I remembered it before I saw it
With nothing there before my eyes
All the battles that were won before me
I found you when I realized
I had held onto a quiet anchor
The weight of every compromise
On the shoulders of the ones before me
I wage into another life
No confusion
No illusion
No change of mind
There within me
From another time
Let them break our backs on walls of despair
Rising up I'll meet you there
Every struggle
Every generation
The fight to keep a dream alive
I can see us in a line abiding
I will not fade or shrink in size
No confusion
No illusion
No change of mind
There within me
From another time
Let them break our backs on walls of despair
Rising up I'll meet you there
These roots they run deep
These roots they run deep
These roots they run deep
These roots they run deep
