Broken

To break free was never my choice Walked broken streets Expectations overpowered my voice Pray my greatness won't die with me I'm praying my greatness won't die with me And I'm losing myself Feel like I've got something to prove to myself Too long fulfilling expectations got my truth overwhelmed Scales broken, the world is ending, and you're choosing your wealth While the walls fall and the world burn Seas rise and the clock turn The earth fighting back with hurricanes And the earthquakes and the pouring rain This is for every life lost For the legacy of Standing Rock For the sacred land that we desecrate The trauma my people still carry today For the suicide of our youth who still suffer from being colonized Watched the bombs drop and the bullets fly We steady ignoring the Earth's cry Passed too many tipping points It's not enough, running out of time And the walls fall How could you be a witness to the end and not act? Can't you see the world is broken? Every person on the planet part of something bigger than us We have all been chosen As the generation of humanity that determines What kind of world we will pass down to our children? I'm uncertain How will you look your child in the eyes and tell them Their future wasn't worth fighting for, could've done more but didn't listen Didn't wake up, didn't speak up, didn't fight back when there was still time Everything we love is what we must protect in the final moments while there's still time There is still time I believe There is still time The 11th hour man we living in Drowning in the sea hopelessness I've carried this weight my entire life, and it's too much Feel like giving in We standing still at a precipice I believe that our legacy will be more than this The apathy is so poisonous and it's killin' us Diversity is resilient Can't let our differences divide us Gotta recognize that the change we want in the world has to start inside us We have a lot to heal from The world needs to change Fight for what we love, start healing the worlds hate Build beauty from the ashes after the world breaks It's in the hands of the youth now We leading the way We leading the way We're born and we die, I'm done trying to escape it I learned from my momma that this life is what you make it If happiness is a choice, It's up to you to choose it If my power is in my voice, then I'm bound to learn to use it Breakdowns lead to breakthroughs Move through the challenges, flow where the current takes you I'm grateful to be young and this passionate. In my heart, part of me has always been an activist That's why I wrote this record, so you could understand Music made me believe in the person I am No masks, no acting, no gimmicks This is what it looks like to live life with no limits This art is my resistance, I like my revolution with rhythm A melody and a break beat, so people will listen This is for every broken soul that's felt like giving up I pray this music and these world can play a part to lift you up A people's champion, show the people all that they can be This journey's always been bout so much more than being happy Yes I'm broken, the world is too, that's how it is But things have to fall apart to be reborn as more than this I believe that the world can be more than what it is I believe all the loss we've felt will teach us how to give I look back at our ancestors and how they used to live In balance with the planet, that's how we've got to live With love being the compass that guides the way Leads us home I believe the brighter days, are on their way We've gotta hope With love being the compass that guides the way Lead us home I believe the brighter days, are on their way We've gotta hope I believe There is still Time --- Broken - Xiuhtezcatl