Verse 1DmBb
No one sits with him, he doesn't fit in
FC
But we feel like we do when we make fun of him
DmBb
Cause you want to belong, do you go along?
CC
Cause his pain is the price paid for you to belong
DmBb
It's not like you hate him or want him to die
FC
But maybe he goes home and thinks suicide
DmBb
Or he comes back to school with a gun at his side
C
And a kindness from you might have saved his life
Tag:]
DmBb
Heroes are made when you make a choice
Chorus:]
DmBb
You could be a hero - heroes do what's right
FC
You could be a hero - you might save a life
DmBb
You could be a hero- you could join the fight
FCDm
For what's right, for what's right, for what's right
Verse 2DmBb
No one talks to her, she feels so alone
FC
She's in too much pain to survive on her own
DmBb
The hurt she can't handle overflows to a knife
CC
She writes on her arm and wants to give up her life
DmBb
Each day she goes on is a day that she's brave
FC
Fighting the lie that giving up is the way
DmBb
Each moment of courage her one life she saves
CC
When she throws the pills out a hero is made
DmBbDm
Heroes are made when you make a choice
TagChorusDmBb
No one talks to him about how he lives
FC
He thinks that the choices he makes are just his
DmBb
Doesn't know he's the leader with the way he behaves
CC
And others will follow the choices he's made
DmBb
He lives on the edge, he's old enough to decide
FC
His brother who wants to be him is just nine
DmBb
He can do what he wants because it's his right
CC
The choices he makes change a nine-year-old's life
TagChorus
[Rap]
Little Mikey D. was the one in class who everyday got brutally harassed
This went on for years until he decided that never again would he shed another tear
So he walked through the door, grabbed a four-four out of his father's dresser drawer
And said I can't take life no more
And like that life can be lost
But this ain't even about that
All of us just sat back and watched it happen
Thinkin' it's not our responsibility to solve a problem that isn't even about me
This is our problem
This is just one of the daily scenarios which we choose to close our eyes
Instead of doing the right thing
If we make a choice and be the voice for those who won't speak up for themselves
How many lives would be saved, changed, and rearranged
Now it's our time to pick a side
So don't keep walkin' by
Not wantin' to intervene
Cause you wanna exist and never be seen
So let's wake up and change the world
Our time is now
Chorus:]
Dm
You could be a hero (Our time is now)
Heroes do what's right
E
You could be a hero (Our time is now)
You might save a life
F
You could be a hero, You could join the fight (Our time is now)
G
For what's right, for what's right
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