Voices Rising

Intro

(Daf beats on)

Saat-e-haat, saat-e-haat

(Yalla)

Verse 1

From the alley cracks we climbed

Every stone remembers every crime

Mama sewed our names in thread

Baba's hands were bricks of lead

We grew loud where they said hush

Every siren taught us rush

Pre-Chorus

Rise up rise up

Tell them what we know

Rise up rise up

We don't fold we grow

Chorus

Our voices rise from alley to the street

Every word a hammer every line a heat

Our voices rise from alley to the street

We shout the truth until the walls repeat

Post-Chorus

Haal-yaar, haal-yaar

(Zendegi, zendegi)

Haal-yaar, haal-yaar

(Zendegi, zendegi)

Verse 2

Tonbak thunder in my chest

Every neighbor knows the rest

Sirens swallow summer nights

Still we paint our names in light

Santur cuts across the dark

Every string a burning spark

Pre-Chorus

Rise up rise up

Tell them what we know

Rise up rise up

We don't fold we grow

Chorus

Our voices rise from alley to the street

Every word a hammer every line a heat

Our voices rise from alley to the street

We shout the truth until the walls repeat

Post-Chorus

Haal-yaar, haal-yaar

(Zendegi, zendegi)

Haal-yaar, haal-yaar

(Zendegi, zendegi)

Bridge

Flute behind the smoke

Every breath a vote

Every voice a road

Every road a hope

Chorus

Our voices rise from alley to the street

Every word a hammer every line a heat

Our voices rise from alley to the street

We shout the truth until the walls repeat

Post-Chorus

Haal-yaar, haal-yaar

(Zendegi, zendegi)

Haal-yaar, haal-yaar

(Zendegi, zendegi)