Starts With Me (Live)

Lyrics

[Interlude: TobyMac] Listen Lookin' out over this audience tonight, I just gotta tell you Denver, you look beautiful in all your diversity tonight I've always believed that there's richness in diversity I've always believed that we're better together than separated And I've always believed that we, the believers, we should be leading the way in what real love looks like I gotta be honest with you Sometimes I get online, I turn the news on the television Man, sometimes I just gotta shut it off 'Cause it makes me… It makes me start believin' that we can't make it together But then I look up here on this stage and I see these people that I've travelled with, been runnin' with for 15 years And look, all of us, different upbringings, different colors of skin Listen, if we could live together and make it together on a tour bus, surely we could make it in a city or a state or a town or a nation Truth is, there's no law the government can pass that brings us together A song can't bring us together Comin' together comes down to you and me [Intro: Martin Luther King Jr.] One day This nation will rise up Rise up [Verse 1: TobyMac] There's a million reasons to hesitate With a history that's filled with hate Have we ever been United States? I wonder (Oh, oh, oh) So who can blame us for the doubt? Forgive me if I think out loud But when justice just won't come around, you wonder (Oh, oh, oh) [Pre-Chorus: TobyMac, Gabriel Patillo, TobyMac & Gabriel Patillo, Terrian] I was born with two dirty hands (Ooh-ooh) Somethin' my daddy didn't understand Somethin' his daddy didn't understand (Ooh-ooh) So it starts with me I was raised with distrust in my heart (Ooh-ooh) Mama told me we're worlds apart Her mama told her don't even bother (Ooh-ooh) So it starts with me [Chorus: TobyMac & Gabriel Patillo, TobyMac] 'Cause we can be free, yeah, yeah, I know that (Oh, oh, oh) Let's try to fix the things that's been broke down We can be free, yeah, yeah, I know that And it starts with me Ladies and gentlemen (Ladies and gentlemen), Mr. Aaron Cole (Mr. Aaron Cole) [Verse 2: Aaron Cole & Terrian] With a heavy road in front of us And a system that has lost our trust Can we ever find the strength to rise from ashes? (Ashes) (Oh, oh, oh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh) In lookin' at the heart of it The healing really can't begin Without confession and forgiveness and compassion (—passion) (Oh, oh, oh) [Pre-Chorus: TobyMac, Aaron Cole, Aaron Cole & Gabriel Patillo, Terrian] I was born with two dirty hands (Ooh-ooh) Somethin' my daddy didn't understand Somethin' his daddy didn't understand (Ooh-ooh) So it starts with me And I was raised with distrust in my heart (Ooh-ooh) Mama told me we're worlds apart Her mama told her don't even bother (Ooh-ooh) So it starts with me [Chorus: TobyMac & Aaron Cole, TobyMac, Choir] 'Cause we can be free, yeah, yeah, I know that (I know that) (Oh, oh, oh) Let's try to fix the things that's been broke down We can be free, yeah, yeah, I know that (I know that) And it starts with me (Freedom) We can be free, yeah, yeah, I know that (Oh, oh, oh) Let's try to fix the things that's been broke down We can be free, yeah, yeah, I know that (I know that) And it starts with me (Freedom) [Bridge: TobyMac, Aaron Cole, TobyMac, Aaron Cole & Gabriel Patillo, Gabriel Patillo & Choir] Can you feel it in your heart tonight? (Freedom) Love is gonna move the needle (Freedom) I can feel it in my heart tonight (Freedom) Can you feel it in your heart tonight? (Freedom) Love is gonna move the needle (Freedom) I can feel it in my heart tonight (Freedom) Oh, yeah Can you feel it in your heart tonight? (Feel it in my heart tonight) Love is gonna move the needle (Love is gonna move the needle) I can feel it in my heart tonight, yeah (I can feel it in my heart tonight) [Breakdown: TobyMac & Aaron Cole] I said, I need you, and you need me One more step, we're almost free Almost free, almost free Yeah, I need you, and you need me Father, give us eyes to see Hey, ayy, yeah, give us eyes to see [Outro: TobyMac, Aaron Cole, TobyMac & Aaron Cole, Martin Luther King Jr.] 'Cause we can be free, yeah And we can be free, whoa-oh-oh We can be free, yeah, yeah, I know that And it starts with me We can be free, yeah Yeah, ayy, yeah, take it We can be free, yeah, I know that And it starts with me (Me, me) Now is the time (Now is the time, now is the time) Denver, give it up for Aaron Cole