[Verse 1]
We painted bike lanes over old black scars
Hydrants turned to fountains in pocket parks
Rooftop gardens dripping down the brick
Kids chalking suns where the fumes used to sit
[Chorus]
Green city of tomorrow
We’re building it today
Hands dirty
Hearts borrowed
From the ones who paved the way
Green city of tomorrow
Growing through the gray
If we plant it in the cracks
It’s gonna break the concrete anyway
[Verse 2]
Solar panels blinking on the schoolyard roof
Tomatoes in a window
Living proof
Trash day looks smaller than it used to be
Neighbors trade their leftovers on the street for free
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] Remember when the river
Smelled like rust and rain?
Now herons stand on the water
Like they forgot the pain
[full voice
Layered harmonies] We mapped a thousand small decisions
Into one wide-open sky
This future isn’t waiting
It’s the garden we decide
[Chorus]