[Intro: Swizz Beatz]
Yeah
Time for us to the reach for the stars
Talk Bono

[Chorus: Bono]
I've seen coal turn to diamonds
And blind man's visions become skyscrapers
What begun as a scene is no longer a dream
Let's become skyscrapers, skyscrapers

[Verse 1: Swizz Beatz]
Woke up in the mornin' from this dream that I had
They said it was no more bombs on Baghdad
I even heard there was peace out in Egypt
Everybody in the streets representin' they freedom
I heard the recession was over now (Yes)
Peace signs in the air, bring back the soldiers now
I even seen a stone-fiend turn sober now
Things are gettin' better now, damn, how the world goes around

[Chorus: Bono]
I've seen coal turn to diamonds
And blind man's visions become skyscrapers
What begun as a scene is no longer a dream
Let's become skyscrapers, skyscrapers
[Verse 2: Swizz Beatz]
Woke up in the mornin' from this dream that I had
They said poverty in the world wasn't comin' back
I even heard the doctor killed cancer in the lab
The education system made a big comeback
Damn, it was all 'bout a week ago
We pray to the most high to let our dreams flow
We pray to the most high to let our dreams grow
You got dreams of skyscrapers, let the world know, oh

[Chorus: Bono]
I've seen coal turn to diamonds
And blind man's visions become skyscrapers
What begun as a scene is no longer a dream
Let's become skyscrapers, skyscrapers

[Verse 3: Kanye West]
My hands scrape the sky, I can't escape this high
Sometimes I felt like I just couldn't wait to die
If I fall, I can't fly, can't hate the sky
For not slowin' me down before I hit the ground
Before I hit the town, I used to hit the weed
Try to hang around thieves just tryna get degrees
But I end up 'round rats just tryna get the cheese
It ain't gotta be all that, I ain't beggin', but, bitch, please
[Chorus: Bono]
I've seen coal turn to diamonds
And blind man's visions become skyscrapers
What begun as a scene is no longer a dream
Let's become skyscrapers, skyscrapers

[Outro: Bono]
Put your hands up and touch the sky
Put your hands high and touch the skyscrapers
Put your hands high and touch the sky
Put your hands high and touch the skyscrapers
Breezes in the summer comin' sky
In jungles through the life of flashin' lights
Feel for the, feel for
For