Common - The Believer Lyrics
[John legend - Hook]I believe in the light that shines and will never dieOh I believe the fire burns, we stay aliveThey will talk about usLike they talked about the kings before usThey will talk about us[Common - Verse 1]These are the words of a believer, achiever, leader of the globeFeeding souls of those in needI bleed the blood of the struggleWalking over troubled puddlesHustles in my chest, no hustle no progressExtremities of life and it's processBirth of a son, death of anotherWith love I can rest both mothersAnd told 'em, who's in control is the one that's above usI walk where money talks and love stuttersBody language of a nation going through changesThe young become dangerous, pain gets spent into angerAnger gets sent through the chamberIt's tough when your own look like strangersWe are the sons of gangsters and stone rangersIf he could how would Ernie Barnes paint usLook at the picture, hard not to blame usBut time forgives and the Chi where the young die oftenDo they end up in a coffin because we haven't taught them?Is it what we talking we really aint walkingDudes, hustlers pay, how much did it cost 'em?Find myself on the same corner that we lost 'emReal talking, in they ear like a walkmanThoughts spin around the corner to the WorldWhen I see them, I see my baby girlBelieve[John legend - Hook]I believe in the light that shines and will never dieOh I believe the fire burns, we stay aliveThey will talk about usLike they talked about the kings before usThey will talk about us[Common - Verse 2]The lord lives among usThe young uns hunger become a means to get itBy any means necessary, under pressureChildren feeling lesser, with the steel up on the dresserKillin' will aggressors, destiny's childrenSurvivors, soldiers, in front of buildings they eyes look olderHard to see blessings in the violent cultureFace against weapons, sirens, holstersThat aint the way that Langston Hughes wrote usSoul controllers on the shoulders of Moses and NoahWe go from being oppressors to OprahCultivated to overcome ever since we came overseasToday and the way that you can see we determinedSolar keeps burning, shawty's know to keep learningLesson's in our life, but life stripes that we earningTook raps advice that Christ is returningLike a thief in the night, I write the beacons of lightFor those of us in dark alleys and parched valleysStreet kids spark rallies of the conscience conquerors of a contestThat seems beyond us, even through the unseen, I know that God watchesFrom one King's dream he was able to Barack usThe prophets, nothing can stop usBelieve[John legend - Hook]I believe in the light that shines and will never dieOh I believe the fire burns, we stay aliveThey will talk about usLike they talked about the kings before usThey will talk about usI know I know I know our dreams won't turn to dustThey will talk about usI know I know I know our dreams won't turn to dustThey will talk about usI know I know I know our dreams won't turn to dustThey will talk about us
