Meant For More

from Taking Back Tomorrow by Chuckie Campbell

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lyrics

Verse 1, Chuckie Campbell

I'm telling the stories
unfolding before us
like dreams of a life
that had fell out of focus
if someone had told me
that some day a moment
could feel like forever
I'd tell them that no one's
forever devoted
like you were devoted
and even the notion
that time is important
is lost to the struggle
and effort to hold it

We're taking it
taking it
taking it back

My modus operandi
is to kill off all your coded lies
All you see --
abandoned buildings, poverty, a life of crime
I see something different
In my city, we just visualize
every tenement's a pyramid
we dreamed it by design

Chorus 1, Chuckie Campbell

I wish that I could take the pain away
replace it with hope
Tell you love will conquer hate
that we could right every wrong
but life is precious and unfair
and often far too short
We guard our hearts
and rarely realize that
we're meant for more
and I'm no longer writing songs
these are letters from God
Today I almost shed a tear
'cause it was warm outside
I felt a presence moving through me
like the beauty we find
when we realize that we're living
but we're living to die

Bridge, Chuckie Campbell

We know
We find
in time
We are from the future

Verse 2, Chuckie Campbell

We know not what we do
It's the lead that in your tap water
Monsanto makes your food
Xanax, Lexapro, and Vicodin
prescribed to alter mood
It's the link between our prisons
and the drop outs in our schools
It's the reruns and the soundbites,
talking points on cable news,
civil liberties for some,
and legal justice for the few
Law enforcement in your city
march like military troops,
trained to serve and to protect,
but instead, they point and shoot --

We're quick to blame the victim,
post a meme while others march,
but I wonder if we're listening
or waiting just to talk
5,000 friends on social media,
not one writes on your wall
All those contacts in your iPhone,
yet no one you can call

Chorus 2, Chuckie Campbell

I wish that I could take the pain away
replace it with hope
Tell you love will conquer hate
that we could right every wrong
but life is precious and unfair
and often far too short
We guard our hearts
and rarely realize that
we're meant for more
and I'm no longer writing songs
these are letters from God
Today I almost shed a tear
'cause it was warm outside
I felt a presence moving through me
like the beauty we find
when we realize that we're living
but we're living to die

Bridge, Chuckie Campbell

We know
We find
in time
We are from the future

Coda, Chuckie Campbell

In a world where we seem
more connected than ever,
we're more divided
than we've ever been
Where we pursue happiness,
we find resentment,
and in restraint,
we find freedom
None of us exist outside
the river of time
to rectify the past
we must acknowledge
its role in the present,
where tomorrow is never promised,
yesterday is gone,
through our stories and songs
we carry on,
taking back tomorrow

Bridge, Chuckie Campbell

We know
We find
in time
We are from the future

credits

from Taking Back Tomorrow, released June 8, 2018

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about

Chuckie Campbell Buffalo, New York

Chuckie Campbell is an American hip hop artist who lives in Buffalo, NY. Campbell commonly performs with a live band (drums, keys, and a full horn section), to make for a dynamic, powerful, and eclectic approach to hip hop, filled with fluid instrumentation, lush musical arrangements, and heartfelt poetic nuance. ... more