What Happened?

Verse 1

Streets on fire in sixty-eight

Brothers marching through the pouring hate

Motown played while cities burned

So many lessons I never learned

Selma bridge and Vietnam mud

Peace signs raised through the rain and blood

Thought we turned a corner then

Now I'm staring at the very same pain again

Chorus

What happened to the dream we had

What happened to the love

What happened to the forward stride

We took our eyes above

What happened to tomorrow

When yesterday felt so close

What happened to the healing

What happened

Verse 2

Cameras catch the same old scenes

New faces fighting old regimes

Promised land on a broken map

Same kind of freedom they still try to trap

Smoke stacks and broken schools

Same old rules dressed up as new

My daddy's fear in my baby's eyes

History wearing a different disguise

Pre-Chorus

I sang about the inner city blues

Thought we found a different view

But the mirror shows the same damn room

Singing

Chorus

What happened to the dream we had

What happened to the love

What happened to the forward stride

We took our eyes above

What happened to tomorrow

When yesterday felt so close

What happened to the healing

What happened

Bridge

Maybe the answer's in the question

Maybe progress needs protection

Maybe love ain't just a melody

Maybe change starts inside of me

Outro

What happened

What happened

What happened

Tell me what happened