Phoenix Rising

Octavia taught us

To be a phoenix we must

First burn

I first learned

How growth hurts

How love works

Through heartbreak

And time it takes

To heal

Faith to know that it will

And when it does

We love deeper than the pain we feel

My wings revealed in fire I had to walk through

And all the trauma from the burns I had to talk through

It took a lot of us to process all the losses

We are still on it trying to assess all the causes

A fire that’s raging since before we came of conscious

Or even took a breath at all

We’rе living through them Parables

Sowing Talents for a causе

How do we imagine what comes after all our buildings fall?

And walk together for a vision in our art

Here we listen heart to heart

Spark matches in the dark

Illuminate these pathways that we made that’s off the charts

Fire takes

Fire gives

Fire always plays a part

There's some kinds of life that's only made out of fire

We're a nomadic tribe made of lovers and of fighters

A phoenix wings first must burn before it flies up

Assata taught me, Octavia taught us

There's some kinds of life that's only made out of fire

We're a nomadic tribe made of lovers and of fighters

A phoenix wings first must burn before it flies up

Assata taught me, Octavia taught us

Assata taught me

It's our duty to fight

It's our duty to win

Don't let them steal your light

The flame within

Your power, your passion

The fire to burn oppression

To make it through the drought

And the man-made recession

Stop giving concessions

Your spirit is real

Collective a spark

The fire to heal

The deeper we feel

The greater the zeal

The less we conceal

The more we reveal

The freer we feel

Now that's a real deal

I want to live life

Life beyond the fight

I want to live right

Life that honors light

Brought me through night

See how the sun shines

Never denies

Beauty that lies deep in her eyes

Rise in the sky

With rhythm and rhyme

We'll set the world right

It's beauty from ash

Candles we light

Vigils at night

The darkness it swells

And threatens demise

The people must rise

The phoenix inspires

The fire this time

There's some kinds of life that's only made out of fire

We're a nomadic tribe made of lovers and of fighters

A phoenix wings first must burn before it flies up

Assata taught me, Octavia taught us

There's some kinds of life that's only made out of fire

We're a nomadic tribe made of lovers and of fighters

A phoenix wings first must burn before it flies up

Assata taught me, Octavia taught us