[Intro]
In the crowd I’m splitting hairs of pride and doubt,
A flag behind me, but my heart wants out.
[Verse 1]
I hate the way the noise shouts yesterday’s truth,
Where tunnels narrow hope and futures seem uncouth.
But I love the paths you paved, the ones I walk anew,
The games we play for change, the dreams we chase in view.
[Pre-Chorus]
Between the lines of glory and the price we pay,
I find a brighter map that guides me anyway.
[Chorus]
I hate my country when it cages what I’ve got to say,
I love the vision that keeps me fighting for a better day.
I hate the hate that echoes loud in all that’s done,
I love the courage rising up when the morning comes.
[Verse 2]
Your streets remember every fault I try to mend,
I’m walking through the storms for hearts who won’t pretend.
If liberty is choosing who we’re meant to be,
I’ll hold the line for us, for every voice to be.
[Pre-Chorus]
Between the lines of glory and the price we pay,
I find a brighter map that guides me anyway.
[Chorus]
I hate my country when it cages what I’ve got to say,
I love the vision that keeps me fighting for a better day.
I hate the hate that echoes loud in all that’s done,
I love the courage rising up when the morning comes.
[Bridge]
So break the chains that tell us we are not enough,
Let kindness lead the way, let’s rise above the rough.
[Chorus]
I hate my country when it cages what I’ve got to say,
I love the vision that keeps me fighting for a better day.
I hate the hate that echoes loud in all that’s done,
I love the courage rising up when the morning comes.
[Outro]
Hate and love in tension, yet we press into the light,
Building something lasting from the walls we rewrite.
