It's time to Reclaim our power Rewrite our past Rebuild our future For Black lives will last Longer than trends And more permanent than hashtags Freedom our flag Freedom our wear Freedom our love Freedom our hair Freedom our peace Freedom no fear Freedom no fear Word to Nina Simone We got it going on From afros and wide tooth combs And hand me down clothes To the unmistakable gold Deep down in our souls We can be allies Decolonize white lies Eliminate black bodies traced by white outlines Recognize our truths Value our youth See the humanity looking back at you As we heal our wounds We heal the nation No negotiation for Black and Brown liberation Yes, we'll take the reparations And credit where it's due We'll use our voice to teach history they ain't teach us in school We've had the patience Endurance too Fixed our crowns so they can no longer be removed Cotton field hands Built the land on which we stand Planted the trees that give breath to every man Summoned the Spirit to never break but bend And through it all stitched our power back together again Stitched our power back together again, again