Starts With Me

Album: The Elements (2018)
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  • One day
    This nation will rise up
    Rise up

    There's a million reasons to hesitate
    With a history that's filled with hate
    Have we ever been united states?
    I wonder (oh, oh, oh)
    So who can blame us for the doubt
    Forgive me if I think out loud
    But we're just as just won't come around
    I wonder (oh, oh, oh)

    I was born with two, dirty hands
    Something my daddy didn't understand
    Something his daddy didn't understand
    So it starts with me
    I was raised with distrust, in my heart
    Momma told me we're in worlds apart
    Her momma told her don't even bother
    So it starts with me

    'Cause we can be free, yeah I know that
    Let's try to fix the things that's been broke down
    'Cause we can be free, yeah I know that
    And it starts with me
    'Cause we can be free, yeah I know that
    Let's try to fix the things that's been broke down
    'Cause we can be free, yeah I know that
    And it starts with me

    With a heavy road in front of us
    And a system that has lost our trust
    Can we ever find the strength to rise from ashes?
    And looking at the heart of it
    The healing nearly can't begin
    Without confession and forgiveness and compassion

    I was born with two, dirty hands
    Something my daddy didn't understand
    Something his daddy didn't understand
    So it starts with me
    I was raised with distrust, in my heart
    Momma told me we're in worlds apart
    Her momma told her don't even bother
    So it starts with me

    'Cause we can be free, yeah I know that
    Let's try to fix the things that's been broke down
    'Cause we can be free, yeah I know that
    And it starts with me
    'Cause we can be free, yeah I know that
    Let's try to fix the things that's been broke down
    'Cause we can be free, yeah I know that
    And it starts with me

    One day (One day, one day, one day, one day)
    This nation will rise up (Rise up, rise up, rise up, rise up)
    Rise up (Rise up, rise up)

    Can you feel it in your heart tonight?
    Love is gonna move the needle
    I can feel it in my heart tonight
    Oh yeah
    Can you feel it in your heart tonight?
    Love is gonna move the needle
    I can feel it in my heart tonight
    Oh yeah
    Can you feel it in your heart tonight?
    Love is gonna move the needle
    I can feel it in my heart tonight
    (I can feel it in my heart tonight)

    I need you, you need me
    One more step, almost free (Almost free, almost free)
    Say I need you and you need me
    Father give us eyes to see

    'Cause we can be free, yeah I know that
    Let's try to fix the things that's been broke down
    We can be free, yeah I know that
    And it starts with me
    'Cause we can be free, yeah I know that
    Let's try to fix the things that's been broke down
    We can be free, yeah I know that
    And it starts with me

    This language that I speak
    This dream on you and me
    But one choice from together
    It starts with me
    This language that I speak
    This dream on you and me
    But one choice from together
    It starts with me

    Now is the time Writer/s: Cole Walowac, Dave Lubben, Toby McKeehan
    Publisher: Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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