1. IT BEGINS (INTRO)

(Instrumental)


2. A CUT ABOVE

Here's what it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest

Nobody understands what it takes to be the man
Having every single person say you can't when you can
To give up everything you've ever known for a dream
And never stop the fight no matter how hard it seems

You sacrifice, you bleed, you sweat, and you cry
Doing everything you can not to lay down and die
When you fall and you call out; there's no one to help
So you've got no other option but to pick up yourself

Here's what it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest

At the end of the battle you're the only one standing
Everyone watching, the stage you're commanding
The pages of history will speak of today
And when they talk about the champion
This is what they'll say:

Here's what it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest

People will break you right down to nothing if you let 'em
They say, "There's a million others like you,
What makes you better?"
But remember that these folks are afraid of the unknown
They're the ones who wet the bed
If they go 10 miles from home

Stay Down: Is what they scream in your ear
The only weapon that they have to use is fear
So you take all the beatings and you take all the hits,
But your back on your feet for more, you don't quit

You'll never back down, never stop, never pause
Never give up, never sacrifice the cause
This is your life, you gonna let somebody take it?
Look in the mirror: That's all you need to make it

The smoke has all cleared, and you own the thrown
You're king of the castle, and everybody knows
They bow in your presence, and fear your might
Cause they know for damn sure what it, what it,

What it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest
Here's what it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest
Here's what it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest
A cut above the rest
A cut above the rest


3. OUR WORLD

Wake up!
This is the real deal not a test
Now society is calling out an SOS
Get down on the ground, put the earth to your ear
You feel that sound? That's revolution you hear

Welcome to the greatest battle of all time
We've just officially been targeted by our own kind
The time has arrived now were sounding the alarm
Man up, grab your loved ones, get everybody armed

Prime all the triggers and try to remain calm
As we gather all the weapons and prepare the bomb
Now we got it on lockdown, we're ready to go,
Get on the radio, send it out, let everybody know

The threat is getting closer, the sky is turning gray
It's right on the horizon, today is the day
It's within the city limits rolling fast like a mist
Now were caught up in the midst, this is it:
The Apocalypse

Since the very beginning of mankind
In every generation, every era in time
There has always come an instant where we must define
Who we are as a people when we must cross the line

This is that moment, now you're gonna find
Exactly what you're really made of inside
When comes right down to it what you gonna choose
To proudly hold your ground or just lie down and lose?

The brave at the frontlines, ready for war
The enemy approaching outside the door
Dust off your voice box, time to be heard
And as the gate drops
We'll be screaming these words:

This is our world, our streets, our war
Our lives – This is what we fight for
Our choice – to make the wrong things right with
Our voice – We bring day to the night

This is our world, our streets, our war
Our lives – This is what we fight for
Our choice – We're the voice of the globe
Turn up the volume so everybody knows
This is Our World
(Ladies and gentlemen: May we please have your undivided attention as our
Featured guest speaker now takes the stage)

Camaraderie is an oddity now in this age
Silence becomes violence when it's mixed with rage
Tragedies and death; they say it's all a phase
Society lying to me:
It's on the front page

Homicides, genocides, can't run the streets
If you saggin' and you flaggin' it's cold; you keep heat
I understand your plan; be strong not weak
My gut feelin' is this killin' goin' make us obsolete

Let's defy not rely on negativity
We gotta makeover, takeover these communities
Analyze, capitalize, opportunities
Speaking of change aint strange
It all starts with me and you. So what you gonna do?
Close your eyes and just glide 'till your life it through?
We've got work to do. We're gonna start – know how?
By saying these words right here
Right Now!

This is our world, our streets, our war
Our lives – This is what we fight for
Our choice – to make the wrong things right with
Our voice – We bring day to the night

This is our world, our streets, our war
Our lives – This is what we fight for
Our choice – We're the voice of the globe
Turn up the volume so everybody knows
This is Our World

(You gonna stand by and just let somebody run your life? You gonna let
Somebody tell you what to do? This is your world; You make the rules, you
Make the difference...)

You think one man don't make a difference, think again
'Cause I just started an army picking up a pen

This begins a global collaboration
To take the whole world and make but one nation
This aint no imitation what you hearing is elite
That's why everything stops when you hear us speak

Oh! Back to the mission at hand, we've got a plan
Take the message that were sending and spread it across the land
It's in black and white, it's been written, been read
Now let every single syllable settle into your head
As it slowly resonates from your mind to your feet
We'll make the earthquake from stomping this beat
'Cause if you're hearing this right now the battles been won
It's spreading my friend,
The Takeover Has Begun


4. STAND

I'm standing at the edge of space and time
Deciding if my being alive is a crime
And if I jump and sail out into the abyss
How much will I really miss?

I'm inching closer, closer to my fate
Lacking a backup plan or escape
And I'm just about to finally go and move ahead
When a voice calls out to me
Here's what it said:

Stand,
Every woman and man
This is a call for all to rise up and stand
Stand,
Every woman and man
Raise up your voice and say that I can
Stand,
Every woman and man
This is a call for all to rise up and
All rise up and say,
I Can !

Get back up on your feet
You're much to strong to quit on me
Now dry your eyes and brace your back
Prepare for warfare
Here comes the attack

You're nearly there so don't you stop
Making your very own way to the top
And when you see your victory
Together we will be
We're now free

Stand,
Every woman and man
This is a call for all to rise up and stand
Stand,
Every woman and man
Raise up your voice and say that I can
Stand,
Every woman and man
This is a call for all to rise up and
All rise up and say,
I Can !

Everybody now
I can!


5. THE TAKEOVER

Cock back the hammer, The Takeover has begun
We're millions strong now all united as one
We compose the whole globe from the east to the west
And if seeing is believing,
You're looking at the best

Patiently wait, anticipating the arrival
Of a crew to lead the whole world through and shine a light
So we can make it through these dark times and spread a new word
For now is the moment
And we will be heard

We
One Youth, One Nation
We
One Generation
We
United like soldiers
We are the takeover

We've been through so many years of tears, sacrifice and pain
Gave buckets of sweat, drip-dried our last vein
Watched everything we've ever loved forever say goodbye
But instead of killing us,
It brought us to life

We live each day to the fullest now and we choose to make a change
In return our own existence is what we exchange
If we have to give up everything to do something great
We are ready, we are willing,
'Cause this is our fate

We
One Youth, One Nation
We
One Generation
We
United like soldiers
We are the takeover

We are the takeover
We are the takeover
We are the takeover
On your feet