Whisper on the Wind

There's a whisper on the wind Flowing over all the land Hear it swelling in the distance As our people take a stand There's a story inside the sorrow One that demands to be heard Sweeping in with a generation Ending silence with our words Martin Luther King had a dream so he spoke to it Ida B. Wells saw the sickness so she wrote to it Throughout our history, there've been triumphs and trials But if you think that we'll sit idly by Know that we won't do it Malala wanted to learn so she scribbled away Boys and girls across the country just want to be safe Raising our voices in the dark of the night Trying to be the light when we see things aren't right See us marching down the streets bearing signs and banners See us sitting in and standing saying black lives matter, and Black lives matter, and Our lives matter Can we say it any louder, we say Our lives matter When it comes to what matters, we'll never stay quiet And every day's an uphill battle but we're trying And while we speak truth, no lie can remain We're defined by what we stand for when we're afraid So when you're afraid, you can march next to me Till our walk spans from the sea to shining sea There are moments when the words feel caught between your teeth There are days when it takes all you have to just breathe But underneath is something better If we all just come together We can wade through any weather To find the change we seek Our conviction is unending Through our voices, we're extending It's this silence that we're ending So we speak I've spent a lifetime Waiting for someone to tell me This time is my time But life took a turn and it showed me There is no half-time There are no sidelines to hide on This is our moment And our voices are all we can really rely on There's a whisper on the wind Flowing over all the land Hear it swelling in the distance As our people take a stand There's a story inside the sorrow One that demands to be heard Sweeping in with a generation Ending silence with our words