If I could see the world through your eyes what story would it tell
Cause if you look through mine you might only see hell
Slave to the norms that we know so well
People doing right and they still go to jail
Keep they head down just to make it out on bail
Make it out the gates to a different type of cell
One of us wins and the rest of us fail
Hard knock life is the age old tale
But ya'll already know it, I ain't gotta say it all
Been through the same pain it ain't hard to recall
Build yourself up just to face another wall
Climb 'til we make it or we climb 'til we fall
But I dont know better
I just know about life
I know about the stride
And I know about the strife
Know about the times when it don't feel right
Times when it's really hard to sleep at night
Tears in your eyes and your pillow held tight
All you wanna do is cry, you know
Nothing ever seems to go right, you know
Chip on your shoulder everywhere that you go
Institutional oppression that'll damage your soul
System out of control
I think we diggin' a hole
I think somewhere down the line we lost sight of the goal
And every step forward is only taking a toll
Hell
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know oooo oooo
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know oh oh
I don't know
If I could see the world through your eyes what story would it tell
If I could see the world through your eyes what story would it tell
If I could see the world through your eyes what story would it tell
Cause if you look through mine you might only see hell