[Intro] | G   Gsus4  | 4x [Verse 1] America’s on   fire        There’s protests in the street  Her conscience has been looted           And her soul is under siege           Another  mother’s crying  As  history repeats  I   can’t breathe       [Instrumental] | G   Gsus4  | 3x [Verse 2]  God damn those  8 long minutes Lying  face down in cuffs on the ground  Bystanders  pleaded  for  mercy As one Cop  shoved a kid in the crowd          When did a judge and a jury  Become a badge and a knee On  these streets?        [Chorus] Stay alive stay alive Shine a light stay alive Use your voice and you remember me American reckoning [Verse 3] I’ll never know what it’s like        To walk a mile in his shoes  And I’ll never have to have the talk        So it don’t happen to you            Three little words written ’cross the chest Of a  twelve year old who hasn’t lived life yet "Am I next?        Am I next?" [Chorus] Stay alive stay alive Shine a light stay alive Use your voice and you remember me American reckoning [Instrumental Break] |      |   | 2x |   |   | | G   Gsus4  | 2x [Bridge] Is this a moment or movement?        Is this the tide or a flood?  Is our American reckoning?      Our story written in blood Or in love Or in peace                [Instrumental] | G   Gsus4  | 4x [Chorus] Stay alive stay alive Shine a light stay alive Use your voice and you remember me Stay alive stay alive Shine a light stay alive Use your voice and you remember me American reckoning                          In our American reckoning