Lions - Breakaway

There were no heroes in the childhoods we braved

We once were hunted so you could take away your pain

We built ourselves to stand alone in our own way

Skin black and blue because of you

You can’t control us now

We are the lions

That fought through the riot

We’re not the only ones

That came from the fire

Walked on a wire

We are the lions

We’re not the prey you desire

You can’t control us now

We fought through the riot

We conquered the fire

We once were helpless now we find ourselves engraved

With lessons learnt, we taught ourselves to find our way

We hold our own outside the world from where we came

We took from you

We hold on, too

We walked a wire until we found ourselves

Our lives in our hands

Straight through a riot burning oxygen

We built ourselves to stand

To live again