Q-York ft. Jay R - Mistakes Lyrics

I think we learn from our mistakes
When we admit them
But when we deny them
We deny ourselves the truth
(I’m gonna make a change)

America the beautiful
Land of opportunity
Know your history erased from our memories
We talk about the holocaust
But not about forgotten wars
Genocide of Cherokees
Manifest Destiny
God Given yeah cities were built
On soil soaked from the blood that spilt
When the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth
It was the natives that’s saved’em
If only they knew then they could have stopped the invasion
Now we get together every Thanksgiving
It’s we like we celebrating mass killing
Tribes live on reservations
Just a form of prison
But who am I to talk I’m just the son of two immigrants
But ain’t we all
Ignorance is bliss
I guess it’s just a way to keep the people oppressed
Admit the mistakes
We could be great
Together we could change
It’s never too late

Chorus
We all make mistakes
I won’t be afraid
The sun shines after the rain
I’ll get through all this pain
Today I’m gonna make a change
I’m gonna make a change
I’m gonna make a change
I’m gonna be the change

I remember watchin’ Nas in belly
Yeah he wanted to go back
To his motherland I did exactly that
Now I’m here and I love it
But there’s so much corruption in the government
Who’s really running it?
When the super typhoon hit
Billions of dollars in donations were sent
Where was the money spent?
There’s still too many people living in tents
Excuse me if I sound tense I’m just upset
And my momma can’t forget all the pain
That she faced in the orphanage
Locked in the attic
They used to have to steal food to eat
That’s why she don’t want to come back to the Philippines
The kids in the streets
It reminds her of herself and what she escaped
I tell her one day
You’ll see just wait
Admit the mistakes
We could be great
Together we could change it’s never too late

Chorus

Major corporations
Hiring scientists
Denying to the public climate change exists
Animals hunted to extinction by humans
We are consuming more than mother earth produces
Shortages of water and food
New diseases pop up to which we’re not immunie
Earthquakes, tidal waves, bombs is dropped
Another innocent man shot
By the police!
It’s the world that we livin’ in
Education is a right not a privilege
You might be right we are enemy
You might be right we are the remedy
Yeah
Now make a choice let your voice be heard
Without the action what good are the words?
Admit the mistakes we could be great
Together we can change
It’s never too late!