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American Reckoning Lyrics by Bon Jovi

2020 (Deluxe)

2020

[Verse 1]
America's on fire
There's protests in the street
Her conscience has been looted
And her soul is under siege
Another mother's crying, as history repeats
I can't breathe
[Verse 2]
God damn those 8 long minutes
Lying face down in cuffs on the ground
Bystanders pleaded for mercy
As one, cop shoved a kid in the crowd
When did a judge and a jury
Become a badge and a knee
On these streets?
[Chorus]
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
American reckoning
[Verse 3]
I'll never know what it's like
To walk a mile in his shoes
And I'll never have to have the talk
So it don't happen to you
Three little words written 'cross the chest
Of a twelve year old who hasn't lived life yet
"Am I next? Am I next?"
[Chorus]
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
American reckoning
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
Is this a moment or movement?
Is this the tide or a flood?
Is our American reckoning?
Our story written in blood
Or in love
Or in peace
[Chorus]
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
Stay alive, stay alive
Shine a light, stay alive
Use your voice and you remember me
American reckoning
In our American reckoning
Credits
Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi

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"American Reckoning" appears on "2020 (Deluxe)" in 2020.

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