Common, John Legend - The Believer (feat. John Legend)

[00:00.65] I believe in the light that shines and will never die [00:08.99] Oh I believe the fire burns, we stay alive [00:16.98] They will talk about us [00:21.63] Like they talked about the kings before us [00:26.36] They will talk about us [00:27.40] These are the words of a believer, achiever, leader of the globe [00:30.27] Feeding souls of those in need [00:31.98] I bleed the blood of the struggle [00:33.51] Walking over troubled puddles [00:35.07] Hustles in my chest, no hustle no progress [00:37.20] Extremities of life and it's process [00:38.96] Birth of a son, death of another [00:41.34] With love I can rest both mothers [00:43.05] And told 'em, who's in control is the one that's above us [00:45.97] I walk where money talks and love stutters [00:48.27] Body language of a nation going through changes [00:50.64] The young become dangerous, pain gets spent into anger [00:53.77] Anger gets sent through the chamber [00:55.37] It's tough when your own look like strangers [00:57.18] We are the sons of gangsters and stone rangers [00:59.73] If he could how would Ernie Barnes paint us [01:02.03] Look at the picture, hard not to blame us [01:03.98] But time forgives in the Chi where the young die often [01:07.16] Do they end up in a coffin because we haven't taught them? [01:10.02] Is it what we talking we really aint walking [01:12.17] Dues hustlers pay, how much did it cost 'em? [01:14.42] Find myself on the same corner that we lost 'em [01:16.96] Real talking, in they ear like a walkman [01:19.10] Thoughts spin around the corner to the World [01:21.47] When I see them, I see my baby girl [01:23.63] Believe [01:24.66] I believe in the light that shines and will never die [01:32.86] Oh I believe the fire burns, we stay alive [01:40.91] They will talk about us [01:45.49] Like they talked about the kings before us [01:50.43] (They will talk about us) The lord lives among us [01:52.82] The younger's hunger become a means to get it [01:55.37] By any ways necessary, under pressure [01:57.62] Children feeling lesser, with the steel up on the dresser [02:00.03] Killin' will aggressors, destiny's children [02:02.24] Survivors, soldiers, in front of buildings they eyes look older [02:05.73] Hard to see blessings in a violent culture [02:08.09] Face against weapons, sirens, holsters [02:10.39] That ain't the way that Langston Hughes wrote us [02:12.39] Soul controllers on the shoulders of Moses and Noah [02:15.06] We go from being precious to Oprah [02:16.96] Cultivated to overcome ever since we came overseas [02:19.64] Today and the way that you can see we determined [02:22.04] Solar keeps burning, shawty's know to keep learning [02:24.44] Lesson's in our life, are like stripes that we earning [02:26.72] Took Gramps advice that Christ is returning [02:28.98] Like a thief in the night, I write the beacons of light [02:31.29] For those of us in dark alleys and parched valleys [02:33.41] Street kids spark rallies of the conscience conquerors of a contest [02:37.14] That seems beyond us, even through the unseen, I know that God watches [02:40.71] From one King's dream he was able to Barack us [02:44.47] The prophets, nothing can stop us [02:48.46] I believe in the light that shines and will never die [02:56.57] Oh I believe the fire burns, we stay alive (Believe) [03:04.87] They will talk about us [03:09.23] Like they talked about the kings before us [03:14.10] They will talk about us [03:17.73] I know, I know, I know our dreams won't turn to dust [03:23.50] They will talk about us [03:27.02] I know, I know, I know our dreams won't turn to dust [03:32.73] They will talk about us [03:36.24] I know, I know, I know our dreams won't turn to dust [03:42.04] They will talk about us [03:43.71]