Hero - CES Cru, Mackenzie Nicole

I’m aware that right now a lot of us feel like chips are down

Sick of bein' kicked around

Thrown on the ground, picked right back up then tossed in the lost and found

Stumblin', lost your ground but it sounds like a chance for you to recover

quickly

If you know anything about a struggle at all, the hustle is real,

you probably already get me

So I need all of you with me

The Killer City committee, the Middi West version

Of the Avengers goin' harder than Bobby and Whitney

The enemy’s shifty, so we gotta react swiftly

Whenever negativity hit me, I try to get it in check quickly

Came to know playing the role of a psycho is not gon' fit me

Cause I’m not so fifty, but I do know this

We all have the power, in every moment the time is ours

Counting minutes, seconds, hours

Death to cowards, fight the power

Smite the lions, light the fires —

Brighter, higher, 'till we burn 'em down

Take the tables that we turn around

It’s worth the search if freedom’s found

(And you’re a hero)

What we need is a hero

Someone who’s always strong

A source of light when things go wrong

What we need is a — hero

Who’s always there to take flight

Who can mend our wounds and defends our rights

What we need is a hero

Someone prepared to lead the way

Who can brave our world and save our day

Hero, who always knows what to do

Someone like me

Someone like you

What we need is a hero

I watch it all unfold, and then I take my chosen road

This one goes out to everybody livin' state to state, place to place,

and coast to coast

They’re ridin' in, committin' acts of violence that leave us divided,

you can take your own control

The kids lookin' up to us for guidance, now they wanna try it, how were they

supposed to know?

It’s like we all wanna fly (Uh), nobody wanna phone on the line but

Sometimes you gotta swallow your pride and apologize

For all of the time you were wrong and cauterized the wounds that we harbor

inside (Uh)

Ain’t nobody perfect, we need to organize the community, stop living like Lord

of the Fly

I know it might seem hard, it’s important to try to keep a light on and

centered at the core of your life

Go to war with a mic

Shoot 'em down with a peace sign

The system of control is an intelligent design

It need a second look, and many elements refined

We’re lookin' for a hero that can help us defeat crime and settle the beef

If you only throw a rock at police lined, you’re really not a rebel to me

It isn’t us vs. them, we all one, stand together in unity better than lyin'

dead in the street

(And what we need is a hero)

What we need is a hero

Someone who’s always strong

A source of light when things go wrong

What we need is a — hero

Who’s always there to take flight

Who can mend our wounds and defends our rights

What we need is a hero

Someone prepared to lead the way

Who can brave our world and save our day

Hero, who always knows what to do

Someone like me

Someone like you

What we need is a hero

And this world is what you make it (Oh yeah)

In the end we gonna make it

What we need is a hero

Someone who’s always strong

A source of light when things go wrong

What we need is a — hero

Who’s always there to take flight

Who can mend our wounds and defends our rights

What we need is a hero

Someone prepared to lead the way

Who can brave our world and save our day

Hero, who always knows what to do

Someone like me

Someone like you

What we need is a hero