Don't give up, I know you can see
all the world and the mess that we're making
can't give up and hope God will intercede
come on back, imagine that we could get it together

Stand up for what we need to be
'cause crying won't save or feed a hungry child
can't lay down and wait for a miracle to change things
so lift up your eyes, lift up your heart

Singing, mercy, will we overcome this?
oh, one by one, could we turn it around?
maybe carry on just a little bit longer?
and I try to give you what you need

Me and you and you and you, you just wanna be free, yeah
but you see, all the world is just as we've made it
and until we got a new world, I got to say that

Love is not a whisper or a weakness, no
love is strong, and we got to get together, yeah
gotta get, gotta get, gotta get
till there is no reason to fight

Mercy, will we overcome this?
yeah, one by one, could we turn it around?
maybe carry on just a little bit longer?
and I try to give you what you need
yeah

Oh, mercy, will we overcome this?
oh, have we come too far to turn it around?
oh, is it ask too much to be a little bit stronger?
'cause I wanna give you what you need

Mercy, what will become of us?
one by one, could we turn it around?
maybe carry on just a little bit longer?
and I try to give you what you need