Don't give up, I know you can see
All the world and the mess that we're making
Can't give up and hope God will intercede
Come on back, imagine that we could get it together

Stand up for where we need to be
'Cause crime won't save or feed a hungry child
Can't lay down and wait for a miracle to change things

So lift up your eyes, lift up your heart
Singing, mercy will we overcome this
Oh, one by one, could we turn it around?
Maybe carry on just a little bit longer
And I'll try to give you what you need

Me and you, and you, and you just wanna be free, yeah-yeah
But you see, all the world is just as we've made it
And until we got a new world I've got to say
That love is not a whisper or a weakness
No, love is strong, so we got to get together
Yeah, gotta get, gotta get, gotta get
'Til there is no reason to fight

Mercy, will we overcome this?
Yeah, one by one, could we turn it around?
Maybe carry on just a little bit longer
And I'll try to give you what you need

Yeah

Yeah

Oh, mercy, will we overcome this?
Oh, have we come too far to turn it around
Oh, is it, ask too much to be a little bit stronger
'Cause I wanna give you what you need

Mercy, what will become of us?
Oh, one by one, could we turn it around?
Maybe carry on just a little bit longer
And I'll try to give you what you need Writer/s: David John Matthews, John Alagia
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