For Us, By Us (feat. Meklit & Khingz)
Gabriel Teodros
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My body is the vessel Stressed beyond it's threshold All we had to care for when we fled our burning temples I've been hard on mine I'm tryna teach my mind how to be gentle I got scars that shine Weight I carry could make me resentful But this weight I carry carried all my hopes and held my mental This weight I carry carried me in love and I am thankful This weight I got married in is worth cherishing We age different Made it through apocalyptic scenes Live to honor all of our lost friends and family It isn't easy, but there's a beauty in surviving this I see the reason every time I see our kids And it's an act of trust to love ourselves the way they love us The way we love them, we can not lose touch To build a safe place for them, we need a safe place for us It's a home that's more than home, more than close ones you know A safe place to grow Heal our hearts and ease our souls A safe place for us, from the ashes of our homes A safe place for us, from the ashes of our homes A safe place for us, from the ashes of our homes A safe place for us, from the ashes of our homes The child in me Still feels it all We ran from bombs and fires and guns From a dream we could not touch Now I'm grown With babies of my own I heal myself so I become A home to the ones we love From the ashes of our homes Battles long, will it ever pass? For safety for our own, must reborn I heard Phoenix laugh Felt it in my bones Flesh gets old while my fingers grasp A feather made of embers In your winter, remember it can't last That is if you grow We escaped from places made our own And now my tongue is native to a language safe has never known I treasure those Who strain to make those feathers glow But what I'm severed from makes me afraid to feel we're ever close Forever closed The numb felt like the love the world would never show And in my numb became the gun that pieces homes Or keeps from whole By putting holes in peace we prayed Preyed by beasts with fangs Who make you beast who scream in pain And thus we burn the homes we used to dream to make I dream to take that fire and make a thing of grace To ease the pain our parents couldn't even name To increase our gains We need the weight Don't need to wait To keep our home from the ashes We must be the safe I earn my ashes by the things I face From the ashes of our homes A safe place for us, from the ashes of our homes A safe place for us, from the ashes of our homes A safe place for us, from the ashes of our homes
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Written by: Gabriel Teodros, Khalil Equiano, Meklit Hadero
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