Why this song?
'One Love' was Elle Varner's response to the shooting of Mike Brown in Ferguson. As she says: “With persistence, strategy, and intellect, we can not only obtain justice for Mike Brown but we can effectuate changes that will prevent these things from happening again!”
Lyrics
I know it's crazy to think of this daily
imagine no one needing guns
only once impossible maybe
but we never tried it
the whole world is silence
respecting each other
our gods and our brothers killing with kindness
but instead he cries for his daughter
and she cries for her son
and we all cry together
cause we all lost someone
and it hurts it’s no different
what color our skin is it’s the same unfortunate pain
and most of the time we are the blame
but who's to say that we can't change
and give one love
one love to everyone
and who's decides
it’s not the time
to give one love
one love to everyone
oh oh oh oh oh
now can you imagine
if you couldn't imagine
level of violence imparts to the world that perpetually happens
like you were just shopping
or stuck in a drive- thru
and all of a sudden you looked up and boom somebody bombed you
and day after day
I'm convinced it gets worse
a school should never be a place
where the children get hurt
hard enough as it is
every mouth must be fed
it’s not that we don't care
we're just too consumed with ourselves
but who's to say that we can't change
and give one love
one love to everyone
and who decides
that we can't try
to give one love
one love to everyone
oh oh oh oh oh
but who's to say that we can't change
and give one love
one love to everyone
and who decides
that we can't try
to give one love
one love to everyone
Songwriters: Elle Varner / Christopher Ruelas / Jordan Ware / D. Foreman / B. Freelander
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