My People

Been down on your knees, been ripped at the seams inside
 Been standing in the shadows like somebody turned off the light
 Oh before it breaks, time again, are you putting it all back together?
 Do you clean the cuts and stitch them up and keep carrying on?
 This is for My People
 Falling down, coming back stronger
 The down and outs, standing up taller
 We keep on rising from the gutter
 Through the fire
 Oh don't' stop fighting for it
 We keep on rising when we're
 Falling down, coming back stronger
 This is for My People
 Do you deal with the pain or throw it all away?
 Let em' talk, or make em' pay?
 Do you see the blue sky through the grey?
 Oh I, I have crumbled and I have tumbled
 And I have broken all I had to break but
 I'm not the only one, you're not the only one
 This is for My People
 Falling down, coming back stronger
 The down and outs, standing up taller
 We keep on rising from the gutter
 Through the fire
 Oh don't' stop fighting for it
 We keep on rising when we're
 Falling down, coming back stronger
 This is for my people
 There's a fire burning brighter in our eyes tonight
 I can feel us running closer to the finishing line
 We're the fighter on our knees, when the punches come, they come
 And we turn them around and we,
 Go down swinging hard, we keep on swinging hard
 And our beating hearts won't stop til' it's over
 I'm not the only one, you're not the only one
 This is for My People
 This is for my people
 Falling down, coming back stronger
 We keep on rising from the gutter
 Through the fire
 Oh don't' stop fighting for it
 We keep on rising when we're
 Falling down, coming back stronger
 This is for my people
 Falling down, coming back stronger
 This is for my people.
 The down and outs, standing up taller
 Falling down, coming back stronger
 This is for my people.