Here We Build

Intro

Ooh-oh, hey-ya (hey)

La-la-la, ah-ah (come on)

Verse

There are voices on the corner, a hundred tongues in tune

Spices on the sidewalk, a parade beneath the moon

Kids with paint on their sneakers, elders with a story to tell

Markets hum like music — every alley knows it well

Pre-chorus

Where a spark becomes a studio, an idea meets the street

Where a garage turns into sunrise, and a code becomes a beat

We keep the doors unlocked, and we keep the windows wide

Opportunity's a river — come step down to the tide

Chorus

Here we build, here we sing, here we lift up every dream (lift up every dream)

Here we shout, here we stand, and we guard the right to speak (we guard the right to speak)

Mountains, rivers, open roads — national parks and endless green (endless green)

Stadium lights, midnight drums, and the choirs of the neighborhood scene

Here we build, here we sing, here we lift up every dream (hey-ya, hey-ya)

Verse

Trailhead signs and map pins, old pines reaching for the sky

Plateaus, lakes like mirrors, where the quiet learns to fly

Law books on the courthouse steps say our voices get a place

Free to say, free to argue, free to change the common space

Pre-chorus

From lab coats to loud stages, from startups to the street vendors' stand

The blueprints get rewritten by a hundred open hands

Community centers humming, mentors pulling up a chair

Programs that bring people home, and programs that teach us care

Chorus

Here we build, here we sing, here we lift up every dream (lift up every dream)

Here we shout, here we stand, and we guard the right to speak (we guard the right to speak)

Green valleys, canyon trails, campfire smoke and canyon gleam (canyon gleam)

Courts that hold the promise, and the music of the team

Here we build, here we sing, here we lift up every dream (la-la, la-la)

Bridge

Oh-oh, a stranger becomes a neighbor (becomes a neighbor)

Hands reach out — a table, a map, a favor (a favor)

From arrival to the harvest, from the first shy hello

We weave together living rooms with the songs we grow (we grow)

Chorus

Here we build, here we sing, here we lift up every dream (lift up every dream)

Here we shout, here we stand, and we guard the right to speak (we guard the right to speak)

Parks that hold our mornings, and arenas that scream (and arenas that scream)

Marching bands and pickup games, poets on the corner with a theme

Here we build, here we sing, here we lift up every dream (hey-ya, la-la)

Outro

Ooh-oh, hey-ya (come on)

La-la, ah-ah — we keep the door open