Lyrics Phoenix Rising (feat. KO Nikkita) - Gabriel Teodros

Octavia taught us
To be a phoenix we must
First burn
I first learned
How growth hurts
How love works
Through heartbreak
And time it takes
To heal
Faith to know that it will
And when it does
We love deeper than the pain we feel
My wings revealed in fire I had to walk through
And all the trauma from the burns I had to talk through
It took a lot of us to process all the losses
We are still on it trying to assess all the causes
A fire that's raging since before we came of conscious
Or even took a breath at all
We're living through them Parables
Sowing talents for a cause
How do we imagine what comes after all our buildings fall?
And walk together for a vision in our art
Here we listen heart to heart
Spark matches in the dark
Illuminate these pathways that we made that's off the charts
Fire takes
Fire gives
Fire always plays a part

There's some kinds of life that's only made out of fire
We're a nomadic tribe made of lovers and of fighters
A phoenix wings first must burn before it flies up
Assata taught me, Octavia taught us
There's some kinds of life that's only made out of fire
We're a nomadic tribe made of lovers and of fighters
A phoenix wings first must burn before it flies up
Assata taught me, Octavia taught us

Assata taught me
It's our duty to fight
It's our duty to win
Don't let them steal your light
The flame within
Your power, your passion
The fire to burn oppression
To make it through the drought
And the man-made recession
Stop giving concessions
Your spirit is real
Collective a spark
The fire to heal
The deeper we feel
The greater the zeal
The less we conceal
The more we reveal
The freer we feel
Now that's a real deal
I want to live life
Life beyond the fight
I want to live right
Life that honors light
Brought me through night
See how the sun shines
Never denies
Beauty that lies deep in her eyes
Rise in the sky
With rhythm and rhyme
We'll set the world right
It's beauty from ash
Candles we light
Vigils at night
The darkness it swells
And threatens demise
The people must rise
The phoenix inspires
The fire this time

There's some kinds of life that's only made out of fire
We're a nomadic tribe made of lovers and of fighters
A phoenix wings first must burn before it flies up
Assata taught me, Octavia taught us
There's some kinds of life that's only made out of fire
We're a nomadic tribe made of lovers and of fighters
A phoenix wings first must burn before it flies up
Assata taught me, Octavia taught us