From the Ashes

It's a solemn day in the neighbourhood

Like autumn I see colour fallin'

Ain't supper time, but I'm coming home

I understand this brother's callin'

For his mama,

Where's the honour?

Protect and serve

For who I wonder?

Corruption, violence

Is common knowledge

A wall of silence

What they do it under

Narrative is good and bad

But we see the ugly behind the badge

Seems like the cameras is all we have

To reflect the truth, when it's been redacted

Brutality is the real infraction

So I praise the people on the streets in action

Through smoke grenades

Police harassment

You kept your peace and raised hell with passion

Oooooh (repeat x4)

May the seeds you plant be everlasting

Brand new life rise from the ashes

These are things that I can imagine

For the children born in the storm that's passin'

Was the wind of change in a last breath?

Last breath, last breath (repeated x2)

It's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood

Like spring I see the life begin

Can't wait til summer comes around

To see the berries ripening

In the bushes, on the land

Sundance Arbour, ain't it grand?

Took a chance, made a stand

Started as a prayer now you're in our hands

As I stare into my daughter's eyes

In a place that's been so traumatized

I gasp at thoughts that grasp me

But you still make us so happy

My girl, this world, can drag you down

We'll do our best to raise you

Teach you how to live with love

And show you how to pray too

Days you wish to cry or frown

Those things they have their place too

Tears we shed are medicine

Flowers need the rain too

Oooooh (repeat x4)

May the seeds you plant be everlasting

Brand new life rise from the ashes

These are things that I can imagine

For the children born in the storm that's passin'

Was the wind of change in a first breath?

First breath, first breath (repeat x2)