When The River Overflow versuri

Versuri MRX United – When The River Overflow lyrics

[Intro]
Yeah
When the banks break, the truth don’t hide
When the water rise, you either run or you organize
This for the people

[Verse 1]
The river came heavy, climbed over the stone
Ran through the streets like it wanted the throne
Took the old signs, tore the lies from the wall
Now the whole town see who was sleep through it all
They was talking real smooth from a podium high,
Said, “Trust in the system,” while the dry people lied
But the basement filled first where the poor people stay
Now the working hands drowning in the price they pay
See, the flood ain’t water, it’s a bill coming due
For the promises broken and the warnings they knew
Every crack in the levee got a name and a face
Every vote bought cheap put us right in this place
Now the mud on the flag, yeah, the colors still wave
But a nation means people, not the rich getting saved
So we stand in the rain with our fists and our grief
Plant our boots in the current, build a wall with belief

[Chorus]
We’re not backing down when the river overflow
When it hits that line, we the ones that let ’em know
No more waiting round for a hand from above
We got rage in our chest, and we move with love
If the water keep rising, then we rise even more
Bring the truth to the steps, bring the fight to the door
From the banks to the blocks, let the whole world know
You can’t drown a people when the people all grow

[Verse 2]
They cut the funds, then they cut the warning sirens
Then they looked surprised when the panic turned violent
Now the cameras zoom in on the tears and the pain
But they never film the deals that were made for the gain
See the river remembers every tree they removed
Every wetland sold off, every lie they approved
Now the current got a voice, and it roar through the night
Like a crowd with a purpose when it’s ready to fight
Mama carrying photos, daddy hauling up wood
Kids in rubber boots asking if the world still good
Tell ’em, “Yeah, but it changes when the people unite
When the fear turn to pressure, when the pressure ignite.”
So we pass out the bread, stack the sand, share the names
Learn the cost of neglect and who profited from blame
This ain’t random weather, this is power exposed
And the flood hit hardest where the power was owed

[Chorus]
We’re not backing down when the river overflow
When it hits that line, we the ones that let ’em know
No more waiting round for a hand from above
We got rage in our chest, and we move with love
If the water keep rising, then we rise even more
Bring the truth to the steps, bring the fight to the door
From the banks to the blocks, let the whole world know
You can’t drown a people when the people all grow

[Bridge]
Let it rise.
Let it show what was hidden underneath
All that greed, all that theft, all that polished-up belief
We ain’t scared of the storm, we got names, we got proof
And when the river hit the ceiling, we became the roof

[Verse 3]
Now I see neighbors linking arm in arm in the flood
Making hope out of buckets, making law out of mud
No king coming down, no savior from the screen
Just us in the wreckage building something still clean
Write it plain on the banner, on the boats, on the wall
If they won’t save the people, then they don’t lead at all
Hear the chant in the distance getting loud as the rain
We were bent, never broken, now we’re done with the chain
Every shelter, every kitchen, every hand, every name
That’s the shape of a country, not a party or fame
So when the next wave come, we ain’t begging no more
We got plans, we got voices, we got feet at the door
And the river keep moving, so we move with it too
Turn a flood to a force, turn survival to truth

[Final Chorus]
We’re not backing down when the river overflow
When it hits that line, we the ones that let ’em know
No more waiting round for a hand from above
We got rage in our chest, and we move with love
If the water keep rising, then we rise even more
Bring the truth to the steps, bring the fight to the door
From the banks to the blocks, let the whole world know
You can’t drown a people when the people all grow

[Outro]
Yeah
When the river overflow, so does the silence
And when the silence break, the people speak
That’s how change sounds