[Verse 1]

There were no heroes in the childhoods we braved

We once were hunted so you could take away your pain

We built ourselves to stand alone in our own way

Skin black and blue, because of you

[Chorus]

You can't control us now

We are the lions, that fought through the riot

We're not the only ones

Who came from the fire, walked on a wire

We are the lions

We're not the pray you desire

You can't control us now

We fought through the riot, we conquered the fire

[Verse 2]

We once were helpless, now we find ourselves engraved

With lessons learned, we taught ourselves to find our way

We hold our own outside outside from we came

We took from you, we hold on, too

[Chorus]

You can't control us now

We are the lions, that fought through the riot

We're not the only ones

Who came from the fire, walked on a wire

We are the lions

We're not the pray you desire

You can't control us now

We fought through the riot, we conquered the fire

[Verse 3]

We walked a wire 'till we found ourselves

Our lives in our hands

Straight through a riot burning oxygen

We built ourselves to stand

We built ourselves to stand

To live again

[Chorus]

You can't control us now

We are the lions, that fought through the riot

We're not the only ones

Who came from the fire, walked on a wire

We are the lions

We're not the pray you desire

You can't control us now

We fought through the riot, we conquered the fire