[John Legend - Hook]
 I believe in the light that shines and will never die
 Oh I believe the fire burns, we stay alive
 They will talk about us
 Like they talked about the kings before us
 They will talk about us

 [bad word] - Verse 1]
 These are the words of a believer, achiever, leader of the globe
 Feeding souls of those in need
 I bleed the blood of the [bad word] 
 Walking over troubled puddles
 Hustles in my chest, no hustle no progress
 Extremities of life and it’s process
 Birth of a son, death of another
 With love I can rest both mothers
 And told ‘em, who’s in control is the one thats above us
 I walk where money talks and love stutters
 Body language of a nation going through changes
 The young [bad word] dangerous, pain gets spent into anger
 Anger gets sent through the chamber
 It’s tough when your own look like strangers
 We are the sons of gangsters and stone rangers
 If he could how would Ernie Barnes paint us
 Look at the picture, hard not to blame us
 But time forgives and the Chi where the young die often
 Do they end up in a coffin because we haven’t taught them?
 Is it what we talking we really ain't walking
 Dudes, hustlers pay, how much did it cost ‘em?
 Find myself on the same corner that we lost ‘em
 Real talking, in they ear like a walkman
 Thoughts spin around the corner to the World
 When I see them, I see my baby girl
 Believe

[John Legend - Hook]
 I believe in the light that shines and will never die
 Oh I believe the fire burns, we stay alive
 They will talk about us
 Like they talked about the kings before us
 They will talk about us

 [bad word] - Verse 2]
 The lord lives among us
 The young guns hunger [bad word] a means to get it
 By any means necessary, under pressure
 Children feeling lesser, with the steel up on the dresser
 Killin’ will aggressors, destiny’s children
 Survivors, soldiers, in front of buildings they eyes look older
 Hard to see blessings in the violent culture
 Face against weapons, sirens, holsters
 That aint the way that Langston Hughes wrote us
 Soul controllers on the shoulders of Moses and Noah
 We go from being oppressors to Oprah
 Cultivated to [bad word] ever since we came overseas
 Today and the way that you can see we determined
 Solar keeps burning, shawty’s know to keep learning
 Lesson’s in our life, but life stripes that we earning
 Took raps advice that Christ is returning
 Like a thief in the night, I write the beacons of light
 For those of us in dark alleys and parched valleys
 Street kids spark rallies of the conscience conquerors of a contest
 That seems beyond us, even through the unseen, I know that God watches
 From one King’s dream he was able to Barack us
 The prophets, nothing can stop us
 Believe

[John Legend - Hook]
 I believe in the light that shines and will never die
 Oh I believe the fire burns, we stay alive
 They will talk about us
 Like they talked about the kings before us
 They will talk about us

 I know I know I know our dreams won’t turn to dust
 They will talk about us
 I know I know I know our dreams won’t turn to dust
 They will talk about us
 I know I know I know our dreams won’t turn to dust
 They will talk about us