Don't want a life like my parents had

Don't want a life like my rich friends have

Don't want to live by association

Don't want to live the great maybe

I want a life not a name online

I want to live it in real time

I want a life just so I can be

I never asked what was in it for me



Stealing from a thief

My humanity

I know my name, I know my pain

I know my frequency

Dancing with the beast



As a kid I'd play make believe

As a man I play make believe

As a kid I'd do anything

As a man I do everything



I live my life centered and humane

I live my life like a man insane



I get up, I get up and go

I grab a hold and reach way down

To find something that I really believe

I don't need to console myself

If I don't like what I see