DRIVE ONE

The radio’s pelting out an Alicia Keys rendition titled “We Are Here”. Oni lets his fingers drum along on the wheel. Safia’s heard this one before. A couple of years ago. However, for the very first time, she notes its rather rousing lyrics and wonders why they don’t make more of these.

“We are here
We are here for all of us
We are here for all of us
That’s why we are here, why we are here
We are here

Bombs over Baghdad, tryna get something we ain’t never had
Let’s start with a good dad
So real but it’s so sad
And while we burnin’ this incense, we gon’ pray for the innocent
‘Cause right now it don’t make sense
Right now it don’t make sense

Let’s talk about Chi town
Let’s talk about Gaza
Let’s talk about, let’s talk about Israel
‘Cause right now it is real
Let’s talk about, let’s talk Nigeria
In a mass hysteria, yeah
Our souls are brought together so that we could love each other
Brother,

We are here
We are here for all of us
We are here for all of us
That’s why we are here, why we are here
We are here

No guns made in Harlem, but yet crime is a problem
He wanna shine, they wanna rob him
Single mother, where they come from?
How we gonna save the nation, with no support for education
‘Cause right now it don’t make sense
Right now it don’t make sense

Let’s talk about our part
My heart touch your heart
Let’s talk about, let’s talk about living
Had enough of dying, not what we all about
Let’s do more giving
Do more forgiving, yeah
Our souls were brought together so that we could love each other
Sister,

We are here
We are here for all of us
We are here for all of us
That’s why we are here, why we are here
We are here
We are here for all of us
We are here for all of us
That’s why we are here, why we are here
We are here
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh

We are here (oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
We are here for all of us (oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
(Oh, oh)
We are here for all of us (oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
That’s why we are here, why we are here (oh, oh)

‘Cause we are here
We are here for all of us
We are here for all of us
That’s why we are here, why we are here
We are, here
We are here for all of us
We are here for all of us
That’s why we are here, Why we are here.”

Oni’s been listening intently. When the song fades out, he gushes, “We really should get talking! About everything that matters.”

Safia, solemn from the song, reacts, “We should. Because we are here. For all of us. And all problems exist in the absence of a good conversation.”

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