Common Ground feat. Cyril Neville and Matt Lavelle

Mainstream media murderers
 Killing your mind on prime time
 You can turn off the TV
 But it wont stop the suffering
 Shock and awful flash the cameras
 The other side is less painful
 Headlines scream silence
 Entertains the status quo
 We know the truth, its time to pass it down
 Our future rests on common grounds.
 How far will we have to go?
 If the waters keep on risin'
 If we can't reach common grounds
 What will we stand on?
 When the system fails
 And the levees break
 Will we salvage our roots?
 Will we break these chains?
 We know the truth, its time to pass it down
 Our future rests, it rests on common grounds
 Reach common grounds, while time still remains
 We are the ones, lets break these chains
 Let's unchain our hands
 And reach for common grounds!
 (Spoken)
 The watermark of a civilization crashed
 Relief determined by color and class
 See the signs the balance is off...
 Pay the price, ignore the costs...
 Rotted roots of our despair uncovered
 Poisons seep deep inside
 With broken veins the waters rise
 While the shadowed reasons hide
 Mainstream media murderers
 Desensitize the tragedies!
 You can turn up the TV
 It wont drown out the suffering
 Let's break these chains!
 And reach for common grounds!
 We know the truth, its time to pass it down
 Our future rests, it rests on common grounds
 Reach common grounds, while time still remains
 We are the ones, lets break these chains!