Layers Video (MV)

I can't breathe, I can't breathe, he said, as the knee went in his neck
Wasn't me, wasn't me, she said, as they shot her in her bed
Wasn't it just yesterday I saw 2 white men shoot a black man running
How are we here again, this carousel of murder, the deaths just keep on coming

Filter your words, they're not appropriate for church
Well, where else should I go
If we're not the ones who stand up in a crisis
Well, I guess I'll just go home

We have a problem
The problem is us
And we want to look away
It's not enough to be sad for a minute, then just move on with your day

There's oppression in our soil, slavery and toil
Yeah it's been around for years
Oh you think it's just now
My friend, you are mistaken
Just now it's being filmed

We live in a world where skin is your privilege or else it's your problem
Our people are crying out and we're silent, we've been leaving them all alone

Land of the free, but where is the freedom
Home of the brave, but the brave have a consequence
My God, what is happening here

We're broken people, we need a Savior
Don't believe me, look around
We're broken people, we need a Savior
Don't believe me, look around
We're broken people, we need a Savior
Don't believe me, look around
We're broken people, we need a Savior
Don't believe me, look around

It will take more than my words
It will take more than my eyes watching clip after clip
It will take more than my sympathy
My song of solidarity doesn't even begin to chip away
Layers of hatred embedded in culture
Layers of prejudice embedded in hearts
Layers of hatred embedded in culture
Layers of prejudice embedded in me
Only love, only love, only love, only love can drive out hatred
I will love, I will love, I will love, I will love to drive out hatred

Maybe if I listen I can hear a little clearer
Maybe if I see them I can love a little deeper
Maybe if I listen I can hear a little clearer
Maybe if I see them I can love a little deeper

The kingdom of God is a mosaic of beauty, not just for the white man
The kingdom of God is for Jew and Gentile, not just for the white man
Read your bible and look who Jesus loved, it wasn't just the white man
Read your bible and look where Jesus walked, it wasn't in the white land

We gotta stop defending broken systems with the Bible
We gotta stop defending broken systems with the Bible
We have to stop defending this oppression with the Bible
We gotta stop defending broken systems with the Bible
Cuz my God doesn't stand for oppression
No, my God doesn't stand for oppression
Why do we

He is suffering with you

Yeah He sees and He bears all the burdens you've carried
Yeah He sees and He bears all the pain that you've suffered
Now may I bear your pain and your burdens alongside you
May I fight for your life, too

Yeah He sees and He bears all the burdens you've carried
Yeah He sees and He bears all the pain that you've suffered
Now may I bear your pain and your burdens alongside you
May I fight for your life, too

'Cause our Father, yeah, He fights for you