Common — A Beautiful Revolution Outro

[Intro: Various Speakers] What is a beautiful revolution? (A beautiful revolution) A beautiful revolution is when old and outdated ideas Are replaced by new and better ones Everybody's in peace, everybody's shaking hands A beautiful revolution? The Earth going around the Sun, it's a beautiful thing (The truth is, revolution can be small It's in the stillness, and it can be painful and warm Because it's happening on the inside first It can't happen out there unless it's happening in here) (A beautiful revolution is a truthful revolution A revolution that balances the extremes of Of inner and outer, light and dark, good and evil Masculine, feminine, black, white) (People were able to change other peoples' minds Without any loss of life and without any shedding of blood) {That's a beautiful revolution} {That's, that's what a beautiful revolution looks like to me} [Outro: Morgan Parker] And finally, we take us back The boat and the big house My body, my thoughts, our words Our fate, my people, our peace, my people Come, sit down for a spell We gather to announce our freedom Unafraid to turn our backs, and we can bring you And nobody wants us dead And we are free to rest and tend our wounds Give us this day to grieve who we could've been Give us this day to bless the Atlantic floor To worship what was stolen Give us more than survival Weave fists, glistening with blue magic and black glory Only roses in our mouths We pray like this, we keep us safe We can breathe, we give us breath And we is us again, amen