[Bridge]

[Verse 2]
My brother told me hate is too heavy to bear
Lay that burden down, it will just interfere
Too many brothers dying this year
Too many of us drowning in seas of despair
Too many of us living in fear that our leaders are trying to bring us back four hundred years
Now I know our mission is clear
You got the wheels turning, now it's my time to steer

Emmett Till was my Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, man, the list goes on
A list I could have easily been on
Cause every march was a day I could have not made it home
Used to sneak out my crib to go to class
Then you taught me love was the only way our people will last
Them white boys want us under the grass
Can't choose when you're down, but this too shall pass

[Transition]

[Outro]
My brother told me hate is too heavy to bear
Lay that burden down, it will just interfere
Too many brothers dying this year
Too many of us drowning in seas of despair
Too many of us laying in fear that our leaders are trying to bring us back four hundred years
Now I know our mission is clear
You got the wheels turning, now it's my time to steer

[Instrumental Break]