I've seen a black cloud rise up over Capitol Hill I've seen the purple mountains majesty melt into mounds of pills I saw two towers crumble, seen three colors become grey I've seen my neighbor's father pack up to go protect this land He went and left his family to fight that terror in a desert sand I never saw him come back and they never found the things they said that they would I've seen my mother break down, drop down onto her knees Didn't know if she'd afford a mortgage in this land said to be free My father lost his job, we lost it all, three colors became grey I've seen thunder and lightening, I've seen dark clouds of rain The devil try to bring me down, but he ain't gonna bring me down today No, not today I've seen a mental gunman take down a church of nine I've seen our homeland ripped down taking out animals, plants of wild But I've seen a black man rise up, I've seen segregation fall I've seen the sick be cured by the knowledge of man I've seen the starving homeless be saved by the helping hands You see that purple out there, the mountains are rising up I've seen thunder and lightening, I've seen dark clouds of rain The devil tryin to bring me down, but he ain't gonna bring me down No, he ain't gonna bring me down No, he ain't gonna bring me down today There is an answer out there despite all the trialled times Cause life is like our ocean, the waves come and then they pass on by Yeah, I know I'm young, but age does not define the wise I've seen thunder and lightening, I've seen dark clouds of rain The devil tryin to bring me down, but he ain't gonna bring me down today No, not today Well the dark clouds they came And three colors they turned grey And yes, for a little while we began to lose our way But if we come together we might realize we're all the same Devil's tryin' to bring U.S. down, but he ain't gonna bring us down today The eagle's gonna rise up Hope is on the way We are the 50 ways We are the 50 ways We are the 50 ways