Rise take your hand and rise Take a knee and rise Take your cross and rise Rise take your brothers hand Let's all take a stand Rise rise I was a Grain of sand on a black mans beach Extend a hand just when a black mans reached 10 Years I sat and listen to a black man preach So i gotta listen up just when a black man speaks Cut from a whole different pattern Where I grew up i saw them black lives shattered Guns pop I watched the black lives scattered So I understand the term that is black lives matter If your bleeding well it's you that I'm running toward Not picking sides to fight in a culture war I pick the third option I am for the Lord And I skydive deep into the chaos when i pull the cord Just know for sure that I am for you If you are hurting be certain i'm running toward you If your house is burning well i would not ignore you You are not a burden i build you up not destroy you Be honest we got a Bias and a prejudice How about we throw all that bias off the Precipice I grew up with all kinds of Residents So i understand the deeper meaning of all of these messages But its the hate that I ain't messing with If I'm quiet understand I probably had to wrestle with Exactly the right thing to say so I'm hesitant So I understand right there where my hope plus my blessing is Rise take your hand and rise Take a knee and rise Take your cross and rise Rise take your brothers hand Let's all take a stand Rise rise Black lives shattered scattered But God knows that black lives mattered