[Intro]
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C#m A
C#m A
C#m C#sus4 C#m C#sus4
A A6 A A6
There's a war (there's a war)
C#m C#sus4 C#m C#sus4
Adim/C Adim/D#
[Verse 1]
C#m C#sus4
The kingdom's on fire, the blood of a young messiah
C#m A
I see sinners in a church, I see sinners in a church
A
Sometimes I might be introvert
N.c.
There's a war inside, I hear battle cries
C#m C#sus4
Mothers burying sons, young boys playing with guns
C#m C#sus4
The devil's a liar, fulfil your wildest desires
A A6
Now I don't wanna be the one to doctor this
A A6
But if you can't feel pain then you can't feel the opposite
C#m C#sus4
The fight between the Yin and Yang's a fight you'll never win
C#m C#sus4
I study humans, that makes me an anthropologist
A A6
I'm not into politics but I know it's dark times
A A6
Parts of the world still living in Apartheid (there's a war, there's a war)
C#m C#sus4
But if I don't take this winner's flight that's career suicide
C#m C#sus4
Though I should've been a friend when your grandma died
A A6
I see the illness eat my aunt laying in her bed
Adim/C Adim/D#
I see her soul rising as her body gets closer to death
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m C#m
A A
C#m C#m
A A
[Chorus]
C#m C#sus4
Find a way, I'll find a way
C#m C#sus4
The world's not over
A A6
I will make it, don't you cry
A A6
In God we trust 'cause we're not alone
[Verse 2]
C#m
I need a license to feel (I can't feel)
C#m
Internal wounds and I'm not tryna be healed (no I don't, no I don't, no)
A
I sabotage what we are trying to build
A
'Cause of feelings I keep inside but it's time to reveal (reveal, reveal)
C#m C#sus4
I hate the thought of just being a burden
C#m C#sus4
I hate that these conversations are surfaced
A A6
Simz the artist or Simbi the person?
A A6
To you I'm smiling but really I'm hurting
C#sus2 C#m
I dedicate my life and gave my heart over twenty-something years
C#sus2 C#m
Left wondering how I even feel
A
Or was it was even worth it?
Amaj9
I bottle up and then spill it in verses
C#sus2 C#m
One day I'm wordless, next day I'm a wordsmith
C#sus2 C#m
Close to success but to happiness I'm the furthest
A
At night I wonder if my tears will dry on their own
A
Hoping I will fulfil Amy's purpose
C#m
Angel said, "Don't let you ego be a disturbance"
C#sus2
Inner demon said, "Motherfucker, you earned this"
A#dim A
Like they strip you of everything you're deserving
Adim/C Adim/D#
Realize there is a prison in us, we are conditioned as fuck
C#m C#sus4
Man, it's like they can't sleep 'til our spirit is crushed
C#m A#dim
How much fighting must we do? We've been fearless enough
A
All we see is broken homes here and poverty
Adim/C Adim/D#
Corrupt government officials, lies and atrocities
Adim A#dim Cdim
How they talking on what's threatening the economy
Adim A#dim Cdim
Knocking down communities to re-up on properties
Adim A#dim Cdim
I'm directly effected, it does more than just bother me
Adim A#dim Cdim
Look beyond the surface, don't just see what you wanna see?
C#m
My speech ain't involuntary
C#sus4
Project with intention straight from my lungs
C#m/B C#m/A#
I'm a black woman and I'm a proud one
A
We walk in blind faith not knowing the outcome
Adim/C Adim/D#
But as long as we're unified, then we've already won
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m C#m
A A
C#m C#m
A A
[Chorus]
C#m C#sus4
Find a way, I'll find a way
C#m C#sus4
The worlds not over
A A6
I will make it, don't you cry
A A6
In God we trust, 'cause we're not alone
C#m C#sus4 C#m C#m7
A A6 A A6
[Bridge]
C#m
And so it begins
The base is an amalgamation of everything
A
Rules are not to be played by rebels
The story of never-ending
C#m
Your introversion led you here
C#m/B C#m/A# C#m/A
Intuition protected you along the way
A
Feelings allowed you to be well balanced
Adim/C Adim/D#
And perspective gave you foresight
C#m C#m/B C#m/A#
The top of the mountain is nothing without the climb
A
Only the strong will survive
Adim/C Adim/D#
[Outro]
C#m C#m
A A
C#m
Only the strong will survive
C#m
Alone but not lonely
A
Your truth unveils with time
A
As you embark on a journey
C#5
Of what it takes to be a woman
