We Shall Overcome

N.C. Maybe I'm not here to be a superstar after all N.C. Maybe I'm here to pray for all those who have lost hope along the way N.C. Venceremos, venceremos Am Em B Em Am Em B7 Em Yo recuerdo yo perdon recordamos y perdonamos Am I'm on the verge of everything Em Reluctantly surrendering so honestly B7 Tiptoe to the edge of my destiny Em Free fall backwards, great mystery speakin' to me, the pain of the youth Am The confusion of the people and their struggle for truth Em Yeah, regroup and renew B7 Time to regroup, renew the ambition of a nation Em Zombies treadin' on decaying foundation Am Wasting, creating hostility among us Em Turning our back on our mother B7 We're turning our back on our mother Em Esus G G/G# Am Look at what we've done Em B7 Em Esus G G/G# I remember I remember I forgive Am Em B7 Em I remember I remember I remember I forgive Am These people are relentless, senseless, violent and racist Em Providing installation in my day-to-day, endless B7 Positivity can definitely be contagious Em Persuasive, cause I'm speaking my truth Am I got pennies in my pockets, but I'm picking fresh fruits Em Yeah, picking fresh fruits B7 Got pennies in my pockets, but I'm picking fresh fruits Em Yeah, whoa Am 'Cause I live in a land of abundance Em Where the rain off my roof is sacred and precious B7 And now we get to work and be found riding horses Em Enormous with the courage that we like to front Am Bringin' it back to the land when there was food to hunt Em And yeah, when there was food to hunt B7 And yeah, oh Em Esus G G/G# Am I got one last thing on my mind Em B7 Em Esus G G/G# I remember I remember I forgive Am Em B7 Em I remember I remember I remember I forgive Am I'm learning the language of the planet we inhabit and stab it with Em The chemicals that we practice and I've had it with habits, it's tragic B7 This trajectory course that we're on Em Separated from the dirt, from ourselves, from the song Am Every robot sings, with his hand to his heart: Em "I will k**l for God, and I will hit my mark B7 And I will stand like a fool for three colors of treason" Em Nobody's bombing me, but other countries are weeping Am Choppin' the mountains in half Em Can't you hear the earth screamin'? B7 Whoaoh, can't you hear the Earth screamin'? Oh Am Em Blood oil for dinner, better have an appetite, yeah B7 Cause we rape, pillage and plunder Em Esus G G/G# Am So you can heat your house to - night Em B7 Em Esus G G/G# I remember I remember I forgive Am Em B7 Em Esus G G/G# Am I remember I remember I remember I forgive Am All my empowered people, put your ones up! Em Recognize our tribes are independent and restless B7 Searching for purpose beneath the rubble and wreckage Em The message: Forgiveness starts with me! Am Em Yeah! With me! Oh no B7 Stop blaming other people, take on the responsibility Em Esus G G/G# Of generations to come Am Em May they live in a world without governments and guns B7 Without governments and guns Em Esus G G/G# Ay, no Am Your people who killed my people Em My people killed your people B7 But our people are all one people Em Esus G G/G# United by compassion for humanity's sake Am We wake and meditate on the light of a new day Em New chapter in the book of a thousand tongues B7 Yeah, a thousand tongues Em Esus G G/G# Am We shall o - ver - come Em B7 Em Esus G G/G# Am Am/A# Bm Bm/C I remember I remember I forgive C B7 C Ooh yeah, we shall overcome (We shall overcome) B7 C Yeah, we shall overcome (We shall overcome) B7 C I remember, I remember (We shall overcome) B7 C I remember, I remember (We shall overcome) B7 C Yeah, we shall overcome (We shall overcome) B7 C I remember, I remember (We shall overcome) B7 C Ooo yeah, I forgive (We shall overcome) B7 I remember, I remember