Hold On

Hold on, hold on

Hold on to what you've got

Hold on, hold on

Hold on to what you've got

The world is changing in a biased way

And the sword cuts both ways at last

Do we live in fear, is our conscience clear?

With so many questions I've asked

Keep your loved ones safe

Keep your family close

Keep your children by your side

And hold on, hold on

Hold on to what you've got

Sisters and mothers

Fathers and brothers

Hold on to what you've got

"A change is gonna come," Sam Cooke once sang

"Oh, lay down that burden of hate

With cities divided and the homeless crying

Equality for all someday"

Keep your loved ones safe

Keep your family close

Keep your children by your side

And hold on, hold on

Hold on to what you've got

Sisters and mothers

Fathers and brothers

Hold on to what you've got

With the courtesy of kindness

And the currency of love

May the words of John Lewis never fade

To the bigots and the racists

And those vagabonds

Feel the spotlight of justice someday, oh-oh

Hold on, hold on

Hold on to what you've got (listen)

Hold on, hold on

Hold on to what you've got

Hold on, hold on

Hold on to what you've got (sing it!)

Hold on, hold on

Hold on to what you've got