We Are The Ones Who Rise

Intro

(F: soft) Hey—hey, hey, hey (come on)

(M: low) Ayy, we up, we up (let's go)

(F: whispered) Rise, rise, rise (rise)

Verse

(M) Came up from a room with one bulb and a stubborn grin, yuh

(M) Papers on the floor, dreams folded like a cornered win, ayy

(M) Mama said keep your knees clean but your hustle mean, skrrt

(M) I stitched a crown from the ragged edges of my worn-out dreams

(M) Nights cataloguing failures, mornings cataloguing proof

(M) Lessons in the margins, every bruise converted to a truth

(M) I ran through doors that said "no" like they weren't even there

(M) Turned the silence into chorus, now the whole world hears

(M) My rhythm got a backbone, my doubts got a time-out

(M) Pressed the gas on fear and left the doubt out in rewind, shout

(M) Built a ladder from the pages of the things they said I couldn't do

(M) Step by step I wrote a verse that only victory knew

(M) Bought myself some patience, paid in sweat and second chances

(M) Wrote my name in frost and sun, now watch how it advances

(M) This is grit in hi-def, this is armor made of verbs

(M) If you're standing in the ashes — clap your hands, absorb the heat, emerge (yuh)

Pre-chorus

(F: build) Hold the light, hold the line (hold it)

(M: grit) Keep the spine, keep the time (keep it)

(F+M: layered) We move mountains with a whisper and a shout (yeah)

Chorus

(F: soaring) We are the ones who kept the flame alive (alive, alive)

(F) We are the ones who learned to stand and rise (stand and rise)

(F) We are the ones who turned the pain to guide (to guide, to guide)

(F) We are the ones — we are the ones — we are the ones who rise (who rise)

(F) We are the ones who kept the flame alive (alive, alive)

(F) We are the ones who learned to stand and rise (stand and rise)

(F) We are the ones who turned the pain to guide (to guide, to guide)

(F) We are the ones — we are the ones — we are the ones who rise (who rise)

Verse

(F) Started with a whisper, ended with a war cry, hey

(F) Scarred knuckles, gold pen, I write the why into the sky

(F) They tried to name my limits — I filed them under wrong

(F) Turned a timid beat into a march, now hear the victory song

(F) I carry ancestors in my jawline, legacy in my stance

(F) Walk like I own every exit, like the room is my expanse

(F) Freckles mapped my history, not a map of where to stop

(F) I braided stubborn into beauty, made my setbacks pop

(F) When doors closed I built new rooms from broken frames and glue

(F) When storms came I learned to dance with thunder, dress in truth

(F) Pressure shaped the diamond language that I speak in mic and steel

(F) I put my future on the ledger, signed it with my will — it's real

(F) No permission for the rising, no waiting for a green light

(F) We ignite the air ourselves — watch the horizon bite

(F) Community in every chorus, every single small hand raised

(F) This is more than personal — it's our name, en