One Human Race

[Intro]
One breath, one room, one human race
No wall can measure a heart's true space

[Verse 1]
You wear a name I don't know how to say
I wear a story from a different place
We bring our bruises, we bring our doubt
But every locked door can open out

A hand can rise, or a hand can heal
The choice is ours, the choice is real
No child is born with a stranger's blame
No soul is smaller beneath a name

[Pre-Chorus]
If fear is taught, then love can be learned
If lines are drawn, they can be turned
Stand beside me, not above
Make room for mercy, make room for love

[Chorus]
We will not bow to hate
We will not feed the flame
Different hearts, one human fate
Many voices, one refrain
Let every color have its place
Let every faith breathe free
When we choose love face to face
We become what we were meant to be

[Verse 2]
The table's wide when we pull up a chair
There is enough sky, enough air
Your prayer, my song, their open hands
Can build a bridge where a border stands

No more counting who belongs
No more turning pain into songs
That teach the young to fear the new
I see my future when I look at you

[Pre-Chorus]
If fear is taught, then love can be learned
If lines are drawn, they can be turned
Stand beside me, not above
Make room for mercy, make room for love

[Chorus]
We will not bow to hate
We will not feed the flame
Different hearts, one human fate
Many voices, one refrain
Let every color have its place
Let every faith breathe free
When we choose love face to face
We become what we were meant to be

[Bridge]
To the hands that tremble, take mine
To the voices silenced, take time
To the ones pushed out, come in
A better world begins again

Not perfect, not without scars
Still we can meet beneath the same stars
No victory built on someone else's pain
No peace that leaves a neighbor in chains

[Breakdown]
Choose the door
Choose the light
Choose the person
Standing right beside you tonight

[Final Chorus]
We will not bow to hate
We will not feed the flame
Different hearts, one human fate
Many voices, one refrain
Let every color have its place
Let every faith breathe free
When we choose love face to face
We become what we were meant to be

[Outro]
One breath, one room, one human race
No wall can measure a heart's true space
We choose love
We choose peace
We choose each other
We choose to coexist