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Bridges, Not Battlefields (Intro) Yeah... From one block to the whole globe. Same heartbeat, different postcode. Let's build. (Verse 1) Kids grow up where the sirens sing lullabies, Dreams get buried while another mother cries. Borders get drawn, but the pain look the same, Different flag on the wall, same fire in the flame. Money chase power while the hungry stand still, Politics talk while the streets pay the bill. Everybody saying, "Pick a side, choose a color," But every single person started life from a mother. Fear gets traded like a profitable stock, Truth gets drowned by the noise on the block. We inherit old hate like a family name, Then we're told it's our duty to continue the game. (Chorus) Put the weapons down, pick the future up. Fill another empty plate, fill another empty cup. Every bridge we build makes another wall fall, If one child ain't safe, then we're failing them all. (Verse 2) Gang wars ain't ending with a bigger gun, They end when the next kid believes they're someone. When schools get funded like prisons used to be, When mentors outnumber the enemies we see. Give people purpose, give artists a stage, Give workers fair wages, don't trap them in a cage. Teach conflict resolution before revenge is learned, Show respect is something every person has earned. Put rivals on a project, let them build side by side, A neighborhood grows stronger when it replaces pride. The strongest hand isn't the one that throws fists— It's the one reaching out saying, "You don't have to live like this." (Bridge) Peace ain't weakness. Justice ain't revenge. Real courage is breaking a cycle that everybody expected you to continue. (Final Chorus) Put the weapons down, pick the future up. Fill another empty plate, fill another empty cup. Every bridge we build makes another wall fall, One world, one people—there's enough for us all. (Outro) We can't rewrite yesterday... But tomorrow's page is still blank. What we write together becomes history.